President Biden has called for a three-month federal fuel tax holiday to help alleviate the pain of record gasoline and diesel fuel prices. But it faces and uphill battle in Congress, and critics say it could even backfire.
June 22, 2022
Currently, few commercial trucks available in the U.S. provide direct vision, the organization said, “despite estimates that one-quarter of the more than 500 pedestrian and bicyclist deaths each year that involve large trucks traveling at low speeds could be prevented by direct-vision cabs.”
June 13, 2022
Who's a freight broker? A bona fide agent? Is a dispatch service a broker? Is a load board? FMCSA wants to know.
June 9, 2022
The 1990s brought increased government focus on the environment and truck safety, as well as a communications revolution. HDT covered it all.
June 9, 2022
The new younger-driver pilot program and other steps to address the truck driver shortage were a key topic during Robin Hutcheson’s confirmation hearing on her nomination to be administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
June 8, 2022
It appears the supply chain crisis and the driver shortage have led to worse job conditions rather than better, if coercion complaints are any measure, says Heavy Duty Trucking Editor in Chief Deborah Lockridge
June 6, 2022
California’s AB5 law, which would largely eliminate the traditional owner-operator model for trucking in the state, could go into effect as soon as sometime in June — if the Supreme Court takes the advice of the U.S. solicitor general.
May 27, 2022
The May 4 advance notice of supplemental proposed rulemaking announced FMCSA's intent to proceed with a speed limiter rulemaking and asked for comments.
May 27, 2022