Trucking news and briefs for Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022:
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, on Oct. 26, issued a state of emergency in the state due to “extremely low inventories and outages of certain liquid products including gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, propane, ethyl alcohol, natural gasoline, diesel exhaust fluid, and anhydrous ammonia.”
Noem’s declaration suspends parts 390 through 399 of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations for drivers hauling those liquid products into and within South Dakota.
The declaration said that the FMCSRs “regulate the transportation requirements for drivers of transport vehicles and may unnecessarily delay the transportation of these products.”
Noem clarified that the declaration does not require or allow fatigued drivers to operate commercial vehicles.
The waiver is effective through Nov. 25.
Kenworth and Peterbilt will now allow customers to manage their remote diagnostics subscriptions through the Paccar Solutions web portal.
