entry-level driver training

Carrier asserts current CDL requirement “creates a strain” on its operations.

CVTA vows to push FMCSA for earlier implementation.

Difficulty communicating instructions while in the cab cited as safety risk.

Consistently meeting expectations goes a long way toward keeping drivers on board.

Safety analysis lacking in petition against ELDT rule, agency finds.

Advocacy group warns lack of ELDT rule directly compromises truck safety.

ATA concerned that extending deadlines could affect proper enforcement.

Agency wants to reduce time and costs for driving schools and applicants

LTL giant claims new requirements would also add costs to its in-house driver training.

What makes a commodity and agricultural commodity? That is one question that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations hopes to answer soon, it said, during a regulatory update session at the Mid-America Trucking Show.

FMCSA estimates over 11,000 Class B truck drivers will save time and money using the new process.

The Commercial Vehicle Training Association is pushing for more states to adopt third-party testing to shorten wait times for those seeking to schedule CDL tests.

Regulators say a database designed to standardize and simplify training certification for new drivers will be ready on time next year.