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.
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.
Each year, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) provides a list of the top acute and critical violations discovered during agency investigations. Shared are the top ones found.
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.
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.
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.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hosted a roundtable discussion on the challenges and opportunities facing the trucking workforce and federal policymakers.
FMCSA urges commercial drivers and motorists to exercise extra caution when approaching and traveling through work zones.
If you were hoping to get a more paperless experience with commercial driver medical certification requirements this summer, you're out of luck. Find out why rules to digitally integrate medical examiner registry data with licensing offices may be postponed.
Meera Joshi has served as the FMCSA’s acting administrator since January.
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