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march MAY 2019 2020 • VOLUME • Volume 2221 • ISSUE • Issue 5 3
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Team Claude drivers Crook found chose love
for OTR driving career and despite each
other losing after 6 family crossing
members
paths to drugged at Ohio truck career driver fair
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NEWS
FMCSA Intelligent issues Imaging interim
final Systems rule delaying technology entrylevel
used driving to find training
CMV
regulations
parking at truck
stops in Midwest
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Team drivers found love for driving and each
other after crossing paths at Ohio career fair
Gwenetta Binns had her CDL three years
before meeting Julian, but once the two
hit it off at a career fair, they quickly
decided to pursue driving as a team.
Julian got his CDL shortly afterward,
and now they haul a regional route in
Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
A lot of career success stories start with a
resume. The same can’t typically be said for love
stories. For Gwenetta and Julian Binns, however,
both became reality. The two got the best of both
worlds when they struck up a conversation at a
local career fair in Ohio.
Julian was looking into the possibilities of
getting funding to attend CDL driving school,
while Gwenetta was checking out local vendors
and updating her resume. She had already
obtained her CDL three years earlier but had not
started driving professionally just yet.
“I helped him with his resume, and he helped
me with things, and we just hit it off,” Gwenetta
said. “I talked to him for about four or five hours
that day. I never called him, but he called me.
I decided to give him a chance, and we started
dating.”
In the time that Gwenetta and Julian were
dating, Julian obtained his CDL through the
same program Gwenetta had completed years
earlier.
The couple got married in June 2019 and only
three months later, the two hit the road as a pair.
Now they are team drivers of a 2020 Freightliner
Cascadia hauling for Cleveland-based Formica
Flooring where they drive a dedicated route
from Indiana to Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Although Gwenetta had her CDL for quite
some time before meeting Julian, she already
knew she wanted to drive as a team with
someone she could get along with. When she
met Julian, everything just seemed to fall into
place. Gwenetta was then able to stop working
jobs outside of the transportation industry and
put her CDL to use.
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It took some searching, though, to find a
company that would train them together.
“There are a lot of companies that will take
teams but won’t train you together,” she said.
“We wanted to be able to train together. When
we finally found someone who would train us
together, it was basically three of us and a trainer
in the truck. It worked out.”
Gwenetta admits that she was initially a
bit nervous about training with Julian, but she
quickly found that they made a great team and
having the trainer with them in the beginning
helped them to learn how to work together and
get better acquainted with being behind the
wheel.
“We are still learning each other,” she said.
“I’m learning his habits, and he’s learning mine.
We are figuring out what we like and don’t like.
Driving together teaches us a lot, but we rarely
bump heads about anything. We work really
well together, and there’s a lot of teamwork. We
call ourselves Team Binns.”
Although being in a confined space with a
spouse during the first few months of marriage
can seem challenging, Gwenetta said that taking
shifts allows for the two to get plenty of space.
Typically, while she is driving Julian is sleeping
and vice versa. Their designated route is about
eight hours of drivetime one way, which makes
for an ideal length of time before needing to
switch drivers. Working as a team helps to keep
the truck moving while a single driver would
need to stop for rest.
“Every once in a while, we might get on
each other’s nerves, but for the most part, we
don’t really cross paths like that,” Gwenetta
said. “[When one of us isn’t sleeping] we listen
to music and talk. It might be hard, but if you
can find that person that you can tolerate all day
every day, [driving] is a perfect job.”
Also under the category of a “perfect job,”
Gwenetta said the couple normally spends
all week on the road but is back home for the
weekend, which allows for plenty of time to
spend apart or relax with family and friends.
Long before Gwenetta became a part of
“Team Binns,” she wanted to pursue culinary
arts and even attended college to do so. A little
later, she did a little research and found out
that the money in that industry wasn’t exactly
what she had in mind, and she quickly lost her
passion for cooking professionally. With the
encouragement of a few friends who were truck
drivers, Gwenetta started to consider getting her
CDL. The deal was sealed when she realized
that driving a truck provided the ideal financial
stability she was seeking in a career.
