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It looks good on paper, but the lawsuits for remote drivers unable to adapt to ever changing situations due to upload/download lag will probably put an end to the practice in relatively short order.
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It looks good on paper, but the lawsuits for remote drivers unable to adapt to ever changing situations due to upload/download lag will probably put an end to the practice in relatively short order.
Does this mean off ramps will start looking like Home Depot parking lots?? Out of work/semi-retired drivers hanging out looking for trucks to drive to customers??
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I envision seeing drone trucks stalled at every off ramp, blocking 4-wheelers because the remote connection drops or won't engage at all.
And it'll still somehow be our fault.
And then they can send in robocop to write the ticket for parking on the off ramp
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Surge in E-Commerce is Disrupting Trucking Industry's Business Model, Expert Says
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/showtemplatetmc2017.aspx?storyid=45128
"“We’re actually shopping online more than shopping in stores,” said James Stevenson, vice president of sales for TMW Systems. “It’s a massive shift, and if you think about that, it’s what we as consumers expect."
"The speed of the change and on-time final-mile demand is going to hit truckload carriers the hardest, and will be a boon for many less-than-truckload carriers, he said."
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/showtemplatetmc2017.aspx?storyid=45128
"“We’re actually shopping online more than shopping in stores,” said James Stevenson, vice president of sales for TMW Systems. “It’s a massive shift, and if you think about that, it’s what we as consumers expect."
"The speed of the change and on-time final-mile demand is going to hit truckload carriers the hardest, and will be a boon for many less-than-truckload carriers, he said."
U.S. jobless claims near 44-year low; rate hike expected this month
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKBN1691S9
"The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a 44-year low last week, pointing to further tightening of the labor market even as economic growth appears to have remained moderate in the first quarter.
The stronger labor market and rising inflation could push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month. Several Fed officials have in recent days suggested the U.S. central bank could increase borrowing costs soon.
"The jobs market is strengthening and we are near full employment. The Fed is worried that the jobs market will overheat and that is fanning the discussion of a March rate hike," said Ryan Sweet, senior economist at Moody's Analytics in Westchester, Pennsylvania"
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy-idUSKBN1691S9
"The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits fell to near a 44-year low last week, pointing to further tightening of the labor market even as economic growth appears to have remained moderate in the first quarter.
The stronger labor market and rising inflation could push the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month. Several Fed officials have in recent days suggested the U.S. central bank could increase borrowing costs soon.
"The jobs market is strengthening and we are near full employment. The Fed is worried that the jobs market will overheat and that is fanning the discussion of a March rate hike," said Ryan Sweet, senior economist at Moody's Analytics in Westchester, Pennsylvania"
Carriers with higher turnover have higher crash rates and poorer CSA scores, analysis finds
http://www.ccjdigital.com/carriers-...h-rates-and-poorer-csa-scores-analysis-finds/
"The differences were even more stark in metrics that drivers and carriers tend to trust as better correlating to safety performance, those outside of CSA BASIC scores, such as out-of-service inspections and volume of DOT-recordable crashes. High-turnover carriers had a “driver out-of-service rate 189 percent higher,” Bryan said, than low-turnover carriers. The vehicle OOS volume for those high-turnover carriers was 300 percent higher.
As regards reportable crashes, the high-turnover group showed 1,177 total. The low showed just 303, a huge difference."
http://www.ccjdigital.com/carriers-...h-rates-and-poorer-csa-scores-analysis-finds/
"The differences were even more stark in metrics that drivers and carriers tend to trust as better correlating to safety performance, those outside of CSA BASIC scores, such as out-of-service inspections and volume of DOT-recordable crashes. High-turnover carriers had a “driver out-of-service rate 189 percent higher,” Bryan said, than low-turnover carriers. The vehicle OOS volume for those high-turnover carriers was 300 percent higher.
As regards reportable crashes, the high-turnover group showed 1,177 total. The low showed just 303, a huge difference."
Can you out-route Omnitracs?
Mar 3, 2017
http://fleetowner.com/technology/ca...cb80e43e047a30829#slide-0-field_images-213251
"Think you're better than Omnitracs' delivery routing and optimizing engines? Then why don't you bring it, the company prods with a Pac Man-esque new video game officially unveiled Thursday called Route Race."
