The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced the formation of a 26-member advisory committee that is tasked with updating classroom and new behind-the-wheel training requirements for professional truck and bus drivers. “Over the next 30 years, we’re going to be relying on trucks – and truckers – to move […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced the availability of $30 million in state grants through two annual programs, each designed to strengthen commercial vehicle safety by assisting states to modernize their technology infrastructure to more efficiently collect and disseminate real-time safety data to roadside inspectors and law enforcement personnel. “Safety is our […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has announced that the Agency is seeking comment from the public, liability insurance providers, motor carriers, brokers and freight forwarders on the safety and financial impacts of revising minimum levels of financial responsibility. The Federal Government has long required motor carriers to maintain certain levels of financial responsibility, […]
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), a trucking industry 501(c)(3) not-for-profit research organization, has provided pointed feedback at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA’s) field study report on the new Hours-of-Service (HOS) rules. FMCSA was directed by Congress as part of MAP-21 to study the efficacy of the restart provisions, which went into effect […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration(FMCSA) has reported to Congress that current financial responsibility minimums for the commercial motor vehicle industry are inadequate to meet the costs of some crashes. The agency’s report to Congress was required in the most recent transportation bill and includes findings from a recent study that weighed the benefits of […]
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has just released an enhanced version of its Pre-Employment Screening Program (PSP), first introduced in 2010. Available at www.psp.fmcsa.dot.gov, and developed in partnership with NIC Technologies, the program “helps carriers make more informed hiring decisions by providing secure, electronic access to a commercial driver’s five-year crash and three-year […]
