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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 29, 2020

Annual Inspection of Underride Guards Proposed

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed to include the rear impact (underride) guard on the list of items to be examined during the required annual inspection for each commercial motor vehicle.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 28, 2020

Driver Charged with Killing Cyclists Declared Imminent Hazard

A truck driver who has been charged with fatally hitting five people with his truck while on methamphetamine has been declared an imminent hazard by the federal government.

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Newsby StaffDecember 18, 2020

Relief Extended for License Delays due to COVID Disruptions

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended its COVID-19 emergency waiver of commercial drivers’ licenses, learners permits, and medical certificate requirements.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeDecember 17, 2020

Third-Party CDL Testing From Trainers OK, Says FMCSA

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has OK’d a practice that it previously banned because of concerns it could allow unqualified truck drivers to get commercial licenses.

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Newsby StaffDecember 11, 2020

Hours of Service Questions? FMCSA Session Has Answers

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will host a question and answer session on the new hours of service rules that went into effect at the end of September.

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Newsby StaffDecember 2, 2020

COVID-19 Exemption Expanded as Nation Prepares for Vaccine

The Department of Transportation said it has taken regulatory measures to help ensure the safe, rapid transportation of the COVID-19 vaccine, including expanding the emergency exemption for trucking operations involved in the effort.

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Newsby David CullenNovember 23, 2020

Trucking after Trump: Politics as Usual

What will a Biden administration mean for the trucking industry? We talk to trucking industry groups that are active in Washington, D.C., for their insight.

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Articlesby Stephane BabcockNovember 19, 2020

ELDs: One Year Later

Fleets share lessons learned in the nearly 12 months since the electronic logging device mandate went into full effect.

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Newsby Deborah LockridgeNovember 19, 2020

FMCSA Clarifies Ag Products That Qualify for Hours-of-Service Exemptions

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published an interim final rule clarifying agricultural commodity and livestock definitions in hours-of-service regulations.

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NewsNovember 18, 2020

New HoS Rules: No Big Impact on Fleets

An analysis of electronic logging device data by eRoad has shown recently implemented changes to the hours-of-service regulations have not had a big impact on user operations.

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