Laws & Regulations
FMCSA considers Hours of Service fix
This week the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) filed documents hinting that they are considering changes to current Hours of Service regulations for commercial vehicle drivers.
Texas town to start cracking down on trucks parked on commercial properties
The city of Midland, Texas, is at work on a new ordinance that would keep truckers from parking on commercial properties like store parking lots.
Illinois Walmart hit with $50,000 fine for allowing truck parking
A Walmart store in Springfield, Illinois, is facing tens of thousands of dollars worth of fines for allowing tractor trailers to park in the store's lot.
Illinois AG sues trucking company for over 4000 gallon diesel fuel spill
The office of the Illinois Attorney General announced that they have filed suit against a trucking company for a major fuel spill that allegedly contaminated a pond.
Trucking company ordered to pay $30K for letting yard switcher go over sleep apnea
A New Jersey trucking company has been ordered to pay a yard switcher $30,000 for failing to reinstate him after he was diagnosed with sleep apnea even though he was repeatedly cleared for duty by medical examiners.
CVSA’s brake check blitz is coming in September
Don't forget -- the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's (CVSA) Brake Safety Week inspection campaign is only a little over a month away.
Senate passes one year ELD exemption waiver for livestock haulers
Yesterday the Senate passed an amendment that would exempt livestock haulers from ELD regulations through 2019.
EPA orders a whopping 500,000 truck recall
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a recall of approximately 500,000 trucks because of defective emission controls.
Hundreds of drivers file suit against Oklahoma trucking company for low pay, 100 hour work weeks
More than four hundred current and former John Christner Trucking drivers have filed civil suit against the company, alleging because they were misclassified as independent contractors, they were often working as many as 100 hours a week and earning less than $500 per week.
Feds arrest North Carolina police chief for trucking when he was supposed to be policing
The F.B.I. and other law enforcement agencies have arrested a North Carolina police chief and his top lieutenant who were allegedly working at a trucking company when they were supposed to be policing the city of Southport.
Illinois troopers are riding in semi trucks to catch car drivers making “poor decisions”
The Illinois State Police (ISP) has announced that they are riding along in semi truck to try to catch car drivers in the act on I-57 this week.
Troopers are hiding in PennDOT trucks to catch speeders through Saturday
Pennsylvania State Police troopers will be concealing themselves in PennDOT maintenance trucks as part of a speed enforcement campaign this week.