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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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DOT said the self-initiated audit was prompted by a spate of fraudulent activity, pointing out that since August 2014, its own criminal investigations have resulted in eight indictments and six convictions resulting from fraud in the medical certification process.
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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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Ohio-licensed truck driver Doug A. Jones has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after fatally striking two people with his truck.
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At TRB meeting, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials discussed the agency's goals for the new year, highlighting hours-of-service reform and a new safety rating system. Blog commentary by Executive Editor David Cullen.
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Cathy Gautreaux, deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Administration, is one of nine Department of Transportation officials who are either switching to a new sub-agency position or leaving DOT altogether.
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The FMCSA announced that it is granting petitions to preempt California’s meal and rest break rules for truck drivers, which differ from current federal hours-of-service regulations.
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Thoughts on how ELD data may help reshape HOS and what else trucking may see next year, per the crystal ball of TCA's resident sage. Blog commentary by Executive Editor David Cullen
Read More →The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration declared Arkansas truck driver Jeffry Scott Mitchell to be an imminent hazard to public safety after Mitchell was cited and arrested on multiple occasions during roadside inspections.
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