Safety

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it will not issue regulatory guidance to recommend that certain truck drivers be screened and treated for sleep apnea, and instead go through the formal rulemaking process.

Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has denied a congressman’s request for a timeline for the completion of a study into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s latest changes to the hours-of-service’s 34-hour restart.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration scrapped its proposed rule on entry-level truck driver training standards Sept. 18, saying it would start over on the mandate.

A U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del., has approved the sale of most of Allied Systems Holdings’ operating assets to Jack Cooper Transport Co. as part of a $135 million deal that would consolidate the carhaul sector of trucking.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will not meet a congressionally mandated Sept. 30 deadline to complete a study of changes made to the 34-hour restart provision of the agency’s hours-of-service rule.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will consider a bill Sept. 19 that would prevent the federal government from issuing regulatory guidance recommending that truck drivers be screened and treated for sleep apnea.

WASHINGTON — Lawyers representing some shippers and brokers told a federal appeals court that the government’s Safety Measurement System is an improperly enacted rule that should be vacated.

Rand McNally said it has integrated its TND 760 telematics device with Strategy Systems Inc.’s Strategy Live software.

A bill introduced Sept. 12 in the House would prevent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from issuing “guidance” that would recommend certain obese truck drivers be screened and treated for sleep apnea and allow such action only in a formal rulemaking process.