Driving as a team, though, allows for even
more financial stability since Gwenetta and
Julian can save money by minimizing bills at
home while they are on the road all week.
“We can both save up like we want to now,”
she said, adding that the two have plans of
buying a house soon.
Even though she is a part of a team,
Gwenetta said she still gets interesting
responses when some people see a woman
driving a truck, but that has never detoured her
from wanting to grow in the trucking industry. If
anything, she said it encourages her to continue.
“Don’t underestimate us women. We can
outdrive just about anybody,” she said. “I tell
my husband that all the time.”
As Gwenetta and Julian learn more about the
trucking industry and each other, the two hope
to someday be their own business, but for now
they are happy to have the opportunity to work
together every day.
“We love what we do and hopefully we will
be able to purchase our own truck someday,” she
said. “We really like the company we are with
and we love seeing the world together.”
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News
March 2020
FMCSA issues interim final
rule delaying entry-level
driving training regulations
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
recently released an interim final rule
that calls for a two-year delay in implementation
of the agency’s December 8, 2016, final
rule “Minimum Training Requirements for
Entry-Level Commercial Motor Vehicle Operators,”
more commonly known as the ELDT
final rule.
The FMCSA asked for comments on the
delay.
The interim final rule extends the compliance
date from February 7, 2020, to February
7, 2022.
The notice, posted in the Federal Register,
said the delay in the compliance date would
The interim final rule notice
released by the Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration
extends the compliance date for
the ELDT final rule to February 7,
2022.
provide the FMCSA additional time to complete
development of the Training Provider
Registry (TPR), which will allow training
providers to self-certify that they meet the
training requirements and will provide the
electronic interface that will receive and store
(ELDT) certification information from training
providers and transmit that information to
the state driver licensing agencies (SDLAs).
The FMCSA said the extension also provides
SDLAs with time to modify their information
technology systems and procedures,
as necessary, to accommodate their receipt of
driver-specific ELDT data from the TPR.
The FMCSA said it was delaying the entire
ELDT final rule, as opposed to a partial
delay, because of delays in implementation of
the TPR that were not foreseen when the proposed
rule was published.
The Federal Register notice was not a
surprise to the trucking industry because the
FMCSA in late November announced it was
preparing the notice, but did not know when it
would be published.
“Following a careful review of the public
comments regarding the Entry-Level Training
(ELDT) rule, FMCSA is extending the rule’s
implementation for two years,” said an FMCSA
spokesperson in November. “This extension is
reflective of the agency’s continued efforts to
develop a secure and effective electronic trainer
provider registry for the new rule.”
“While news of the full delay is not unexpected,
it is very disappointing to the entire
commercial vehicle training community as well
as safety advocates who have seen this as a
critical step toward improving highway safety,”
said Commercial Vehicle Training Association
President Don Lefeve, who noted that the ELDT
rule applies to both interstate and intrastate commercial
drivers seeking a CDL. Unlike numerous
state laws on commercial driver training that
provide exemptions for employers, or have lax
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training requirements, ELDT requires anyone
seeking a CDL to receive formal training, register
with the FMCSA, and teach the proper curriculum.
“From large organizations to one-man
trainers, ELDT will create a training standard
that will positively impact every driver responsible
for driving an 80,000-pound vehicle on our
roadways. Put simply, the ELDT rule is in the
interest of everyone’s safety.”
CVTA members have been piloting various
training and reporting requirements since September
of 2018 in anticipation of the original
compliance date to be best prepared to implement
when it does come out.
“CVTA will continue to push for ELDT
implementation prior to the 2-year delay. We
look forward to working with the FMCSA and
all interested parties to speed up implementation
and lead outreach to states and industry
stakeholders,” added Lefeve.