Mar 3, 2017
http://fleetowner.com/technology/ca...cb80e43e047a30829#slide-0-field_images-213251
"Think you're better than Omnitracs' delivery routing and optimizing engines? Then why don't you bring it, the company prods with a Pac Man-esque new video game officially unveiled Thursday called Route Race."
BRG Patel Consulting also commented on this story that,"you get what you pay for"....
BD Singh Consulting also commented that " you get more by paying less"......meaning you get more..umm..bad points on your record..umm..because...you know...you don't pay higher wages..err..BD Singh is going to regroup and we'll get back with you..
Is a CEO Worth $200 Million? Shareholders at Rail Giant Think So
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter
In 2012, Ackman lured Harrison out of retirement to run Canadian Pacific Railway, which he was targeting in an activist campaign. Then North America’s least efficient railroad, it’s today hailed for a smooth-running operation that’s helped triple net income during Harrison’s tenure...
...Harrison’s package, tied mostly to stock appreciation, “only has meaningful value if Hunter knocks the cover off the ball,’’ Hilal said in his letter to CSX’s board. “And it would certainly be deserved.”
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter
In 2012, Ackman lured Harrison out of retirement to run Canadian Pacific Railway, which he was targeting in an activist campaign. Then North America’s least efficient railroad, it’s today hailed for a smooth-running operation that’s helped triple net income during Harrison’s tenure...
...Harrison’s package, tied mostly to stock appreciation, “only has meaningful value if Hunter knocks the cover off the ball,’’ Hilal said in his letter to CSX’s board. “And it would certainly be deserved.”
New Class 8 truck racing circuit kicks off 13-race season this month
http://www.ccjdigital.com/new-class...urnal&ust_id=124f9551466b2c5785e539d1cda3c973
"A new racing series featuring Class 8 trucks in oval track races starts its first full season next month in North Carolina. The Bandit Big Rig Series, which offers a total purse of $50,000 at each event, will host 13 races this season, culminating in a finale in late October in Cordele, Ga."
Full season schedule:
March 25: Hickory Motor Speedway | Newton, North Carolina
April 15: Greenville Pickens Speedway | Easley, South Carolina
May 13: Montgomery Motor Speedway | Montgomery, Alabama
June 10: Greenville Pickens Speedway | Easley, South Carolina
July 1: Highland Rim Speedway | Greenbrier, Tennessee
July 15: Hawkeye Downs Speedway | Cedar Rapids, Iowa
July 28: Madison International Speedway | Madison, Wisconsin
Aug. 5: Lebanon I-44 Speedway | Lebanon, Missouri
Sept. 2: Florence Motor Speedway | Timmonsville, South Carolina
Sept. 23: Highland Rim Speedway | Greenbrier, Tennessee
Oct. 14: Hickory Motor Speedway | Newton, North Carolina
Oct. 28: Crisp Motorsports Park | Cordele, Georgia
http://www.ccjdigital.com/new-class...urnal&ust_id=124f9551466b2c5785e539d1cda3c973
"A new racing series featuring Class 8 trucks in oval track races starts its first full season next month in North Carolina. The Bandit Big Rig Series, which offers a total purse of $50,000 at each event, will host 13 races this season, culminating in a finale in late October in Cordele, Ga."
Full season schedule:
March 25: Hickory Motor Speedway | Newton, North Carolina
April 15: Greenville Pickens Speedway | Easley, South Carolina
May 13: Montgomery Motor Speedway | Montgomery, Alabama
June 10: Greenville Pickens Speedway | Easley, South Carolina
July 1: Highland Rim Speedway | Greenbrier, Tennessee
July 15: Hawkeye Downs Speedway | Cedar Rapids, Iowa
July 28: Madison International Speedway | Madison, Wisconsin
Aug. 5: Lebanon I-44 Speedway | Lebanon, Missouri
Sept. 2: Florence Motor Speedway | Timmonsville, South Carolina
Sept. 23: Highland Rim Speedway | Greenbrier, Tennessee
Oct. 14: Hickory Motor Speedway | Newton, North Carolina
Oct. 28: Crisp Motorsports Park | Cordele, Georgia
No clear 'net benefit' to overnight restart, FMCSA concedes
http://fleetowner.com/regulations/n...m=email&elq2=b1274a883efe49e7b06be67d7b71cbc9
"...the agency followed the review requirements imposed when lawmakers suspended provisions that included requiring consecutive nighttime off-duty periods (1 a.m. to 5 a.m.) to reset a driver’s weekly work limits."
