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New Hours-of-Service Final Rule
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that new federal regulations designed to improve safety for the motoring public by reducing truck driver fatigue took full effect on July 1, 2013.
Trucking companies were provided 18 months to adopt the new hours-of-service rules for truck drivers. First announced in December 2011 by the FMCSA, the rules limit the average work week for truck drivers to 70 hours to ensure that all truck operators have adequate rest. Only the most extreme schedules will be impacted, and more than 85 percent of the truck driving workforce will see no changes.
Working long daily and weekly hours on a continuing basis is associated with chronic fatigue, a high risk of crashes and a number of serious chronic health conditions in drivers. It is estimated that these new safety regulations will save 19 lives and prevent approximately 1,400 crashes and 560 injuries each year.
The FMCSA's new hours-of-service final rule:
- Limits the maximum average work week for truck drivers to 70 hours, a decrease from the current maximum of 82 hours.
- Allows truck drivers who reach the maximum 70 hours of driving within a week to resume if they rest for 34 consecutive hours, including at least two nights when their body clock demands sleep the most -- from 1-5 a.m.
- Requires truck drivers to take a 30-minute break during the first eight hours of a shift.
The final rule retains the current 11-hour daily driving limit and 14-hour work day. Companies and drivers that commit egregious violations of the rule could face the maximum penalties for each offense.
Further information, including Hours-of-Service Logbook Examples, is available on the FMCSA's Web site at www.fmcsa.dot.gov/HOS.
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TMHA Board
of Directors
President
Jon Coca
Diamond Transportation System, Inc.
First Vice President
Aaron Tennant
Tennant Truck Lines
Second Vice President
Mike Connell
Bennett Motor Express
Past President
Jim Towery
Steelman Transportation
Clayton Fisk
Warren Transport
Jeremy Ihle
Ihle Transport, Inc.
David Major
Sammons Trucking
TMHA Mission Statement
To provide an ongoing forum for education, networking and advocacy for flatbed, step-deck and lowboy (RGN) carriers that specialize in the transportation of machinery and machinery-related commodities throughout the United States and Canada.
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TMHA is Growing
The Machinery Haulers Association is growing at a steady rate. More carriers and vendors are seeing the value of belonging. How can you help? Talk to your peers, your vendors, and anyone YOU think would benefit from joining. When a prospect hears how an association has helped a fellow carrier, it's the best marketing we've got!
The link below is a tool to help promote the association. As of last week, this publication was sent to a focused group of over 40 carrier prospects. Forward to your contacts and let's keep up the momentum!
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New Truck Emission Standards
President Barack Obama announced last week that the administration will begin work on a new round of fuel-economy standards that will apply to heavy- and medium-duty trucks starting in 2019. Truck and trailer manufacturers said last week they welcome the government's collaborative approach to setting standards that improve fuel economy. The President did not give any details in his speech, but the man heading the effort said work will begin immediately and will be more ambitious than the first standards. The new rule making will be much the same as the first round. It will involve all the stakeholders, as well as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The new standards likely will cover Classes 2-8 trucks. No targets have been set yet for reducing fuel consumption or emissions.
Source: Transport Topics
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Vigillo Speed Research Data
Vigillo said it has studied the 2012 MCMIS Data on 97,685 commercial vehicle speeding violations and found that just 10 states account for 48.9 percent of all the citations issued.
The top 10 states, in highest to lowest order, are: Indiana, Ohio, New Mexico, Iowa, Oklahoma, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia, Tennessee and Massachusetts. The 10 lowest violation states, in lowest to highest order, were: District of Columbia, Mississippi, Maine, Louisiana, North Dakota, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, Nevada and Montana.
Source: The National Transportation
Institute Alerts Newsletter
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Summer TMHA Member Meeting Agenda, Registration and Hotel Accommodation Details
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The TMHA Summer Safety Meeting will be here before you know it. If you have yet to do so, please complete the online registration form by accessing the link below. The meeting will take place at The Abbey Resort in Lake Geneva, Wis., on Wednesday, July 31, and Thursday, August 1.
Schedule of Events -- Wednesday, July 31
11:00 AM -- Registration Table Opens
12:00 PM -- Lunch Buffet
1:00 PM -- TMHA Membership Meeting
3:00 PM -- CVSA Update & DataQ's -- presented by Major Lance Evans, Iowa DOT
5:00 PM -- Cocktail Cruise Reception -- sponsored by HNI Truck Group
7:30 PM -- Dinner
Schedule of Events -- Thursday, August 1
7:30 AM -- Registration Table Opens
8:00 AM -- Breakfast Buffet
8:30 AM -- ATA & Regulatory Update -- presented by Sean Garney, ATA
10:00 AM -- FMCSA Update -- presented by Mark Oesterle, FMCSA
11:00 AM -- OSHA Regulations -- presented by Bill Morgan, Morgan Safety
The TMHA room block deadline has passed. However, pending availability at The Abbey Resort, reservations can still be made by calling (800) 709-1323. Special room rate will most likely not be available due to the passing of the deadline.
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Driver Safety Meetings ... Are They Important?
Are you currently conducting driver safety meetings or does your operational schedule make it hard to get the drivers together?
Many times we get frustrated at the thought of trying to get the drivers and employees together, but we can address driver training in more than one way. Sometimes it's easier to break the task down into several smaller meetings. However we accomplish driver training, we need to remember that yes, driver safety meetings are important.
First of all, a driver safety meeting IS an important tool in reducing crashes and improving compliance. Safety meetings are an excellent way to come together with your managers and drivers to meet each other, share ideas and realize that they are all an important part of the company and the safety
Read more about this story at www.machineryhaulers.org.
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Getting to Know Your Board Members
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Jon Coca
President, Diamond Transportation System
Racine, Wis.
Four generations and 70 years. That's the lineage Jon Coca is adding to with every passing week and month in which he's guiding his family's company -- Diamond Transportation System -- as president.
It all started in 1943 when Coca's great-grandfather, L. R. Jenkins, purchased Schamel-Anderson Lines and adopted the company's current name. Coca's grandfather, Harvey Jenkins has been working for Diamond Transportation System since 1964 and still owns and operates the company with his brother, Richard (Buck) Jenkins.
Specifically for Coca, it was 19 years ago when he got started at Diamond when his grandfather offered him the opportunity to make money until he found his passion. While working two jobs, Coca determined he loved trucking and wanted to help contribute to the success of the family business.
"I moved around from department to department learning all aspects of the business and eventually moved into management after about 10 years," Coca said.
Coca became an officer two years later in 2006 and then gained the role of president in 2011. During this period, he was also bestowed the responsibility of carrying on the company's stature as a founding member of The Machinery Haulers Association.
Diamond Transportation System has been a member of TMHA since the organization's inception in the 1960s. So, for Coca to be serving as current TMHA President, the role is a little more sentimental to him given his family's history.
"In large part, it is a portion of my grandfather's legacy," Coca said. "He loved the association so I will carry the torch."
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The Machinery Haulers Association
717 E. Court Avenue
Des Moines, Iowa
Phone: (515) 244-5193
Fax: (515) 244-2204
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