In the notice, the FMCSA said the extension
applies to all requirements established in
the December 2016 final rule, including:
• The date by which training providers
must begin uploading driver-specific training
certification information into the TPR, an
electronic database that will contain ELDT
information;
• The date by which 5DLAs must confirm
that applicants for a commercial driver’s license
(CDL) have complied with ELDT requirements
prior to taking a specified knowledge
or skills test;
• The date by which training providers
wishing to provide ELDT must be listed on
the TPR; and
• The date by which drivers seeking a CDL
or endorsement must complete the required
training, as set forth in the ELDT final rule.
To comment, visit www.regulations.gov
and follow the online instructions for submitting
comments.
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NEWS
March 2020
Secretary Chao calls on
transportation industry to
‘Put the Brakes on Human
Trafficking’
U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L.
Chao has announced a series of efforts to combat
human trafficking in the transportation sector.
Secretary Chao was joined by leaders from
Congress, state governments and the transportation
industry responding to this call to action.
“The U.S. Department of Transportation
is committed to working with our public and
private partners to fight human trafficking on
America’s transportation system,” Chao said.
Among the initiatives announced by Secretary
Chao is a renewed focus on the “Transportation
Leaders Against Human Trafficking”
The Department of Transportation
wants to train the transportation
workforce, including professional
truck drivers, on the issue of human
trafficking. The DOT anticipates
over 1 million employees across
all modes of transportation will be
trained because of this program.
pledge to train the transportation workforce and
raise public awareness on the issue of human
trafficking across all modes of transportation.
Secretary Chao is challenging the transportation
industry to commit to “100 Pledges in 100
Days.” The Department anticipates over a million
employees across all modes of transportation
will be trained because of this initiative.
Human trafficking is modern-day slavery,
affecting millions of adults and children in the
United States and worldwide. Victims are of every
age, race, gender, background, citizenship,
and immigration status. Some are trafficked
within their own communities on various forms
of transportation, while others are transported to
new locations.
To amplify counter-trafficking efforts, Secretary
Chao established an annual $50,000 award
to incentivize individuals and entities, including
non-governmental organizations, transportation
industry associations, research institutions, and
state and local government organizations, to
think creatively in developing innovative solutions
to combat human trafficking in the transportation
industry. The Department will review
applications and determine the individual or entity
that will most effectively utilize these funds
to combat human trafficking.
Secretary Chao also announced $5.4 million
in grant selections through the Federal Transit
Administration’s (FTA) Human Trafficking
Awareness and Public Safety Initiative. Twentyfour
organizations across the country will each
receive funding for projects to help prevent
human trafficking and other crimes on public
transportation. A list of the selected projects is
available online.
To support the Department’s counter-trafficking
efforts, the DOT Advisory Committee
on Human Trafficking completed a report in
July 2019 that recommends actions the Department
can take to help combat human trafficking
and best practices for states and local transportation
stakeholders.
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New Kenworth parts, service locations
now open in Maryland and Nebraska
Kenworth now offers additional locations
for parts and services. Mid Atlantic Kenworth
has added a full-service location in Westminster,
Maryland, while Sioux Falls Kenworth
has opened a new parts and services dealership
in West Point, Nebraska.
Maryland
In Westminster, Maryland, the
17,400-square-foot facility features a full parts
and service department, with 10 service bays
to maximize customer uptime for truck operators
passing through the area. A drivers’ lounge
is available to customers while their trucks are
serviced.
The facility, Kenworth Mid Atlantic Westminster
is located on three acres, which offers
customers ample room to park their trucks.
The Westminster, Maryland facility is located
at 821 Baltimore Blvd. and its hours of
operation are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through
Friday and 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Nebraska
With its new parts and service dealership in
West Point, Nebraska, Sioux Falls Kenworth
can now offer expanded support to fleets and
operators in the greater Sioux City, Iowa area.
West Point Kenworth is approximately one
hour south of Sioux City and located along
Highway 275. The 12,800-square-foot building
is situated on 3.5 acres. The facility features an
8,600-square-foot service department with eight
service bays. Also included is a 1,200-squarefoot
parts retail display area and a 1,900-squarefoot
space for bulk storage.
