Tag: FMCSA

The FMCSA today announced they've released a 45-page study detailing the results of their 'Crash Weighting Analysis' study.

The FMCSA is currently recurring truck drivers and carriers to participate in the Driver Restart Study. Get the info here.

The National Transportation Safety Board this week announced that trucking safety is listed on its list of the NTSB's Most Wanted List for 2015.

The US Department of Transportation last week announced that Mexican carriers will soon be able to apply for operating authority to "conduct long-haul, cross-border trucking services in the United States."

According to the FMCSA Federal Register Notice, the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) has requested an exemption from the 30-minute rest break provision for drivers who are transporting bees.

The FMCSA today announced that the agency has committed to maintain a 50% random drug testing rate in 2015 for "employees in safety sensitive positions," such as truck and bus drivers.

According to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Office of the Inspector General, the FMCSA's Cross-Border Trucking Pilot Program "was adequately monitored but lacked a representative sample to project overall safety performance."

A New York broker has been indicted on charges of mail and wire fraud.

The FMCSA today announced that Daimler Trucks North America (Daimler) is seeking an exemption for German engineer, Martin Zeilinger, from the Federal requirements to obtain a CDL.

Late yesterday evening, President Obama signed the funding bill that strips funding for the enforcement of 34-hour restart provisions.

On Saturday, December 13, 2014, Congress passed a funding bill that would temporarily suspend current provisions on the 34-hour restart rule. The bill has now moved to the President's desk for final approval.

The FMCSA today announced the agency plans to establish a Negotiated Rulemaking Committee on the minimum training requirements for entry-level commercial truck drivers.