Personal conveyance

U.S. House passes the five-year surface transportation reauthorization that boosts truck insurance requirements and mandates automatic braking on new trucks.

It is now clarified that your truck can be laden while driving for personal conveyance.

On the agenda for the day: AOBRD transition, personal conveyance, sleeper berth rule and plenty of other issues for FMCSA’s top attorney.

Despite repeated efforts, confusion still reigns when it comes to hours-of-service compliance and when drivers can use personal conveyance or the agriculture exemptions available.