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FDA Eases Path for Oral-Fluid Testing
Federal actions could advance oral-fluid drug testing for truck drivers, but lab certification delays and marijuana rescheduling questions remain.
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Wisconsin has become the 25th state to pass a ban on texting while driving, as Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill into law recently
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The National Private Truck Council presented its safety awards to fleet members committed to improving safety performance
Read More →Adam Carr of Tampa, Fla., and Vijeyta Revankar of Seabrook, Texas, were chosen as the winners of the "Be Ready, Be Buckled" student safety belt poster contest, according to Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood's blog
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has declared a regional emergency in the southern region in response to the Deep Water Horizon Oil Spill, which occurred April 20 in Gulf of Mexic
Read More →Starting May 1, long-haul truck drivers in Pennsylvania are no longer allowed to idle during rest periods, as the sleeper-berth exemption of the state's Diesel-Powered Motor Vehicle Idling Act has expired
Read More →A pilot for US Airways Express pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday for selling a substance over the Internet to help drug users defeat drug tests, including truck drivers and other transportation employee
Read More →Sens. Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) have joined the list of co-sponsors of the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act, which was recently introduced into the Senate by Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.
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Anne Ferro, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, has written a letter to the American Trucking Associations outlining the agency's plans to address some the group's concerns over the upcoming Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010
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At a hearing yesterday the Senate Surface Transportation Subcommittee began its work on pending truck safety legislation by covering familiar territory - electronic onboard recorders, hours of service rules, the CSA 2010 reforms, truck size and weight limits, and driver pay
Read More →For the first quarter 2010, distracted driving among new commercial drivers in the SmartDrive Safety program was reduced by 32 percent from the 15.8 percent reported in the fourth quarter 2009
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