Laws & Regulations
Hours Of Service Rules Suspended For Truckers In Flood Areas
After epic flooding in the Carolinas forced officials to declare a state of emergency, the governors of both states have announced that HOS rules...
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Blitz To Take Place In October
Operation Safe Driver Week is taking place later this month. Are you prepared? The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance is holding its yearly Operation Safe Driver...
Mandatory Human Trafficking Training For Ohio Truck Drivers
Ohio has become the first state to require CDL drivers to receive training on preventing and reporting human trafficking. Starting in January 2016, all new...
Pennsylvania Township To Put Brakes On Truck Traffic After Resident Complaints
Upper Macungie Township in Pennsylvania has approved an ordinance that will restrict truck traffic after residents complained about having to deal with big trucks...
Police Pose As Panhandlers To Nab Texting Drivers
Police in Somersworth, New Hampshire, posed as panhandlers, catching 96 drivers using cellphones during a 5-day sting operation. Since 2014, it has been illegal to use...
Bill To Require Auto-Braking Systems On All New Trucks
A Georgia congressman has proposed a bill that would require all new trucks to come with automatic braking systems. The action comes in the wake...
Trucking Company To Pay $150,000 For Illegal Asbestos Dumping
A judge has ordered a Salinas trucking company to pay $150,000 for illegally disposing of asbestos -- even though the company says that they...
Indiana State Police Uses Facebook To Connect To Truckers
An Indiana State Police officer is using Facebook as a way to work with -- not against -- the local trucking community. Officer Brent Hoover...
FMCSA To Push Back Deadlines For E-Logs And Other Truck Regulations
Only days after announcing a top 5 list of priorities and plans for the rest of the year, former FMCSA head Annette Sandberg says that they will push back the deadlines on several trucking regulation changes.
CARB Officers Spring Surprise 7 Hour Inspection Operation On Truckers
Enforcement agents with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) caused trouble for some truckers when they performed surprise inspections on trucks as they crossed the San Joaquin River on Highway 4 yesterday.
FMCSA Outlines Top 5 Priorities And Plans For 2015
With only three full months left in 2015, the FMCSA has made public a list of their top five priorities for the rest of the year.
San Francisco Releases Required Safety Video For City Truckers
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has recently released a video to help train truck drivers on safe urban driving practices -- and for...