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A new rule designed to keep commercial drivers who fail drug and alcohol tests off the road is a win for trucking safety. Learn about the challenges still ahead.
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Speeding and not wearing a seat belt were the top violations for both passenger-vehicle drivers and commercial drivers during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Operation Safer Driver Week in July.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule closing a loophole in the federal drug and alcohol testing program.
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American Trucking Associations CEO Chris Spear sent a letter to the U.S. Senate urging them to confirm the nomination of Joshi to serve as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
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With the Delta variant causing a surge in the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended emergency exemptions for certain hours of service rules and for state licensing offices.
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A final rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration revises existing regulations to require that states implement a system and practices for the “exclusively electronic exchange” of driver history record information through the Commercial Driver's License Information System.
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Did FMCSA get its revisions to the Hours of Service rule right this time? To find out, HDT Talks Trucking put that question to Jerad Childress of Childress Law PLLC and Truck Safe Consulting and to Chris Woody, safety manager for Nashville-based M&W Logistics.
Read More →The federal commercial driver's license program has specific rules for when states must disqualify a commercial driver in the wake of a conviction. But a DOT Inspector General report found many times, that's not happening – or not happening soon enough.
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Is an off-site safety audit in your future? The COVID-19 pandemic was a game-changer for off-site compliance reviews. FMCSA off-site audits increased by 400% in 2020 and are on track to nearly double in 2021.
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If a motor carrier does not keep on top of the biennial updates of its Motor Carrier Identification Report (MCS-150), it could face deactivation of its USDOT number and daily fines.
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