New Highway bill
Just read that the new highway bill is complete, without having read the bill in its entirety myself, here is what we as independent carriers have to be thankful for.
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The FMCSA is being forced to revamp their current CSA system that was slighted towards the larger carrier and punished the smaller carrier. They will no longer be allowed to use the bogus percentile rating system that they had set up.
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The FMCSA will no longer be allowed to harass us based upon their safety rating scheme, in effect the Congress and the Senate put the breaks on the FMCSA program until they can come up with a better one that works fairly for all carriers alike regardless of size.
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Our insurance for now will not be required to be raised from the $750,000 minimum.
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The FMCSA will now be required to prove by a regulatory impact analysis before changing rules vs the way they were doing it before on any old whim they deemed necessary
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Under 21 trucking is out
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Carrier Hiring Standards are out until the FMCSA comes up with a better rating system then they currently use. This means that the majority of us that have Unrated are still in good standing
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No size or weight increases
I am sure there are things in there that are a detriment to us as well, but by and large I am happy that our government had enough sense to realize that if they were to kill us off right now that they would take a huge loss on taxes.
Finally a little of a win for us little guys.