Get the latest updates on DOT rules, regulations, and compliance issues such as hours of service, CSA scores, and ELDs, from a transportation expert and insider. Thirty-year industry veteran Osiecki is President of Scopelitis Transportation and began as a motor carrier safety auditor in the field for the Federal Highway Administration’s Office of Motor Carriers. He spent 20 years at the American Trucking Associations working on behalf of the trucking industry in policy, regulatory and advocacy-related positions. He has represented the industry before State legislatures, federal agencies, the U.S. Congress and in the national media. Speaker: Dave Osiecki, President, Scopelitis Transportation Consulting LLC

1. What’s Really Going on in
Washington, D.C.
Dave Osiecki

2. What’s Really Going
On in Washington, DC
Dave Osiecki, President
dosiecki@scopelitisconsulting.com
202 728 2851

3.  Is President Trump Serious About Regulatory Relief?
 If So, What Will DOT & FMCSA Focus On For the Next 3 Years?
 ELD Compliance Date Passed—What Have We Learned?
 Q & A
Overview
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4. Is the President Serious About
Regulatory Relief?
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5.  Pres. Trump’s Regulatory Freeze Exec
Order
 Other 2017 Executive Orders
 Trump Team’s First & Second Regulatory
Agendas
Is the President Serious About
Regulatory Relief
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6. Regulatory Relief
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7.  Trump Administration’s Fall 2017 Regulatory
Agenda
 “Better than 2:1”
 1,579 Withdrawn or Delayed Actions
635 withdrawn
244 made inactive
700 added to long-term list
 “System Upgrade”
 “Greater Transparency”
Regulatory Relief
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8. Regulatory Relief
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9.  Trucking Rules Withdrawn
 Safety Fitness Determination
 Increase in Insurance Limits
 Sleep Apnea Screening/Treatment
 Trucking Rules/Programs On
Long-term Action List
 Mandated Speed Limiters
 CSA
Regulatory Relief -Trucking
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10. Regulatory Relief is Real
So, What Will DOT & FMCSA
Focus On For The Next 3 Years?
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11. US DOT’s Home Page
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12. US DOT’s Regulatory Priorities
 Safety – “…Our goals are to deliver safety
more efficiently and at a lower cost to the
public by looking to market-driven solutions
first.”
 Innovation – “…fostering innovation by lifting
barriers to entry and enabling innovative and
exciting new uses of transportation
technology.”
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13. US DOT’s Regulatory Priorities
 Infrastructure – “…our Regulatory Plan prioritizes
regulatory action that streamlines the approval
process and facilitates more efficient investment in
infrastructure. To maintain global leadership and
foster economic growth, this must be one of our
highest priorities.
 Reducing Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens –
“…policy of thoroughly considering non-regulatory
solutions before taking regulatory action.”
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14.  Develop & Promote The Trump Admin’s New
Infrastructure Program
 Funding will be the big challenge
 Promote Connected and Autonomous Vehicle
Technologies
 Continue The Search for Unneeded Rules
US DOT’s Priorities –
My Summary
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15. 2018 Priorities
“…streamline the grants program, remove
regulatory burdens, and ease the transition into a
transportation career for veterans. In addition,
FMCSA will continue to coordinate efforts on the
development of autonomous vehicle technologies
and review existing regulations to identify
changes that might be needed.
FMCSA’s Regulatory Priorities
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16.  Make MCSAP Grant Application Process Easier for States
 Make It Easier for Vets to Get Driving Jobs
 Promote Connected and Autonomous CMV Technologies
 Through exemptions and/or pilot programs?
 Continue The Search for Unneeded Rules
FMCSA’s Priorities – My Summary
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17.  ELD Implementation
 Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
 New Driver Training Standards
 CSA Improvements
FMCSA – Some Ongoing Issues
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18.  A Few Details
 The Timing
 Cost and Impact
Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse
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19.  Central Repository for all CDL drivers’ D&A
violations – will close a serious safety loophole
 All parties in D&A testing process will be required
to report data
 Motor carriers
 Service agents (TPAs)
 MROs
 SAPs
D&A Clearinghouse – Some Details
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20.  Carriers required to get driver consent
 Carriers required to query repository:
Before hiring & annually
 Carriers required to make previous employer
inquiries:
For 3 years until Clearinghouse is populated
 Retain record of each query and all info for 3
years
D&A Clearinghouse Rules – Some Details
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21.  Timing
 Compliance date is January 2020
 System should be in place prior to 2020
 Costs & Impact
 Registration and subscription fee
 Queries & previous employer inquiries for 3
years
 Hiring delay?
 Record retention burden
 Safety/hiring loophole closed
D&A Clearinghouse Rules – Some Details
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22.  Some Details
 The Timing
 The Potential Impact
New Driver Training Standards
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23.  New training is applicable to:
those applying for CDLs,
CDL upgrades, or
S/P/H endorsements
 Required to obtain training from
certified training provider in order
to take CDL skills test
New Driver Training – Some Details
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24.  Required curriculum
 New Certified Training
Provider Registry
Similar to Med Examiner
Registry
New Driver Training – Some Details
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25.  Timing
Compliance date Feb 2020
 The Cost and Potential Impacts
Higher entry bar
Costlier training?
Even higher professionalism?
Safety and operational benefits?
New Driver Training Standards
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26.  Congressionally-directed NAS Study Made 6
Improvement Recommendations
 Key Recommendation – FMCSA should develop a
new statistical model and, if it performs well,
should use it to replace the current Safety
Measurement System
 This model and current SMS will likely run
simultaneously for comparison purposes
CSA – What’s Next
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27. Two Months Past
ELD Compliance Date
What Have We Learned?
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28.  Rental truck issue remains a
challenge
 Many industry segments want an
exemption
 Most ELD-related concerns in the
industry are HOS concerns!
ELDs – What Have We Learned?
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29.  Use of personal conveyance status is
plagued by no clear definition
 Grandfathered AOBRD fleets have a
mixed fleet challenge
 Ongoing confusion over what’s an ELD vs.
an AOBRD during inspections
ELDs – What Have We Learned
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30. US map of State ELD enforcement
From: overdriveonline.com
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31.  More than 40,000 successful roadside ELD data
transfers; eRODS is working, sort of…
 Significant % of roadside data transfer failures
 FMCSA advice to industry
 Know if its an AOBRD or ELD
 Know data transfer process
 Know where the instruction card is
ELDs – What Have We Learned
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32.  Trump Admin’s regulatory relief efforts are real
 DOT is focused on Infrastructure Plan and Automated
Vehicle Policy/Promotion
 FMCSA is well-aligned with DOT Priorities
 Trump Admin’s trucking focus is on infrastructure,
rule implementation, safety technology and
autonomous CMVs.
Summary
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33. Before Wrapping Up…
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34.  Regulatory Compliance & Safety Consulting
 Regulatory & Other Training (ELDs, Video Event Recorders, IC
Relations, Workplace Violence Prev/Active Shooter Mitigation)
 Mock DOT Audits & FMCSA Audit Help
 Tax & Vehicle Registration Services
 DC-based Advocacy & Industry Representation
Scope of STC Services
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35. Thank You
Dave Osiecki, President
dosiecki@scopelitisconsulting.com
202 728 2851
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