The West Point facility is located at 1805
Sycamore St. in West Point. Hours of operation
are from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday.
West Point Kenworth is approximately one hour south of Sioux City, Iowa,
and located along Highway 275, a major trucking route in the area.
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profile
Roadcheck moved to May in hopes of
better weather conditions for inspections
Truckers will need to double check their
equipment and ensure that they and their
trucks are ready for the Commercial Vehicle
Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International
Roadcheck, which is scheduled a month
earlier this year.
Typically held in June, this year’s International
Roadcheck will take place May
5-7 in order to hopefully take advantage of
more favorable weather.
The International Roadcheck is a highvolume,
high-visibility three-day enforcement
initiative that highlights the importance
of commercial motor vehicle safety
If an inspector identifies critical vehicle inspection item violations, he
or she may render the vehicle out of service, which means the vehicle
cannot be operated until the vehicle violations are corrected.
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through roadside inspections. Over that
72-hour period, commercial motor vehicle
inspectors in jurisdictions throughout North
America will conduct inspections on commercial
motor vehicles and drivers.
Each year, International Roadcheck
places special emphasis on a category of
violations. This year’s focus is on the driver
requirements category of a roadside inspection.
According to the U.S. Federal Motor
Carrier Safety Administration’s fiscal 2019
data as of Dec. 27, 2019, of the 3.36 million
inspections conducted, 944,794 driver violations
were discovered, of which 195,545
were out-of-service conditions.
“With last year’s federal electronic logging
device full-compliance mandate in the
U.S., the Alliance decided that this year’s
International Roadcheck would be the perfect
opportunity to revisit all aspects of
roadside inspection driver requirements,”
said CVSA President Sgt. John Samis with
the Delaware State Police.
During International Roadcheck, CVSAcertified
inspectors primarily conduct the
North American Standard Level I Inspection,
a 37-step procedure that includes two
main inspection categories: an examination
of driver operating requirements and vehicle
mechanical fitness. A third category,
hazardous materials/dangerous goods, may
also be part of a Level I Inspection.
The inspector will verify the driver’s
documents, identify the motor carrier, examine
the CDL, check record of duty status
and review periodic inspection report(s). Inspectors
will also check drivers for seat belt
usage, illness, fatigue and alcohol or drug
possession or impairment.
The vehicle inspection includes checking
critical vehicle inspection items such as
brake systems, coupling devices, driveline/
driveshaft components, exhaust systems,
frames, fuel systems, lighting devices,
steering mechanisms, suspensions, tires,
van and open-top trailer bodies, wheels and
windshield wipers.
If no critical item violations are found, a
CVSA decal will be issued, indicating that
the vehicle successfully passed a decaleligible
inspection conducted by a CVSAcertified
inspector.
If an inspector identifies critical violations,
he or she may render the vehicle out
of service if the condition meets the North
American Standard Out-of-Service Criteria.
This means the vehicle cannot be operated
until the vehicle violation(s) are corrected.
A driver can also be placed out of service
for credential-related issues or driver conditions,
such as fatigue or impairment.
“Announcing the dates of International
Roadcheck has always been a deliberate,
thoughtful and purposeful decision by the
Alliance,” said Sgt. Samis. “By announcing
the dates in advance, we hope to remind motor
carriers of the importance of proactive
vehicle maintenance and remind drivers to
be prepared for inspections and to always
conduct pre- and post-trip inspections.”
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Containerport.........................10
Highway Transport .............. 10
Dart ................................19
PI&I ......................... 15
Fed EX Custom Critical .............. 11, 31
Progressive ................... 17
Janco ............................ 2, 22
Payne ..............................15
Rush Trucking ................. 16
PI&I ...............................23
Sherwin Progressive Williams ...........................8
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Star Sherwin Freight Williams ......................29 4, 27
TBS Star Freight ........................ 20, 9, 25 27
Summit ..............................4
Trans Stewart ................. 13
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