
With Transportation Secretary talking to drivers about truck parking in South Dakota, the Department of Transportation announced funding to improve access to truck parking.
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Sue Lawless brings more than 20 years of experience from the private and federal motor carrier safety industry to her new role as Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration assistant administrator and chief safety officer.
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Even going on four years after the federal Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse rolled out to track commercial driver violations, there are still questions about the Clearinghouse.
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More than a decade after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration implemented its CSA program to use data to identify potentially unsafe motor carriers, it's again looking at ways to use that data to determine if carriers are fit to operate.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to study driver detention, expecting approximately 80 carriers and 2,500 drivers to provide data.
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If you thought the issue of federal driver hours of service rules pre-empting stricter state meal and rest break laws was settled, FMCSA has other ideas.
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A Senate bill aims to put in place a national “safety fitness” standard for shippers and brokers to use in selecting motor carriers, providing a standard in face of negligent-hiring claims.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has placed three more electronic logging devices on the Revoked Devices list after they failed to meet the minimum requirements.
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The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating what happened last week when a bus crashed into three tractor-trailers parked along an exit ramp leading into an Illinois rest area.
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DOT said its proposed rule on automatic emergency braking and stability control could prevent more than 19,000 crashes and save 155 lives every year.
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