driving after eight hours. Among the impacts being experienced by the industry are 80 percent of surveyed motor carriers in ATRI’s research, Operational and Economic Impacts of the New Hours-of-Service Rules, who indicated a loss of productivity attributable to the new rules. Coming in as a very close second


place this year is the Driver Shortage which, like the HOS rules, continues to plague the supply chain at large as motor carriers struggle to find qualified drivers to meet freight demand. Anecdotally, numerous carriers are now turning away revenue and loads due exclusively to the driver shortage, which could have an impact on economic growth as well as inflation. Rounding out the top three this year


is CSA, reflecting continued industry concern over the way that carrier safety performance is evaluated under CSA. Number four on the list is Driver Retention, closely tied to the Driver Shortage, as carriers struggle to


identify strategies for maintaining their best drivers while simultaneously searching for qualified new entrants. Rounding out the top five issues in the


annual survey is the Electronic Logging Device


(ELD) mandate. Te emergence of the mandate as an industry concern coincided with the passage of MAP-21 in 2012, which included a requirement that FMCSA issue a final rule on ELD use for HOS tracking. Earlier this year, FMCSA issued a Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address a number of concerns identified by industry stakeholders in the first ELD proposed rule, but the industry continues to await the issuance of the ELD Final Rule. Issues 6-10 in the 2014 annual


survey are all critical and impact motor carriers on a day-to-day basis, and the inter-connectivity of the issues is unmistakable. Truck Parking (#6) has received increased attention as the new HOS rules brought heightened awareness to the dramatic shortage of


safe and available parking. In many locations around the country, the scarcity of truck parking can sometimes create a dangerous


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