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CVSA’s annual unsafe driving crackdown taking place July 14-20

https://www.ccjdigital.com/cvsas-an...3c973&utm_term=newsletter-2-daily-position-2#

"In addition to speeding, law enforcement will be looking for other dangerous driving behaviors, including distracted driving, texting, failure to use a seatbelt, following too closely, improper lane change, reckless or aggressive driving, failure to obey traffic control devices, evidence of drunk or drugged driving and more."
 
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New figures from Labor Department show trucking employment upswing in recent months

https://www.ccjdigital.com/new-figures-from-labor-department-show-trucking-employment-upswing-in-recent-months/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=07-08-2019&utm_campaign=Commercial Carrier Journal&ust_id=124f9551466b2c5785e539d1cda3c973&utm_term=newsletter-2-daily-position-1

"Employment in the for-hire trucking industry totaled 1.519 million in June — a gain of 36,800 jobs from the same month last year."
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Did the DOL have any figures on how many of those driving jobs were people quiting a carrier, and going to another? I always seem to miss that part in these studies...
 
Scandalous Trademarks allowed

https://www.natlawreview.com/articl...al News&utm_source=Robly.com&utm_medium=email

"Earlier this week the United States Supreme Court struck down a century-old provision in the Lanham Act that banned the registration of marks deemed “immoral” or “scandalous.” By a 6−3 vote, the Court found in Iancu v. Brunetti that the provision violated the First Amendment."


"In Brunetti, the owner of the FUCT-branded clothing line sought a federal trademark registration to protect his mark. The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) refused to register the mark under Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, finding it comprised immoral or scandalous matter in violation of that section.

Writing for the majority, Justice Kagan noted that the statute “does not draw the line at lewd, sexually explicit, or profane marks” but that it actually “covers the universe of immoral or scandalous . . ."
 
Prime, Inc. slaps Amazon with lawsuit over ‘Prime’ trailer logos

https://www.ccjdigital.com/prime-in...a3c973&utm_term=newsletter-2-daily-position-2

"Prime, Inc., No. 14 in the CCJTop 250, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against mega-retailer Amazon, alleging the company infringed Prime’s trademarked use of the word “prime” on trucks and trailers.

Prime is seeking to recoup what it claims are monetary damages over Amazon’s “prime”-marked trailers and an injunction against Amazon continuing to run trailers with its its Amazon Prime logo."
 
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Prime, Inc. slaps Amazon with lawsuit over ‘Prime’ trailer logos

https://www.ccjdigital.com/prime-inc-slaps-amazon-with-lawsuit-over-prime-trailer-logos/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_content=07-10-2019&utm_campaign=Commercial Carrier Journal&ust_id=124f9551466b2c5785e539d1cda3c973&utm_term=newsletter-2-daily-position-2

"Prime, Inc., No. 14 in the CCJTop 250, has filed a lawsuit in federal court against mega-retailer Amazon, alleging the company infringed Prime’s trademarked use of the word “prime” on trucks and trailers.

Prime is seeking to recoup what it claims are monetary damages over Amazon’s “prime”-marked trailers and an injunction against Amazon continuing to run trailers with its its Amazon Prime logo."
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Sounds as if Prime Inc just might have a chance at winning this lawsuit over Amazon...

“An attorney for the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office found that because of this same dominant component of the markings, it is “given greater weight than any minor stylistic differences between the marks,” according to the lawsuit.”

http://www.freightwaves.com/news/prime-inc-goes-after-amazons-profits-for-trademark-infringement
 
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Comment period opens for proposed CDL testing changes

https://www.ccjdigital.com/fmcsa-proposes-changes-to-cdl-skills-testing-regs/

"Update – Tuesday, July 9: FMCSA has opened the comment period for the rule that would allow third-party CDL trainers to administer the CDL skills test to applicants they trained themselves.

Comments can be made here through Sept. 9. The full proposed rule can be seen here."
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So when someone gets a CDL that a 3rd party skill tested them, and they crash shortly after they get the license, who is going to get looked at? This has liability written all over it. But also would bet the big truckload carriers who go thru 95% turnover rates had their lobbyists pushing buttons on this proposal.
 
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What American Carriers Need to Know About Canada's ELD Rule

https://www.truckinginfo.com/335653/what-american-carriers-need-to-know-about-canadas-eld-rule

"American carriers currently using ELDs will have to have their devices certified before operating in Canada. There are few guarantees that you current supplier can meet the Canadian requirements, or that the vendor will even try to certify in Canada."
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Yeah. For some asinine reason nobody has figured out, we are requiring "certified electronic logging devices". Nobody knows what that means, and our expectations are no different than yours.

All it really means is that the device must recognize our slightly different Canadian rules. Canadian HOS differences are:
16 hour Day
13 hour Driving
24 hour period runs midnight to midnight
Day off deferral
36 hour Reset
75km unladen personal use
No mandatory break period

Your work hours are counted not just based on having the required time off duty but also total hours from midnight to midnight. This is one of the reasons for the 16 hour day, as you may need to stop before midnight to get some time back. It's...really stupid, to be honest. Day off deferral allows you to buy yourself a couple of hours to get home if needed at the end of the week by chewing into your day off. As long as you still get your 36 hours off you're good to go.

And for the most part this probably won't affect you guys.
 
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Yeah. For some asinine reason nobody has figured out, we are requiring "certified electronic logging devices". Nobody knows what that means, and our expectations are no different than yours.

All it really means is that the device must recognize our slightly different Canadian rules. Canadian HOS differences are:
16 hour Day
13 hour Driving
24 hour period runs midnight to midnight
Day off deferral
36 hour Reset
75km unladen personal use
No mandatory break period

Your work hours are counted not just based on having the required time off duty but also total hours from midnight to midnight. This is one of the reasons for the 16 hour day, as you may need to stop before midnight to get some time back. It's...really stupid, to be honest. Day off deferral allows you to buy yourself a couple of hours to get home if needed at the end of the week by chewing into your day off. As long as you still get your 36 hours off you're good to go.

And for the most part this probably won't affect you guys.
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True. no effect on us. I did find the requirement to "retain 14 days of previous daily logs" a bit excessive. Irrelevant, but excessive.

Curious about the details (not provided in the story), only mentioned, on the the split-sleeper provision and driving north of the 60th parallel. Again, no effect on us, but interesting.
 
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True. no effect on us. I did find the requirement to "retain 14 days of previous daily logs" a bit excessive. Irrelevant, but excessive.

Curious about the details (not provided in the story), only mentioned, on the the split-sleeper provision and driving north of the 60th parallel. Again, no effect on us, but interesting.
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Split sleeper provision is for teams and allows you to divide your time up virtually as you please. But because of the 24 hour clock it can be a giant pain in the ass to track.

And yeah, the 14 day log provision is absurd. They haven't figured out yet that they're effectively telling drivers to maintain a set of paper logs just in case because of this rule, and nobody I know is doing it because...well...the hell with that. The idea behind that particular rule is essentially that the MOT wants to be able to go back and make sure your days add up whenever they want. In reality, I've never been asked for 14 days by the MOT because they don't want to sift through that much paper on a whim.

My understanding is that they only ask for 14 days if you're already OoS and they want to find more fines. Ontario is not very truck friendly that way; everyone knows they have ticket quotas, they just refuse to admit it.

As for the Canada North rules, I believe they permit 18 hour days. Enforcement up there is pretty much non-existent because...well, there's not a lot of people up there period. Rumor about the oil patch is that you can make good money but you will work torturous hours. I've never run under Can North HOS myself.
 
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