The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will launch a study of factors that contribute to highway crashes involving large trucks. Driving the study is concern over the rising number of fatalities incurred in truck crashes.
January 15, 2020
Time is almost finally up: All motor carriers and truck drivers subject to the electronic logging device rule must use an electronic logging device starting on Dec. 17. Don't expect any "soft enforcement."
December 3, 2019
Lisa Gonnerman, vice president of safety and security for Transport America, detailed what the transition from AOBRDs to ELDs entailed for the Eagan, Minnesota-based carrier.
October 8, 2019
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing a partial compliance delay for certain requirements of its final rule establishing a federal Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse.
September 6, 2019
President Trump signed into law on Oct. 24 legislation that contains provisions on hair testing for illegal drug use that have been long sought by trucking lobbies.
October 24, 2018
SambaSafety/Vigillo is developing a new CSA Scorecard that the company will make available to its customers ahead of the FMCSA's eventual rollout of a revised Safety Measurement System for its Carrier Safety Accountability enforcement regime.
October 3, 2018
The Department of Transportation plans to add four prescription opioids – hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone and oxycodone – to the existing DOT drug-testing panel for screening truck drivers and other "safety-sensitive" transportation workers. This final rule is to take effect on Jan. 1.
November 10, 2017