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The Latest on President Donald Trump and former FBI Director James Comey (all times local): 3:24 p.m. President Donald Trump has criticized TV news channels and called them "killer networks that treat ...
Q. Can this device be installed on older trucks, specifically 1991 & 1999 Freightliners?
A. Installation varies by make, model, and year. The 1991 would require a 3 wire install as it utilizes a mechanical engine. A 3 wire install is an installation where we plug the Geotab Go device into the vehicle via ignition, ground, and battery. The 1999 is borderline, it might need to be a 3 wire installation or via the 6-PIN diagnostic port underneath your driver side dash if available.
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DOT’s Chao Wants You to Help Cut Infrastructure Red Tape
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President Trump making remarks at U.S. DOT headquarters on June 9, 2017, as Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao looks on. Photo: U.S. DOT
">President Trump making remarks at U.S. DOT headquarters on June 9, 2017, as Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao looks on. Photo: U.S. DOT
">Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao has announced via a blog post that she was marking the end of the White House-proclaimed “Infrastructure Week” on June 9 by asking the public to comment “on ways to identify and reduce unnecessary regulatory obstacles that too often stand in the way of completing important infrastructure projects across the nation.”
Chao said the request for public comment, published in the Federal Register, was made “because public and private project sponsors, engineering and construction professionals, related industry organizations, and other transportation stakeholders are likely to have valuable direct experience with the Department's requirements.
"That experience," she added, "supplements the Department's employees' expertise and may help identify when a requirement has become an unnecessary obstacle.”
DOT will accept public comments through July 24 on the red-tape notice, on what it terms “non-statutory requirements that the department imposes and that should be removed or revised."
The department stated in the notice that its “primary focus is on administrative items that it has the authority to change, but if there are critical changes that are achievable only through legislative action, please submit proposed legislative changes. Commenters should make legislative suggestions only if all non-statutory options have been exhausted."
Chao noted that even though DOT's Regulatory Reform Task Force, chaired by Deputy Secretary Jeff Rosen, “has already acted on what we've been hearing and identified dozens of ways to streamline the process, we know you [the public] can help us identify more [rules to cut].
According to Rosen, DOT's streamlining effort reflects how the Trump administration remains “responsive to the needs of the public and industry, rather than pushing a ‘top down, government knows best' approach to regulation. We ...Read the rest of this story
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FMCSA: Two New Rules Would Help Ease Truck Driver Shortage
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">Two new rules that seek to streamline CDL licensing and cut its costs were proposed on June 9 by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
“Taken together, these two proposals will help ease the entry for thousands of qualified individuals into career opportunities as professional truck and bus drivers – a critical occupation facing an acute labor shortage in our country,” said FMCSA Deputy Administrator Daphne Jefferson.
“We could eliminate unnecessary burdens to both the applicants and to the states, save time, reduce costs and, most importantly, ensure that states only issue commercial driver's licenses to well-trained, highly qualified individuals," she continued.
The proposals were issued as Notices of Proposed Rulemakings, for which FMCSA is seeking public comment:
Military Licensing and State CDL Reciprocity. This proposed rule would allow State Driver Licensing Agencies to waive the CDL knowledge test for qualified veterans and active-duty military personnel, including National Guard and Reserves, seeking to obtain a civilian CDL. This waiver would simplify processing and reduce costs for states and for qualified individuals. Since 2012, FMCSA said it has allowed states to waive the CDL skill test requirement for qualified veterans and active duty personnel. The agency said that over 18,800 individuals have transitioned from military service into civilian jobs as commercial truck and bus drivers under the waiver opportunity.Commercial Learner's Permit Validity. This proposed rule would allow states to issue a CDL learner's permit with an expiration date of up to one year, replacing the current six-month limitation. The agency said this “extra flexibility would eliminate burdensome and costly paperwork requirements by the states. “ It would also eliminate unnecessary re-testing and additional fees presently incurred by individuals who seek an additional 180-day renewal of their CDL learner's permit.The public comment period for both proposals will ...Read the rest of this story