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FMCSA Revokes 10 ELDs

Ten more electronic logging devices have been removed from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's list of registered ELDs fleets and drivers can use to meet the mandatory ELD regulations.

FMCSA Proposes Way to Challenge DataQ Reviews

While the DataQ system allows fleet safety managers to address reported safety and compliance data they believe is incorrect or incomplete, requests for reconsideration of a denial currently may be decided by the same person who denied it in the first place.

FMCSA Removes 2 ELDs from List of Registered Devices

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has removed Falcon ELD and KSK ELD from its list of registered, self-certified electronic logging devices.

FMCSA Names Assistant Administrator and Chief Safety Officer

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.

FMCSA Looking to Change How it Determines Motor Carrier Safety Fitness

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.

Bill Would Set Carrier Selection Standards for Brokers

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.

FMCSA: Data Shows Little Effect from 2020 Hours of Service Changes

A report on the impact of 2020 hours-of-service modifications indicates that, so far, the frequency and severity of HOS violations have not been reduced, nor has there been a significant effect on crash or fatality rates.

FMCSA Seats Task Force Seeking Fair Leasing Agreements for Owner-Operators

The new federal task force of industry experts aims to ensure truck leasing arrangements are fair to owner-operators new to the trucking industry.

FMCSA Seeks Input on Regulating Autonomous Commercial Vehicle Safety

As motor carriers begin using trucks with high levels of autonomous features in real-world operations, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is looking at how they should be regulated.

There’s More Than One Way up with Driver Pay [Commentary]

Boosting truck driver wages is more than a numbers game. It also takes creative thinking, among fleets, the trucking industry, and even the government.