America’s top truck safety regulator provides insight into what will be important at her federal agency as she closes in on a year in the driver’s seat.
Federal regulators have not renewed a work rule exemption for truck drivers responding to the pandemic, a move supported by ATA and truck safety advocates.
Federal regulators say there is not enough data to justify an exemption for pulsing brake lights on trucks
A proposal to allow regulators to review hair tests to screen truck drivers for drugs faces strong opposition from large groups of truckers.
A new 80-page handbook from DOT gives local planners detailed information for planning and designing truck parking facilities.
Federal regulators are considering loosening driver work-rule restrictions for propane haulers during periods of peak consumer demand.
Federal regulators are easing training requirements for UPS truckers who want to drive double trailers.
AskWaves checks in on the latest sentiment from the trucking industry on the effectiveness of ELDs.
Acting FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson was unanimously confirmed as the agency’s seventh administrator.
Federal regulators are considering a proposal first ordered by the Obama administration that could change how trucks undergo safety inspections.
Federal regulators will use a simulator experiment to assess driver distraction in automated trucks.
Drivers and trucking companies seeking flexibility from work rules can expect full attention from federal regulators.
ACT Research’s Ann Rundle discusses policy implications for autonomous and electric trucks at FreightWaves’ one-day summit.
Federal regulators release new data and ask for public comment to help determine whether to end the nationwide trucking hours-of-service waiver.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled — again — that UPS has not shown it can maintain safety levels if it were exempted from new driver-training requirements.
Truck safety regulators have renewed until Oct. 15 a national exemption from hours-of-service rules for drivers supporting pandemic relief efforts.
A Michigan trucking company owner is seeking major relief from driver work-rule restrictions to help his customers avoid costly shutdowns.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issues a temporary exemption to hours-of-service rules for the states affected by BP’s refinery shutdown.
Trucking regulators will consider allowing hair drug test results to be reported into a federal drug clearinghouse — despite asserting a lack of authority.
Federal regulators are inviting the public to comment on a truck driver’s request to be exempt from hours-of-service rules.
Federal regulators are issuing new guidance for truck driver medical qualifications, and sleep apnea regulations could be a next step.
TuSimple CEO Xiaodi Hou responded to a federal safety investigation that raised concerns about a potential setback to its driverless truck technology.
FreightWaves recently conducted a survey of owner-operators outlining business issues and outlooks on profitability in 2022 compared to the previous year.
A federal appeals court upheld the FMCSA’s hours-of-service rules by rejecting a challenge filed by safety groups alleging the 2020 changes make the roads less safe.
Public comments reveal most truckers believe a proposal to require engines to have speed limiters will make roads less safe.
Comments filed with the FMCSA underscore concerns over how the agency should regulate freight brokers and dispatchers.
Texas, California, Florida top 2022 money list for FMCSA’s motor carrier safety grants
FMCSA is a partner in a multistate effort this summer to more aggressively enforce traffic laws on Interstates 81 and 95.
AskWaves provides a state-by-state breakdown for the record $463 million in funds set aside in 2022 for reducing truck crashes.
La Administración Federal de Seguridad de Autotransportes también examinará si los servicios de despacho podrían considerarse corredores
The FMCSA is looking to the public to help settle a controversy over what constitutes freight brokers, agents and dispatch services.
The agency’s acting administrator updated Congress on the status of the agency’s rulemakings at her nomination hearing.
The latest extension by FMCSA of its COVID-19 waiver that goes back to March 2020 will now take the hours of service exemption through August.
FMCSA has added three fuels to its list of energy products that can be transported beyond normal HOS rules, but will the larger rule be extended soon?
Federal regulators told Congress that insurance companies are refusing to share data about the costs of claims from truck and bus accidents.
The nation’s top highway safety watchdog plans to push federal regulators to require a higher level of speed-limiting technology than currently proposed.
Federal regulators plan to require truckers to limit their truck speeds by using electronic engine control devices.
A three-judge panel heard arguments in a petition to overturn some of the changes in trucking hours-of-service rules implemented two years ago.
Regulators are moving ahead with an apprenticeship program for under-21 drivers despite attempts by trucking and safety groups to modify it.
Under pressure to move more cargo faster, truck drivers are filing complaints with the FMCSA at a record pace.
Federal regulators are standing up a new task force to study predatory truck leasing and its effect on driver safety.
The Biden administration praised strides made to boost trucking jobs — but could a freight recession undercut progress?
Werner Enterprises asserts that a five-year waiver affecting its driver trainees will fill cab seats and improve safety.
Biden’s 2023 budget request increases funding to deal with freight bottlenecks and issue new regulations.
FMCSA’s safety boss grapples with a huge wave of truck entrants since the pandemic.
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Regulators have eliminated a driver requirement to provide employers with an annual list of traffic violations.
La norma final ahorrará a los conductores y transportistas 3,5 millones de dólares al año, según la agencia
Federal regulators have amended their rules to make it easier to install driver-assist technology in trucks.
Federal regulators are moving ahead with proposed improvements to a national database used to file complaints in the trucking industry.
