FMCSA resurrects plan to require speed limiters on heavy trucks As recently as December, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration had labeled speed limiters for heavy commercial vehicles as a long-term priority and not imminent, but it has now indicated that it will move forward with a plan to require carriers to use such devices. […]
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Biden administration suffers setbacks on independent contractor policies The Department of Labor (DOL) in March lost battles in both the courts and Congress in its efforts to reverse Trump administration policies regarding use of independent contractors. On March 14, a federal judge in Texas ruled that DOL had violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) when […]
Walmart on April 7 announced a pay bump to incentivize drivers to join its fleet, and now the retail giant says drivers can make $95,000 to $110,000 during their first year, and that pay can rise from there. Walmart said it has 12,000 current company drivers and had made a new investment in its workforce […]
Achates Power has announced that the heavy-duty diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners has entered fleet service with Walmart in a Peterbilt 579 tractor. The company says this is the only diesel engine operating on the road capable of meeting CARB’s 2027 regulation, […]
Beginning Jan. 1, 2023, if you’re one of an estimated 76,000 owners who lives or operates in California with a pre-2010 emissions-spec engine, your ability to operate in the state will be in jeopardy. Nearly 10 years ago, the California Air Resources Board’s Truck and Bus Regulation banned the use of all trucks powered by 2006 […]
Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh this week joined Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf, leaders of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and Yellow Corp. (CCJ Top 250, No. 5), and union members to announce the expansion of the Yellow’s 17th Commercial Driver’s License Driving Academy in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The expansion comes in response to the Biden-Harris administration’s 90-Day Trucking Apprenticeship Challenge to get more […]
Mobile application Trucker Path has released a new personalized dispatch service for drivers that is expected to create less office work and more revenue hauling loads. Trucker Path Dispatch features load sourcing and negotiation, finding profitable loads by gathering driver preferences and sharing them with their personal dispatcher armed with Artificial Intelligence tools and millions […]
Hiring military veterans as truck drivers can do more for a fleet than just fill empty seats. That was the message from veteran advocacy groups and fleets during a session last week at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, Kentucky. Dave Harrison, Executive Director of Work Force for Fastport, outlined the benefits to fleets of […]
