It’s too easy for motor carriers and truck drivers to cheat on electronic logging devices, says the National Transportation Safety Board, resulting in dangerous driver fatigue — a major factor in a fatal 2022 crash between a semi-truck and a bus.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed four electronic logging devices from its list of registered ELDs.
Women truck drivers are safer and less likely to break regulations than their male counterparts, researchers found in evaluating 12 years of truck inspection data.
Driver log falsifications rank as one of the most common driver-related violations discovered in roadside inspections and during motor carrier safety audits. Why is it such a problem, and what can trucking fleet managers do about it?
Truck driver log falsification violations can lead to out-of-service orders, fines, bad federal safety scores, failed DOT audits, civil penalties, even nuclear verdicts. What can motor carriers do?
Although it determined previously that federal regulations regarding commercial motor vehicle drivers pre-empted state meal and rest break rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now considering several petitions for waivers.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has limited the scope of regulatory relief in emergency situations, changes that went into effect Dec. 12.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed Falcon ELD and KSK ELD from its list of registered, self-certified electronic logging devices.
FleetDrive 360, a provider of cloud-based solutions for FMCSA and DOT compliance management, launched its Enterprise version tailored specifically for larger fleets.
If you thought the issue of federal driver hours of service rules pre-empting stricter state meal and rest break laws was settled, FMCSA has other ideas.
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