Laws & Regulations
Bill to allow milk haulers to bypass Pennsylvania’s weather-related truck bans
Pennsylvania lawmakers have proposed new legislation that would allow truckers hauling milk to keep operating during winter weather-related truck travel bans. The Milk Hauler Exemption...
FMCSA revokes eight ELDs, carriers have 60 days to replace
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has removed eight electronic logging devices, or ELDs, from the agency's list of approved devices. On May...
Cops stop pickup driver hauling pallets for multiple commercial vehicle violations
Canadian police recently stopped a pickup driver hauling a large load of pallets for numerous safety violations. According to a May 8 statement from...
CHP nabbed passenger bus for skipping the scales
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is reminding bus drivers that they are not exempt from stopping in for an inspection at certain weigh station...
FMCSA is doing nothing about trucking companies with fake addresses, trucking fraud expert says
A trucking fraud expert says that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is not doing enough to combat the fake addresses being used to...
HOS waived for drivers hauling fuel in Kansas to alleviate “a bottleneck … not an overall shortage”
The Kansas Corporation Commission has granted a temporary hours of service waiver for drivers hauling fuel to alleviate “a bottleneck” causing shortages in the...
Truck drivers to be placed out-of-service for lack of English language proficiency, starting in June 2025
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) announced major action on English language proficiency (ELP) for truck drivers in compliance with direction from the White House....
House voted to repeal approval of zero emission CMV requirements in California
The US House of Representatives voted to repeal the Environmental Protection Agency's approval of zero emission heavy duty truck requirements in California. The Advanced Clean...
Driverless semi trucks now deployed on I-45 have OOIDA “deeply skeptical”
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association remains “deeply skeptical” about driverless trucks now operating along Interstate 45 in Texas this week. Aurora Innovation launched fully driverless...
‘Residential streets aren’t truck stops’: CHP cites semi truck driver for parking in neighborhood
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) is reminding truckers that "residential streets aren't truck stops" after recently citing a driver for illegal parking. On April...
How NOT to Roadcheck: Commercial vehicle violations like these could sideline you during inspection blitz
Ahead of the year’s biggest commercial vehicle inspection blitz, several law enforcement agencies are taking to social media with examples of equipment violations truckers...
What’s inside that White House Executive Order on English-language requirements for truckers?
On Monday, the White House issued a sweeping new Executive Order (EO) intended to strengthen federal English-language requirements for truck drivers and to crack...