Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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September 2015 | Overdrive | 21 www.apexcapitalcorp.com/overdrive 855-354-2739 FREE unlimited access to our load board, NextLOAD.com FREE online account management portal FREE Mobile Factoring™ app with new image capture technology FREE fuel card with discounts nationwide Apex gives you the tools and services you need to manage your business smarter, faster and easier! Can't wait weeks or months to get paid? GET PAID TODAY! T NE LOAD .com Create your FREE account today! FREE LOAD BOARD Untitled-16 1 7/10/15 8:47 AM CRST Expedited last month filed an exemption request with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asking the agency to allow some CRST drivers to use split sleeper berth time to satisfy federal hours of service requirements. The Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based company wants its team drivers to have more flexibility with their 10- hour off-duty time. The carrier says this flexi- bility would allow its drivers to "experience more quality rest." And, it says, as many of its drivers are "newcomers to the trucking industry," it would allow them shorter shifts behind the wheel. "Drivers have told CRST that driving an entire 10-11 hour driving shift is too long and that they want the opportunity to switch with a partner more frequently," the exemption request says. "According to CRST, having the flexibility to switch with a partner allows each driver to take advantage of shorter time periods when they may feel fatigued." In exchange for the waiver, CRST is offering concessions such as reducing allowed driving time from 11 hours to 10, using electronic logging devices to keep up with on-duty time and hours CRST seeks split sleeper berth exemption compliance, equipping tractors used by exempted drivers with speed lim- iters that limit speeds to 65 mph and equipping all of the vehicles in use by exempted drivers with collision-avoid- ance systems. About 3,000 truck operators in the fleet would fall under the exemption, CRST says. – James Jaillet (Continued on Page 76) THERE'S A NEW NAME for the California Construction Trucking Association. It's now the Western States Trucking Association, representing owner-operators and small and midsized trucking fleets.