Tag: DOT
FMCSA Puts California Trucker Out Of Service For Continued Drug Use
The FMCSA has declared that a California based trucker is an imminent hazard to public safety and has placed him out of service for...
New Mexico Unveils Plan To Recover $56 Million In Lost Trucker Fees
The New Mexico Department of Transportation is asking lawmakers to support a new plan that they say will help them recover $56 million in...
OSHA: Trucker Fired For Demanding A Safe Truck
OSHA has sided with a truck driver who was fired after he reported numerous safety defects on his truck and requested a safe vehicle...
DOT Employees Arrested For Fuel Card Embezzlement
Three former Mississippi Department of Transportation employees have been indicted for misusing state fuel cards in an embezzlement scheme involving truck drivers. Clyde Poole, Connie Shegog,...
Traffic Costs Truckers $27 Billion Per Year
Increasingly heavy traffic is costing the trucking industry an unbelievable $27 billion every year, according to a new report from the DOT. The DOT released...
Trucker Gets 9 Months For Threatening DOT
A trucker will spend 9 months in federal prison for repeatedly threatening DOT officers after they doled out fines he thought were unfair. Ronald Mockelman...
Jason’s Law Parking Shortage Study Results Released
The Department of Transportation has released the results of a truck parking survey put into motion by Jason's Law and declared that truck parking shortages are a national safety concern.
Kentucky Dispatcher Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy To Commit Wire Fraud
The Department of Transportation's Office of Inspector General (OIG) today announced that on June 24, 2015, former dispatcher, Bryan Napier, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
5 More Things To Never Say To A DOT Officer
Here are 5 more things to never say to a DOT officer (obviously this is a joke and meant for entertainment).
Washington & Seattle DOT Warn Of Dinosaurs On the Road, Complain That Dino-Load Is Not Secure
Transportation Department officials in Seattle and Washington took to Twitter to warn drivers about dinosaurs on the road yesterday.
ATA Blasts DOT For Inconclusive Truck Size And Weight Report
The ATA is condemning the DOT for claiming that it does not have enough data to recommend increasing the length and weight of trucks, saying...
Truck Drivers Say Poor Working Conditions Led To Fatal Accidents
A group of Savannah truck drivers held a news conference yesterday (June 2) to answer critics after being blamed for 2 fatal accidents that recently...
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