Industry News

Released: December 30, 2010

FMCSA Posts Proposed Hours of Service Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published its proposed hours-of-service rule in yesterday's Federal Register, outlining the details of the proposal it first released last week. FMCSA, part of the U.S. Department of Transportation, said last week that it has not yet decided if truckers should be allowed 10 or 11 hours of daily driving time under a revised hours of service rule. The proposal retains the 34-hour restart provision that allows drivers to restart their weekly clocks after 34 consecutive off-duty hours, though the agency said the restart will have to include two consecutive off-duty periods from midnight to 6:00 a.m.

> View short description of the Federal Register notice on HOS rule

 

FMCSA Opens CSA System
The FMCSA opened its CSA safety-monitoring system to public view for the first time last week, after a federal court rejected a lawsuit seeking to keep the system closed. The CSA website was overwhelmed with inquiries early in the week, and some carriers said that the change to CSA from SafeStat had raised the likelihood that they will be targeted for roadside inspection. Many industry observers say the avalanche of activity isn't surprising, given shippers and carriers and the public in general are going into the system in an attempt to find people's scores. FMCSA launched the program Dec. 13, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled against the National Association of Small Trucking Companies and two other groups that had asked the court to keep the CSA scores out of public view.

 

Joseph Cutrona, Former NASSTRAC Executive Director, Dies
Brigadier General Joseph F.H. Cutrona, 90, of Naples, Fla., died at Avow Hospice on Christmas Day, December 25. Cutrona was formerly the Executive Director of NASSTRAC for several years. More information will be provided to members as it becomes available.

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