Archive for month: March, 2018

California Transportation Commission Adopts 2018 State Transportation Improvement Program

March 23, 2018/in General News

CHP Issues Final Rule Mandating ELD’sNovember 21, 2023 - 10:17 amby: Joe Rajkovacz
On November 13th, the California Highway Patrol dropped their final rule mandating Electronic-on-Board (ELD) recorders for hours-of-service compliance for California only motor carriers. The effective date of the rule for effected motor carriers is January 1, 2024. As soon as the final rule was published, the Association began to receive calls from members who were […]
California Petitions DOT to Reverse Previous Determination Prohibiting the State from Enforcing its Unique Meal & Rest Break Rule on Interstate DriversNovember 21, 2023 - 10:10 amby: Joe Rajkovacz
After years of our members being legally extorted by trial lawyers for actual and alleged non-compliance with California meal & rest break (MRB) rules, in 2018, the WSTA was the first organization to petition the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to pre-empt California from enforcing its MRB rule on truck drivers subjected to hours-of-service […]
CARB Litigation Update – November 2023November 13, 2023 - 9:50 amby: Joe Rajkovacz
Opening Salvo in Legal Filings: WSTA et al v. US EPA Currently, there are three legal challenges to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations mandating the sale of only zero-emissions trucks and that fleets can only add zero-emissions trucks to their fleet, the WSTA has two of those legal challenges. Below is a brief […]