CCJ

January 2015

Fleet Management News & Business Info | Commercial Carrier Journal

Issue link: http://read.dmtmag.com/i/443069

Contents of this Issue

Navigation

Page 11 of 65

JOURNAL NEWS 10 COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | JANUARY 2015 t "TFDPOEUSBEFHSPVQSFQSFTFOUJOH IPVTFIPMEHPPETDBSSJFST has applied for an exemption to certain provisions of federal hours-of-service regulations, ask- ing for truck operators to be able to drive up to 75 miles or 90 minutes beyond their 14th hour on duty to return to a safe and appropriate place to park following deliveries. The International Association of Movers' application to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration came two months after the American Moving & Storage Association made the same request. t 5IF'FEFSBM)JHIXBZ"ENJOJTUSBUJPO said it would continue to accept com- ment on its Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study. The agency was required to report study findings to Congress by last month, as required under the 2012 MAP-21 surface transportation reauthorization. "Our commitment to a high-quality report is more the reason that the report is expected to be completed in 2015," a FHWA spokesman stated. t $)3PCJOTPOa Minneapolis-based third-party logistics provider,agreed to acquire online broker Freightquote.com Inc. for $365 million. Freightquote pro- vides truckload, less-than-truckload and intermodal services to about 80,000 cus- tomers. C.H. Robinson said the acquisition will increase its market share with small businesses. t 5IF"NFSJDBO5SVDLJOH"TTPDJBUJPOT said its members are committed to hiring 100,000 military veterans as part of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's Hiring Our Heroes campaign to see 500,000 veterans receive a job. ATA and Hiring Our Heroes will use Fastport's trucking track system as a single portal to help match veterans to fleets with openings. About 370,000 veterans have been hired since Hiring Our Heroes was launched in March 2011. INBRIEF 1/15 F acing several congressional mandates and a lawsuit from labor advocates and safety groups, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last month announced its plan to develop an entry-level driver training rule, which has been in the works on and off for more than 20 years. The agency formally announced its plan for a "negotiated rulemaking" or "reg neg" committee made up of regulators, carriers, licensing agen- cies, training organizations, enforcement groups, labor unions, safety groups and others. It's also seeking nominations for the committee and hopes to have about 20 members. Committee members will serve a two-year term, FMCSA said. Nominations should be emailed to eldtac@dot.gov. The announcement built on FMCSA's toe-dipping measure in August, in which it said it was con- sidering a "reg neg" to produce the driver training rule, which is required by 2012's MAP-21 highway funding law. The agency last September scrapped a pro- posed entry-level driver training rule that had been in the works since 2007, citing "substantive issues" that it said made proceed- ing with the rule "inappro- priate." FMCSA said the purpose of the negotiated rulemaking is to develop training standards for driv- ers, find the right balance of behind-the-wheel training and classroom instruction and gather data to determine the cost and benefits of train- ing, among other goals. FMCSA expects the committee to meet from February to June for one to two days every two to three weeks. Public comment on the plan was being accepted for 30 days starting Dec. 10. Visit regulations.gov and search for Docket No. FMCSA-2007- 27748 to make a comment. The Teamsters and two safety groups filed a lawsuit against FMCSA in September for not having an entry-level training rule in place, saying the agency originally was mandated in 1993 to produce the rule. FMCSA said following the lawsuit's filing that it produced a rule in 2004 that it since has been working to improve. – James Jaillet '.$4"TFOUSZMFWFMESJWFSUSBJOJOHSVMFIBTCFFOJOUIF XPSLTPOBOEPòGPSNPSFUIBOZFBST FMCSA outlines 'reg neg' plan to tackle driver training rule

Articles in this issue

Links on this page

Archives of this issue

view archives of CCJ - January 2015