A final rule changes 49 CFR 390.23(b) from 14 days to 30 days of automatic hours-of-service exemption for drivers giving direct assistance in declared regional emergencies; Federal Register publication is set for Oct. 5, effective the same day.
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FMCSA restores 30-day emergency HOS relief, trucking jobs top year-ago levels for the first time since April 2023, Bessent presses Europe on diesel reserves, Barrs touts the non-domiciled CDL purge, and an 80-year-old Indiana mail hauler closes.
The Geotab Fleet Card with AtoB stays locked until the driver unlocks it at the merchant and verifies truck location and fuel level — declining fuel purchases when the vehicle is not at the pump; eligible accounts get a $250,000 fraud guarantee.
Creviston Trucking of Indiana started in 1948 hauling bulk mail from the Gary Post Office; owner Cindy Creviston is retiring, all drivers were hired on by the successor company, and more than 60 trucks and trailers go to online auction.
FMCSA's waiver for cab-mounted warning beacons on driverless trucks expires Oct. 9 with an automatic-reissue clause; an Illinois operator's 7th Circuit challenge, filed Sept. 8, was still awaiting a ruling as of Oct. 2.
Speaking at the TenFour D.C. rally on the National Mall, FMCSA chief Derek Barrs gave a public pace figure for the non-domiciled CDL purge and called industry fraud "rampant" while touting the DOT-DHS task force.
INFRA grants announced Oct. 1 back 12 projects in 12 states — including I-4 in Florida, a Wichita bypass projected for 5,000 trucks a day, and a top-100 bottleneck in Louisiana.
Ricky Sequin ran down a hill on rain-slick I-90, kicked in the windshield and got the driver out two minutes before the rig exploded.
Dashcam footage shows a white Volvo sliding sideways and spinning across an Omaha interstate, missing a car by inches during Hurricane Polo's rains.
Ohio will shave $0.47 a gallon off diesel taxes for 90 days starting Oct. 4, as Ohio truckers say record $6.65-a-gallon fuel is forcing closures and cash-flow crises.
Gov. Tim Walz's Emergency Executive Order 26-11 lets harvest haulers run 10% heavier on state roads and eases hours-of-service rules for fuel haulers as diesel tops $6.50 a gallon.
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