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16 | Overdrive | July 2017 Logbook Three singing truckers will compete live next month at The Great American Trucking Show, where the Dallas-bound drivers have been invited to partici- pate in Overdrive-Red Eye Radio's Trucker Talent Search finals. They are: • Richard Woods, 42, of Hickory Flat, Mississip- pi. He's an owner-operator leased to Eagle Systems. • Terrance Mathis, 47, of Rockford, Illinois. He drives for Kloeckner Metals. • Michael Lochmill- er, 48, of Las Vegas, Ne- vada. He drives for System Transport. They were selected by judges from 42 entries. The winner will receive $1,000 and a studio recording session. Trucker and recording artist Tony Justice, who drives for Tennessee-based Everhart Transportation, will emcee the live compe- tition Aug. 25. The finalists will be featured in the August Overdrive and in separate interviews on Red Eye Radio. – Kathleen Buccleugh Trucker Talent Search finalists headed for Dallas TRAINING IS AVAIL- ABLE to help drivers and carriers meet the requirements of the Food Safety Mod- ernization Act put in place by the Food and Drug Administration. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association Founda- tion's $100 course includes a one-hour training module and written materials. Go to OOIDAOnlineEd- ucation.com/Sani- tary-Transportation/ Register.aspx. TRAVELCENTERS OF AMERICA is accepting nominations for its 2018 Citizen Driver Awards, which recognize drivers who exhibit good citizen- ship, safety, com- munity involvement, wellness and lead- ership. Nomination forms and rules are available at TA-Petro. com/CitizenDriver. Nominations will be accepted until Sept. 30. The 2018 winners will be recognized May 8 during a ceremony at the Iowa 80 Truck Stop in Walcott, Iowa. INTERNATIONAL TRUCK made Bendix ADB22X air disc brakes standard on all axles of its 6x4, 6x2 and 4x2 LT Series trucks. The ADB22X from Bendix Spicer Foundation Brake features a patented lightweight design engineered to reduce stopping distance and extend brake system life. Following incremental steps in recent years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last month announced a pilot program intended to gauge the fea- sibility of adding more split sleeper berth options to hours of service regulations. FMCSA was soliciting carriers and drivers for the study and was seeking at least 200 drivers to participate. According to FMCSA's June 6 Federal Register notice, drivers will be studied for up to 90 days. Those interested in par- ticipating should visit SleeperBerthStudy. com to complete an application, take a questionnaire and provide written consent to be studied. Current regulations allow drivers, as an alternative to a straight 10-hour off-duty period, to take an eight-hour sleeper berth period to break up their 14-hour on-duty limit and their 11-hour drive-time limit. Drivers using this provision then must take a two-hour off-duty or sleeper period after exhausting their current day's limits. The agency's split sleeper berth pilot program seeks to determine the effects other split sleeper berth options – such as 5-5, 6-4 and 7-3 – would have on drivers' fatigue levels. The study's outcome could dictate whether FMCSA decides to pursue changing the hours regulations. Public comments about the study were being accepted for 60 days, giving carriers and drivers the chance to provide the agency with input about the study and how it should proceed. The comment period is available at the Regulations. gov rulemaking portal at Docket No. FMCSA-2016-0260. – James Jaillet FMCSA STUDY TO ASSESS SPLIT SLEEPER OPTIONS FMCSA's study likely will direct whether it liberaliz- es split sleeper berth flexibility. Woods Mathis Lochmiller

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