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No more dvir!!!

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by 12 ga, Dec 10, 2014.

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  1. Dec 10, 2014 #1
    12 ga

    12 ga THE VIEW FROM MY OFFICE

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    Just picked this up a few minutes ago on the web. Must be our Christmas early arrival.

    The U.S. government is trying to give truckers a break, doing away with a 62-year-old paperwork rule that was costing the industry as much as $1.7 billion annually.
    Truck drivers will no longer have to file daily reports after routine pre- and post-trip inspections if there aren’t safety defects or maintenance concerns, the U.S. Transportation Department said. A final regulation being issued today will take effect Dec. 18, ending a requirement implemented by the Interstate Commerce Commission during the Truman era in 1952.
    President Barack Obama challenged federal agencies in a 2011 executive order to identify rules that are “outmoded, insufficient or excessively burdensome.” The reports on trucks without safety problems fit the target of red tape and waste, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx said in an interview.
    “This is one of the leading paperwork regulations in government right now,” Foxx said. “We have put this rule through the paces, and we’re satisfied there will be no reduction in safety.”
    About 95 percent of the current inspection reports indicate no safety concerns, according to the Transportation Department. Truck drivers spend about 46.7 million hours a year completing those reports, the department said. The time saved would be worth about $1.7 billion a year to the industry, according to the department.
    Free from filing the reports, drivers should be able to stay focused on their jobs and the safety of everyone else on the road, Scott Darling, acting chief of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said in a statement.
     
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  3. Dec 10, 2014 #2
    Ezrider_48501

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    i came across that a little bit ago as well. the dvir isn't really a big deal to fill out and file if they wanted to give us a break i could think of some better ways, not that im complaining. for every rule they remove they will probably add 100 though.
     
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  4. Dec 10, 2014 #3
    12 ga

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    Remember the old saying about a gift horse:biggrin_25519:
     
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  5. Dec 10, 2014 #4
    snowwy

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    i'd like to know where they figure the savings from. considering most trucks have a box with no printer in their truck. to even print out their logs or dvir.

    it's save me a ton of money on ink though.
     
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  7. Dec 10, 2014 #5
    Mr.X

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    Major break through for book keeping? Are they going to send us junk mail reminders like they do for the Paperwork reduction act?:biggrin_2556:
     
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  8. Dec 10, 2014 #6
    Studebaker Hawk

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    95% have no defects reported huh?. My average is exactly 100%. I have never reported a defect to myself and immediately put myself out of service.
    Honest officer, that tire was nearly new when I left this morning, I don't know how it got bald so fast....
     
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  9. Dec 10, 2014 #7
    201

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    Hi SH, excellent! I did the same thing. Years ago, my 1st trucking job, the boss, who was a great guy, said, "do think you could do a little scratching in a log book? We haven't got a log from you for 2 weeks now". Back then, we'd run day & night, so I told him, " There's no way I can log everything I did". He said, "Don't worry, you can get it pretty close with a pencil".
     
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  10. Dec 10, 2014 #8
    Moving Forward

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    Here's the source FMI...

    U.S. Department of Transportation Eliminates $1.7 BillionAnnual Paperwork Burden for U.S. Trucking Industry

    December 9, 2014

    “U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announcedtoday that, effective Dec. 18, 2014, professional truck drivers will no longerhave to comply with a burdensome daily paperwork requirement, saving thetrucking industry an estimated $1.7 billion annually without compromisingsafety.”


    Full release at: http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/us-department-transportation-eliminates-17-billion-annual-paperwork-burden-us-trucking

     
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  11. Dec 10, 2014 #9
    Hardlyevr

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    You will still need to complete the report, the trucking companies will just no longer be required to keep the no defect reports.
     
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  12. Dec 10, 2014 #10
    drvrtech77

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    That's not what is says....only if defects are found...also what sense would it make for a driver to fill them out if a company can just disgard them?
     
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