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Wanted: Smarter, simpler, more streamlined trucking regulations

A very good article by Greg Fulton in Overdrive Online that is relevant to the CVSA conference I am attending in Denver this week.  Lawmakers and enforcement officials should take advice from Greg and his observations that recent statistics reflect that more than 90 percent of the trucking companies in the country are made up of businesses that have 20 or fewer employees.  Very few of these companies have a staff attorney, regulatory director, or tax specialist. Yet because of the increasing complex web of laws and regulations in our country, almost all of these companies at one time during the year will need to retain the services of one of these specialists.

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Mercer EOBR- preferred solution for Owner Operators

This announcement by Mercer Transportation for an electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) mandate for its Owner Operators is a progressive move that we have seen many other O/O centric, Asset-less or Asset-light carriers making recently.  Electronic logs are easy to acquire for Owner Operators with solutions like the driver preferred BigRoad eLog solution.  There is no need to wait to roll out till mid 2015.  Drivers can be up and running in minutes just by downloading from their favorite app store on Google or Apple  

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Driver Shortage – FMCSA And CSA To Blame?

Although I find some of the driver turnover numbers in this article hard to believe.. especially the small carrier numbers…but we know the driver shortage is a reality.

A worsening shortage of truck drivers is pushing up freight rates and delaying some deliveries, defying the weak economy, high unemployment and falling gasoline prices.

“It’s getting harder to get drivers,” says Mike Card, president of Combined Transport of Central Point, Ore., and incoming chairman of the American Trucking Associations. “I could hire 50 guys right now.” He now employs 393 drivers.

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Rigid hours of service rules are due for a change

I’ve been reading the public commentary for the recently proposed ELD rules and noticed a trend. There are lots of comments about personal freedom, privacy, and getting out of the trucking industry. Some drivers even comment in support of electronic logging. But one thing that comes up over and over is that the 14-hour shift rule is too restrictive and causes more harm than good.

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