Current HOS Rules are Working but Need More Flexibility

Representatives from affiliates and member companies of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other trucking industry speakers told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today that the current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are working but need flexibility in the sleeper berth provision.
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ATA tells FMCSA to Keep Current Hours Of Service Rules

The American Trucking Association (ATA) and other trucking industry speakers sent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA) a message yesterday “The current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are working.
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Public hearings for Hours of Service scheduled by FMCSA

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that they will be holding four listening sessions.
To gather information and comments on the rule-making proposal on hours-of-service requirements.
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Truck Drivers and Change

Seems like that is all you hear out here today, are these story telling truck drivers. I admit I have told some of mine own. In the past few weeks, I have been hearing some whoppers. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out when a person is telling you a big one or if it [...]

Ohio trucker wins custom rig

Owner-operator John Lacusky of Cortland, Ohio, won a񎧎 International 9400 customized by the Chrome Shop Mafia during the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas.
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Roadside clinics to cater to truck drivers

Roadside Medical Clinic + Lab, which is establishing a chain of convenient care health clinics geared toward truckers, plans to open two locations in the Metroplex next year.
The Las Vegas-based clinic operator plans to open 1,400-square-foot health clinics in Dallas and Fort Worth along popular trucking routes at roadside travel center truckstops in the Metroplex. The Dallas clinic, [...]

The 7700 PRO is Available for First Preview at the 2009 GATS

Cobra Electronics (NASDAQ: COBR) announces the launch of the 7700 PRO, a GPS navigation and routing tool specifically tailored to the needs of the professional driver. With truck-specific data, this product provides professional drivers the information they need to optimize routes and arrive at destinations in the most efficient and economical way possible. The 7700 PRO features a seven-inch, [...]

Some thing’s never change

Its really interesting to see that some thing’s never change. Here, it has been a couple weeks now since “the clique” on twitter, had their big blow out about, how OOIDA should step up and get the Rivenburg’s to the Dallas Truck show. Now I see the same one’s praising OOIDA for a couple of articles [...]

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