
In the wake of several Idaho arrests of truck drivers hauling industrial grade hemp, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued an updated legal clarification of its new guidelines.
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Drivers are required to physically inspect their tires at the beginning and the end of a driving shift, and fleets have some obligation to look after these expensive assets — but somehow tires continue to come apart out on the highway.
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To transport food compliantly, fleets must adopt certain best practices and consider adding advanced technology.
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How will the second phase of the greenhouse gas rules affect medium-duty vehicles?
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Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has sent a notice of proposed rulemaking on hours of service reform to the Office of Budget Management.
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The ATRI board of directors has approved the 2019 Top Research Priorities, a list of recommended research topics identified by ATRI’s research advisory committee based on critical trucking industry issues.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is making it easier and less expensive for truck drivers to upgrade their commercial driver’s license from a Class B to Class A through a change to its entry-level driver training regulations.
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Ray Martinez, administrator of the FMCSA, asked attendees at Omnitracs’s user conference to “please prepare” for the December transition from AOBRDs to ELDs “now, if you have not done so.”
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California has petitioned the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit asking it to overturn the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recent decree that the state can’t enforce its rest break and meal rules against truck drivers.
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The Teamsters union has filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, challenging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s decision to preempt California’s meal and rest break rules for truck drivers.
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