Laws & Regulations

State troopers in eight states are planning a major enforcement campaign over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is backing state trucking groups in their fight against a new plan to toll only trucks. 

New guidance from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) tells inspection officers that they must leave truck drivers alone when they are off-duty or in the sleeper berth.

Today the Trump administration debuted a new plan designed to crack down on emissions from heavy duty trucks.

After months of confusion for millions of truckers, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has finally offered up some extra clarification on how personal conveyance regulations should be followed and enforced.

The ATA stands behind the decision and is even pushing for stricter testing rules.

“Truck drivers in Joliet are learning quickly to plan their route ahead of time or else there will be consequences,” said one of the officers.

This year, nearly 5,000 commercial vehicles were placed out of service during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) annual Brake Safety Week inspection campaign. 

A CDL driver says that technology saved his job after he was ticketed for driving 90 m.p.h. in a 70 m.p.h. zone.

A former Pilot Flying J executive convicted for defrauding truckers will be spending Christmas in a prison cell in spite of his request to spend the holiday with his family.

This week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) slapped two large trucking companies with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fines for operating without diesel particulate filters.

Transportation officials in Sonoma County, California, are trying an innovative new tactic to keep truck traffic off of a one lane bridge.