“We knew from the beginning that these Obama administration restrictions provided no benefit to safety,” Spear said, “and in light of the DOT’s findings—corroborated by the DOT Inspector General—it is good for our industry and for the motoring public that they will be done away with permanently.”
http://fleetowner.com/regulations/n...m=email&elq2=b1274a883efe49e7b06be67d7b71cbc9
"...the agency followed the review requirements imposed when lawmakers suspended provisions that included requiring consecutive nighttime off-duty periods (1 a.m. to 5 a.m.) to reset a driver’s weekly work limits."
“We knew from the beginning that these Obama administration restrictions provided no benefit to safety,” Spear said, “and in light of the DOT’s findings—corroborated by the DOT Inspector General—it is good for our industry and for the motoring public that they will be done away with permanently.”
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Now if we can just get Congress to permanently do away with the Govt mandated "nanny break"...or atleast give us an exemption!!
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Looks like fun and right in my backyard...but they already know Redracer would take every checkered flag!!New Class 8 truck racing circuit kicks off 13-race season this month
http://www.ccjdigital.com/new-class-8-truck-racing-circuit-kicks-off-13-race-season-this-month/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=03-06-2017&utm_campaign=Commercial Carrier Journal&ust_id=124f9551466b2c5785e539d1cda3c973
"A new racing series featuring Class 8 trucks in oval track races starts its first full season next month in North Carolina. The Bandit Big Rig Series, which offers a total purse of $50,000 at each event, will host 13 races this season, culminating in a finale in late October in Cordele, Ga."
Full season schedule:
March 25: Hickory Motor Speedway | Newton, North Carolina
April 15: Greenville Pickens Speedway | Easley, South Carolina
May 13: Montgomery Motor Speedway | Montgomery, Alabama
June 10: Greenville Pickens Speedway | Easley, South Carolina
July 1: Highland Rim Speedway | Greenbrier, Tennessee
July 15: Hawkeye Downs Speedway | Cedar Rapids, Iowa
July 28: Madison International Speedway | Madison, Wisconsin
Aug. 5: Lebanon I-44 Speedway | Lebanon, Missouri
Sept. 2: Florence Motor Speedway | Timmonsville, South Carolina
Sept. 23: Highland Rim Speedway | Greenbrier, Tennessee
Oct. 14: Hickory Motor Speedway | Newton, North Carolina
Oct. 28: Crisp Motorsports Park | Cordele, Georgia
Wonder if I could FXFE to sponsor me a truck!!??!!
EEOC sues carrier for ‘failure to accommodate’ PTSD service dog
http://fleetowner.com/regulations/e...m=email&elq2=be2ebf8e2de54ea9aa7bf661d7f04096
"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges CRST Expedited Inc. violated federal law when it failed to accommodate, refused to hire and retaliated against a job candidate because he used a service dog. EEOC filed the disability discrimination lawsuit March 2."
http://fleetowner.com/regulations/e...m=email&elq2=be2ebf8e2de54ea9aa7bf661d7f04096
"The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleges CRST Expedited Inc. violated federal law when it failed to accommodate, refused to hire and retaliated against a job candidate because he used a service dog. EEOC filed the disability discrimination lawsuit March 2."
EU Block on UPS-TNT Merger Annulled by Court
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter
Kind of an incomplete story... What next? Too late to change as TNT is sold. Lawsuit, perhaps?
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter
Kind of an incomplete story... What next? Too late to change as TNT is sold. Lawsuit, perhaps?
Companies in US Hired the Most in Almost Three Years, ADP says
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter
Key Points
• Private payrolls climbed by 298,000 (forecast was 187,000), the most since April 2014, after a revised 261,000 gain in January.
• Goods-producing industries, which include manufacturers and builders, increased headcounts by 106,000, a record in data going back to 2002, after a 55,000 gain.
• Service providers boosted payrolls by 193,000 after a 207,000 increase.
Read more at: http://www.ttnews.com/articles/base...utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=newsletter
Key Points
• Private payrolls climbed by 298,000 (forecast was 187,000), the most since April 2014, after a revised 261,000 gain in January.
• Goods-producing industries, which include manufacturers and builders, increased headcounts by 106,000, a record in data going back to 2002, after a 55,000 gain.
• Service providers boosted payrolls by 193,000 after a 207,000 increase.
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