NRMCA is asking the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to raise the number of on-duty hours without logging within the exemption from 12 to 14 hours, keeping it consistent with the 14 hours of drivers’ on-duty time rule
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Technology Disables Cell Phone Functions In Mobile Trucks
Following U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood’s ban on text messaging while driving, mobile software developer United Efficiency has announced tXtBlocker, equipped to disable texting and other communications functions upon determining the presence of a cell phone in a moving vehicle
Read MoreCranesville’s Osha Troubles Continue With Block Plant’s $45,000 Fine
On the heels of a late-2009 fine for its aggregate division’s Scotia, N.Y. bagging plant that may amount to more than $500,000, Cranesville Block Co. is once again on the receiving end of proposed OSHA penalties, totaling $45,500, for alleged “repeat and serious violations of safety and health standards” at its Kingston, N.Y., operation
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