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A team driver has applied for an exemption from HOS.

Do you clear your truck of ice and snow?

"Experience teaches us that humans have different sleep habits and regulatory limitations do not always address them adequately. For example, when provided with sample driver logs for various driving scenarios, Circadian/Sleep experts on 100% of occasions and truck drivers on 73% of occasions selected the Non-Compliant option as most likely to enable better sleep, alertness and safety (Moore-Ede, 2007)."

In 2013, the FMCSA's Quick Strike team placed 52 passenger carriers and 340 vehicles out of service.

More supercubes to hit the road soon.

The FMCSA announced that the agency's Moving Fraud Task Force has shut down five household goods moving companies in Florida, South Carolina and Maryland.

"The arbitrary requirements of when a drivers must take the breaks leave no room in a driver's work day to contend with unpredictable factors such as bead weather or heavy traffic," OOIDA states.

The Air Resources Board is implementing new, flexible compliance options for truck owners who show they have made good faith efforts to comply with the regulation before Jan. 1, 2014."

"Workers in this industry must be able to raise safety concerns with federal officials without fear of retaliation."

Get the details here.

Yesterday, Heartland Express announced it has acquired Washington carrier Gordon Trucking, Inc.

The FMCSA has ordered a North Carolina trucking company to cease operations.