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Ontario Announces Temporary Options for Provincial Trucking Companies

03/30/20 | HOS

On March 30, 2020, the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) announced temporary options for provincially regulated trucking companies that operate in Ontario only, ...

Update on COVID-19: Freight Transport Exemption in Canada

03/26/20 | BigRoad App

Exemption to allow relief from the requirements established under the Commercial Vehicle Drivers Hours of Service Regulations As expected, Transport Canada has approved an ...

Update on COVID-19: Expiring Commercial Driver’s Licenses & Permits

03/24/20 | FMCSA

It has come to my attention that many truckers are becoming increasingly anxious that they may be subject to unwanted enforcement attention due to their CLDs expiring soon, and ...

Update on COVID-19: Temporary Waivers by Jurisdiction

03/24/20 | trucking

To date, I have focused my ‘Ask the Expert’ Blogs on Federal Emergency Declarations information in the U.S. and Canada. I am switching gears today to focus on specific State ...

Update on COVID-19 Emergency Declaration

03/20/20 | FMCSA

As you know, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a national Emergency Declaration for Commercial Motor Vehicles (CMVs) delivering relief in response ...

Texas Intrastate - ELD Mandate Deadline & HOS Rules

12/11/19 | HOS

With all the chatter about the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) deadline for Interstate drivers in the U.S. effective December 16, 2019, I wanted to raise awareness of another ...

Driver standing with hands folded in front of a blue truck.

Canada-specific HOS On-Duty Requirement

11/12/19 | HOS

This is a different requirement than when operating in the U.S. and might cause confusion for motor carriers travelling between Canada and the U.S., particularly with the ELD ...

Hazardous Materials: How do they affect off duty breaks and duty statuses?

08/07/19 | HOS

When taking a break while hauling hazmats, make sure you're doing it right! Understanding how to rightly claim the right duty status is already crucial if DOT ever inspects ...

Truck driver looking at his mobile device and hours of service.

Logging Hours on an ELD and Non-ELD Deployed Vehicle

07/30/19 | HOS

A reader of Marc's Safety Corner and customer of BigRoad recently asked an interesting question. How are Hours of Service (HOS) recorded when you have two vehicles – one that ...

How FMCSA Calculates BASIC Measure

07/23/19 | FMCSA

Five million truck and bus drivers share the road with more than 250 million motorists in the U.S. Commercial drivers and their violations need to be monitored and assessed to ...

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Ontario Announces Temporary Options for Provincial Trucking Companies

Update on COVID-19: Freight Transport Exemption in Canada

Update on COVID-19: Expiring Commercial Driver’s Licenses & Permits

Update on COVID-19: Temporary Waivers by Jurisdiction

Update on COVID-19 Emergency Declaration

Texas Intrastate - ELD Mandate Deadline & HOS Rules

Canada-specific HOS On-Duty Requirement

Hazardous Materials: How do they affect off duty breaks and duty statuses?

Logging Hours on an ELD and Non-ELD Deployed Vehicle

How FMCSA Calculates BASIC Measure

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