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Mar 7, 2016
SMS measures return to FMCSA website
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has added back to its SMS website indicators of motor carriers' performance under the...
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Mar 4, 2016
FMCSA changes definition of high-risk carrier
Responding to a recommendation by a Federal Aviation Administration peer review team, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is...
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Mar 4, 2016
Minimum training standards for new CDL drivers proposed
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed new training standards for new Class A and Class B commercial driver's...
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Mar 1, 2016
TransComply: Falling inspections weaken safety oversight, CSA
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Feb. 29 that commercial motor vehicle (CMV) roadside and traffic enforcement...
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Mar 1, 2016
If FMCSA is right about inspections, there's a problem
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration yesterday issued a long press release proclaiming that the commercial motor vehicle (CMV)...
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Feb 22, 2016
CVSA concerned over number of exemptions
An organization representing state law enforcement agencies that oversee trucking operations has told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
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Feb 15, 2016
Congress mistakenly voids 34-hour restart
A provision in the big government funding bill approved in December that was intended to continue blocking the Federal Motor Carrier...
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Feb 11, 2016
House panel backs ban on state regulation of pay, breaks
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee on Feb. 11 approved legislation (H.R. 4441) that includes controversial language that...
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Feb 1, 2016
FMCSA's $9.4 million ace in the hole
Armed with DOT guidance on the value of a statistical life, the agency can justify just about anything. Regulators naturally develop...
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Jan 29, 2016
FMCSA's driver coercion rule now in effect
Effective Jan. 29, carriers, shippers, receivers and brokers face penalties of up to $16,000 for coercing drivers to violate several key...
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Jan 21, 2016
Carrier Safety Fitness Determinations
Proposed rule: Carrier Safety Fitness Determinations Publication date: January 21, 2016 View comments Summary FMCSA proposes to amend the...
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Jan 20, 2016
FMCSA's Darling: HOS study under DOT review
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has sent to the Department of Transportation's Office of the Secretary for review a draft...
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Jan 19, 2016
FMCSA proposes new safety rating system
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Jan. 21 will officially publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would...
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Jan 12, 2016
Groups object to FMCSA's expected SFD plan
Eight trade associations representing various segments of the trucking industry are threatening to challenge an expected notice of...
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Jan 12, 2016
Can FMCSA really propose a safety fitness rule?
The FAST Act's provisions suggest that the agency may be on shaky ground Less than a week after President Obama signed into law a new...