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26 | Overdrive October 2016 Logbook P O W E R E D B Y P P G I N D U S T R I E S On the road again. TruckShopLocator.com FMCSA proposes diabetes rule change The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking industry feed- back on recommendations made by its Medical Review Board for a potential rulemaking that would allow drivers with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus to be qualified to drive commercial vehicles in interstate commerce. FMCSA published a proposed rulemaking in May 2015 that, if pub- lished as a final rule, would allow drivers with diabetes to obtain a Medical Examiner's Certificate from a medical examiner at least once a year to operate in interstate commerce as long as the diabetes is well-controlled and stable. Under the current regulations, a driver with diabetes may not operate in interstate commerce unless he or she obtains an FMCSA exemption that must be renewed at least every two years. – Matt Cole SWIFT TRANSPORTATION founder and CEO Jerry Moyes will retire at the end of the year and be succeeded by president and COO Richard Stocking, who will remain president. Moyes founded Swift with a single truck 50 years ago. The compa- ny is now the country's largest truckload carrier, with more than 20,000 trucks. SHADD HILES, doing business as Permit Guys Consulting of Crooksville, Ohio, pleaded guilty to false statements and wire fraud related to a scheme to defraud trucking companies by billing them for fraudulent overweight state permits he purported as being issued by the Wisconsin and Illinois state transportation departments between 2012 and 2015. ADRIAN SALARI pleaded guilty to conspiracy for his involvement in a commercial driver's license testing scheme in Florida. Larex Inc., a trucking school marketed toward Russians, charged $1,800 to $5,000 for services in obtaining a CDL in the state. Salari helped students cheat on the CDL written exam and provided false documents to satisfy residency requirements.