Want a quick and simple explanation of the new hours-of-service regulations effective July 1? We have posted narrated power points of about 5 minutes in duration. They can be found at https://www.cdl-law.com/video/. One power point reviews and explains the new requirement of a 30 minute break after 8 hours “on duty”. The other explains the […]
Read More HOS, Hour of Service, Safety, Trucking, Trucking Law, trucking regulations, trucking safetyAt a trucking law conference this summer, a panel debated whether a company should run a PSP on prospective hires. Some raised the question of the potential impact in a lawsuit if you got a bad PSP report on a driver. I had one question — what’s there to debate. A PSP must be obtained. The information […]
Read More Transportation Law, Trucking Law, trucking litigation pa, trucking safety, trucking safety paOn August 3, 2011, FMCSA announced that it has refined the criteria used to determine whether or not a motor carrier is subject to more stringent Hazardous Materials threshold. The changes were made so that FMCSA could more accurately identify motor carriers who transport hazardous materials subject to placard. Prior to the change, the threshold […]
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