While the DataQ system allows fleet safety managers to address reported safety and compliance data they believe is incorrect or incomplete, requests for reconsideration of a denial currently may be decided by the same person who denied it in the first place.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed Falcon ELD and KSK ELD from its list of registered, self-certified electronic logging devices.
Sue Lawless brings more than 20 years of experience from the private and federal motor carrier safety industry to her new role as Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration assistant administrator and chief safety officer.
More than a decade after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented its CSA program to use data to identify potentially unsafe motor carriers, it's again looking at ways to use that data to determine if carriers are fit to operate.
A Senate bill aims to put in place a national “safety fitness” standard for shippers and brokers to use in selecting motor carriers, providing a standard in face of negligent-hiring claims.
A report on the impact of 2020 hours-of-service modifications indicates that, so far, the frequency and severity of HOS violations have not been reduced, nor has there been a significant effect on crash or fatality rates.
The new federal task force of industry experts aims to ensure truck leasing arrangements are fair to owner-operators new to the trucking industry.
As motor carriers begin using trucks with high levels of autonomous features in real-world operations, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking at how they should be regulated.
Boosting truck driver wages is more than a numbers game. It also takes creative thinking, among fleets, the trucking industry, and even the government.
What can trucking expect this year from the new Congress and regulatory agencies?
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