Federal regulators have announced dates for “significant” rulemakings affecting the trucking industry.
FMCSA’s Robin Hutcheson discusses how the Biden administration’s Trucking Plan will be a top focus for the agency in 2022.
AskWaves lists the five most important actions driving schools need to take to comply with FMCSA’s new training regulation set to start on Monday.
The latest government data reveals that an increase in truckers testing positive for drugs in 2021 was driven by cocaine and marijuana.
Trucking regulators have issued updated guidance that could help new drivers get on the road faster.
La nueva orientación se ve como un complemento a la próxima regulación de la formación de los conductores de nivel de entrada
Transportation Secretary Buttigieg is unveiling a three-year strategy to work toward zero fatalities and serious injuries involving cars and heavy trucks.
Freight transportation experts weigh in on Pete Buttigieg’s one-year mark as the secretary of transportation.
In an appeals court filing, OOIDA defended its support for changes in federal work rules for truck drivers.
Carriers, truck brokers and leasing companies will see annual fees collected by states reduced by up to $15,000 per year.
Drivers are people who have needs and wants, goods from October are just now being unloaded at West Coast ports, and the FMSCA has a new deputy administrator.
The Biden administration announced Robin Hutcheson will replace Meera Joshi as FMCSA deputy administrator.
The Biden administration has rejected assertions made by safety groups that more flexible hours-of-service rules will make roads less safe.
Comments coming into FMCSA look to be mostly opposed to the Apprenticeship Pilot Program.
A truckload carrier-backed study finds cocaine and opioid abuse by truckers are underreported at FMCSA.
No hace falta ser un experto para saber que el sector del transporte por carretera tiende a confiar demasiado en sus raíces heredadas. Después de todo, para un sector empresarial […]
The Top 500 list of the largest U.S.-based for-hire trucking fleets is ranked on the basis of tractor count.
The Biden administration is attempting to bolster the truck driver workforce by allowing younger drivers into the ranks.
Safety officials warn that federal trucking regulations are not keeping up with industry changes.
Meera Joshi’s surprise departure from FMCSA is the latest in a string that may have the public wondering why the job is so difficult to fill.
From ocean shipping reform to vaccine mandates, the past year has been a backdrop for new and proposed government oversight and requirements affecting carriers and shippers.
The agency that regulates trucking has not had a Senate-confirmed leader in more than two years.
A closer look into FMCSA HOS rule changes
El plan de acción para los camioneros incluye 30 millones de
dólares para agilizar las licencias de conducir (CDL)
The Biden administration is taking a series of actions aimed at bolstering the truck driver workforce that includes assessing compensation.
Federal regulators have once again denied a request to exempt small truck brokers from bond requirements.
OMB’s 2022 agenda for regulatory agencies includes proposals from FMCSA on ELDs and carrier safety ratings.
Truck safety groups and the Teamsters claimed in federal appeals court that the FMCSA weakened its regulations in 2020 regarding truck driver work hours.
Federal regulators are keeping in place a work-hour exemption giving truck drivers more time to haul pandemic-related freight.
The latest hours-of-service waiver is set to expire on Christmas Eve.
Fleets and individual truckers buying at today’s elevated prices
assume a big risk when the used equipment market normalizes.
Even when everyone agrees, regulations take a year to get approved. And there are detractors to autonomous trucking rulemaking
Federal ruling on rear impact guard inspections on truck trailers sparks debate over costly new safety equipment.
Motor Carrier Act of 1980, OTR driver shortage, consumer confidence falls
Federal regulators have vastly improved the ability to keep unsafe drivers off the road but the trucking industry is scrambling to make up the shortfall.
Regulators are urging carriers to take action to ensure their ELDs remain legal after mobile networks transition out of 3G.
These are the five spots where truckers are most likely to experience a rollover, according to a telematics company.
FMCSA’s Meera Joshi is taking on multiple trucking issues.
Long-term supply chain challenges could minimize the value of driver pay increases.
Owner-operators are warning the FMCSA that shortages at drug-testing clinics are threatening truck driver livelihoods.
FMCSA is giving states three years to comply with a new truck-driver ban for drug and alcohol abusers.
An owner-operator lawsuit fails to convince a federal appeals court that FMCSA acts as a consumer reporting agency.
Odometer fraud is the disconnection, resetting or alteration of a vehicles’s odometer with the intent to change the number of miles indicated.
FMCSA Deputy Administrator Meera Joshi was told during the hearing on her nomination to become administrator that truck crash trends underscore the need for agency action.
Former government safety officials now have investments and profits to keep in mind as they help their companies chart a course for autonomous vehicles.
This AskWaves looks at what separates truck dispatchers from truck brokers.
In 2020, there were 523 tunnels in 40 states and the District of Columbia.
The FMCSA touts safety efforts and driver recruitment in its latest round of grant funding.
The pandemic-related HOS waiver has been in place since March 2020 and was due to expire Tuesday.
Regulators will poll the trucking industry on the value of the hours-of-service waiver as FMCSA readies another extension.
