Tag: FMCSA

In a press release issued today, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) called the controversial "truck driver shortage" a myth and argues that there is no need to lower the age limit for interstate CDL operation. 

A California trucking company owner and two employees have been indicted by a federal grand jury following a 2014 gasoline tanker explosion that killed one man and severely injured another.

A single-vehicle hotshot carrier out of Massachusetts has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for an exemption that would allow for the installation of a sleeper berth in the bed of a pickup truck.

This week, Congress will decide the fate of an American Trucking Association-backed amendment to a federal aviation bill that could have massive repercussions for truck drivers.

A Georgia-based trucking company has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for a laundry list...

Last week Tennessee governor Bill Haslam signed a bill into law that would prevent any state funds to be used for the enforcement of Electronic Logging Device regulations for certain agricultural haulers.

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) has announced the dates for this year's "Operation Safe Driver Week", during which officers nationwide will be on the lookout for unsafe driving behaviors.

A trucker recorded his encounter with a prickly Iowa DOT officer at a scale house as he was cited for being over gross weight because of snow and ice that had built up on his truck.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering a regulation exemption that would allow a company to use replace a semi truck's two rear-vision mirrors with camera technology.

A Texas lawmaker has introduced legislation that would "modernize" current Hours of Service regulations for truck drivers. 

The FMCSA has announced that it will once again extend the electronic logging device (ELD) waiver for truck drivers who haul livestock and agricultural products.

Thousands of truck drivers will have just 30 days to be medically re-certified after an Alabama-based chiropractor was arrested and indicted for allegedly conducting...