Matt Cole is a Senior Editor at Overdrive and Commercial Carrier Journal. He specializes in transportation and mobility, focusing on freight, transportation policy, logistics technology, and legal affairs. Matt's work has been featured in notable publications such as The Wall Street Journal, BBC News, and The Washington Times.
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By: Matt Cole
FMCSA has further cleared the way for truly driverless autonomous trucks to operate, granting a full exemption allowing cab-mounted warning beacons instead of requiring warning triangles. Meanwhile, a court shot down an operator's challenge to FMCSA's waivers.
NASTC urged Congressional leaders to pause U.S. diesel/distillate exports to allow inventories to build back up to normal levels, as EPA's ultra-low-sulfur waiver in Texas drew Cummins' warning to truck owners. NASTC also voiced safety concern over the HOS waiver for fuel haulers.
Spot rates were mostly unchanged during the last week, while fuel prices' national average dropped slightly.
A truck driver has filed a petition with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration requesting a new rule to require carbon monoxide detector alarms in sleeper berth-equipped commercial vehicles.
Texas-based A.J. Field isn't a truck driver, but he and his wife both love trucks, especially vintage Peterbilts. He was surprised by his wife and a friend at Christmas a few years ago with this 1969 Peterbilt 358.
All 50 states, D.C. and U.S. territories are now in compliance with FMCSA's updated DataQs requirements announced in April, including a multi-stage review process, a ban on issuing-officer decisions on challenges, strict timelines for reviews and other reforms.
The IRS confirmed it will not impose penalties for using red-dyed diesel on-highway through the end of the year, as directed by the President. Yet many states aren't allowing the use of dyed diesel on-highway, and volume discounts for standard, non-dyed fuel in many cases beat federal relief at the pump.
The surge in diesel prices this year has taken the top spot in ATRI's annual "Top Industry Issues" report. While truckers and carriers were generally in agreement on that, opinions differed otherwise, including a resurgence in carriers' "driver shortage" claims.
Used Class 8 sleeper prices were by some measures up, yet generally flat in September from August, indicating strong demand for quality used equipment.
These custom truck builders will square off for bragging rights -- and $15,000 cash -- at the 2027 Mid-America Trucking Show in the annual Big Rig Build-Off. Mid-America Trucking Show
