Tag: FMCSA

The Advocates for Highways and Auto Safety have filed suit against the FMCSA, urging to the FMCSA to "issue stiffer rules for training for entry-level truck drivers."

According to a statement from the Office of the Inspector General, on September 2, 2014, a North Carolina man was indicted by a U.S. District Court in Raleigh, North Carolina for making case statements on a commercial driver employment application.

The FMCSA today announced the agency has put the brakes on a Grand Ridge, Florida-based carrier declaring the company, "an imminent hazard to public safety."

The American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA) has filed for a exemption from the 14-hour rule.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided to go ahead and continue to allow 14 drivers who suffer from poor vision to bypass rules that would otherwise prohibit them from driving commercial vehicles.

A U.S. Agency is making it harder for trucking companies to coerce their employees into breaking the law or to fire them for raising safety concerns with their increased enforcement of whistleblower protection laws.

According to the FMCSA's Federal Register, Daimler Trucks North America (Daimler) has requested a temporary Commercial Driver's License Standard's Exemption for a Daimer employee to drive a CMV without possessing a commercial drivers license in the United States.

The FMCSA yesterday implemented to changes to the Motor Carrier Management Information System (MCMIS).

The FMCSA today announced the agency has put the brakes on an Indiana carrier for failing to "cooperate in an investigation of the carrier's compliance with federal safety regulations."

The FMCSA is seeking public comments on its proposed rule to prohibit driver coercion. The rule applies to shippers, receivers, transportation intermediaries and others in the supply chain.

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Secretary, Anthony Foxx announced on July 25th, that Chief Anne Ferro would be stepping down from her position next month.

6 OOIDA members have filed a class-action lawsuit against the FMCSA under the Federal Privacy Act, claiming that the FMCSA is "unlawfully disseminating reports of driver safety records to potential employers."