Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

A final rule issued by federal regulators aims to protect truckers from broker fraud.

A federal advisory panel promoting women in trucking weakened its stance on removing an exemption that currently allows carriers not to pay overtime to their drivers.

Improving road safety and public health is the goal of a new push to help teen drivers learn to share the road.

Truck drivers are pressing regulators to require brokers to pay them for time lost waiting to pick up or drop off loads.

FMCSA’s latest crash data is a hopeful sign for safety as trucking regulators consider new rules to reduce deaths and injuries.

Data reveals 2023 will be a record year — by far — for commercial carrier shutdowns ordered by the government for new carriers.

A new regulatory agenda sets dates for trucking sector rulemakings ranging from speed limiter mandates to automatic emergency braking.

GAO recommends FMCSA improve its website so that it is more useful for truck drivers seeking remedies for alleged coercion by employers.

Complaints about transparency and accuracy of safety data that affects the operations of truck drivers and carriers has caught the attention of federal regulators.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pressed the American Trucking Associations and tech companies over job and safety concerns associated with driverless trucks.

A new safety standard would change how FMCSA determines whether carriers and truckers are fit to operate.

Federal regulators will attempt once again to try to figure out the safety and cost effects of delaying truck drivers at shippers and receivers.

Federal regulators are cracking down on trucking-related exemption requests that fail to provide safety justifications.

Regulators are leveraging their power to once again weigh in on state laws affecting truck drivers.

A proposal requiring automatic braking on trucks needs more than a 60-day comment period, state agencies and brake manufacturers assert.

DOT’s inspector general recommends FMCSA take steps to clamp down on foreign carrier safety compliance.

Getting drivers on the road faster boosts productivity, says CRST, which was conditionally granted a CDL exemption renewal.

Federal rules on driver instructor background requirements are hampering carriers’ ability to staff trainers, according to companies.

Exempting former prison inmates from certain CDL training rules could not ensure that safety standards would be upheld, according to federal regulators.

The first meeting of FMCSA’s Truck Leasing Task Force has put lease-purchase agreements under more intense scrutiny.