Laws & Regulations
Group Presses FMCSA to Study Whether ELDs Are Making Truckers Speed to Beat the Clock
A trucking industry trade group has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to examine the connection between the Electronic Logging Device (ELD) Mandate and the number of fatal traffic crashes caused by speeding.
Trucker Grills Clueless Presidential Hopeful Over FMCSA Regulations in Video
A Democratic presidential candidate was cornered at the Iowa State Fair by a trucker who wanted very specific answers to his questions about trucking regulations.
Truck Parking Fines to Skyrocket in City — if Lawmakers Have Their Way
Lawmakers in New York City are hard at work at passing bills that would significantly increase the fines truckers would have to pay for parking in the wrong place.
Week-long national brake safety blitz starts in just a few days
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA)'s Brake Safety Week is just around the corner -- and here's what you need to know to get ready.
FMCSA: Truck driver lied about being fired before causing triple fatal crash
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Missouri-based truck driver out of service after an investigation into his driving history following a multiple fatality eight vehicle pileup crash in July 2019.
Nearly 700 arrested during ICE chicken plant raids
Federal authorities raided several Mississippi chicken plants yesterday, arresting hundreds of workers.
Inspectors took 16% of trucks out of service during surprise brake blitz
Today the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) released the results from an unannounced brake safety inspection spree that happened earlier this year.
Prosecutors drop charges against hemp haulers who they say were tricked into trafficking marijuana
Oklahoma authorities have dropped charges against four men who they say were intentionally tricked into hauling illegal marijuana when they thought that they were hauling industrial hemp.
CRST sued Swift over driver poaching — and won $15.5 million
Two of the nation's largest trucking companies went to court over claims of driver poaching -- and one of them came away millions of dollars richer.
FMCSA misses projected publication date for new ‘flexible’ HOS rules — again
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has once again failed to meet the projected publication date set for the agency to debut their highly anticipated changes to truck driver Hours of Service regulations.
Report: Driver in fatal motorcycle crash was on drugs, reaching for drink
A new federal report says that a driver accused of causing a crash that claimed the lives of seven members of a motorcycle club in Randolph, New Hampshire in June was under the influence of drugs and distracted by a drink.
FMCSA debuts permanent crash preventability determination program
Today the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that the agency plans to make the transition to a long term crash preventability determination program in order to "gain additional data to recognize possible safety risks on our nation’s roads."