Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

COVID-19 priorities may require “non-emergency” waiver for drivers and carriers.

Relaxing of driver work restrictions provides breathing room to handle volume surge.

Truck inspections are often land mines for motor carriers but additional maintenance can defuse the situation.

Paper, plastic, other commodities now exempted for COVID-19 response.

Exemption needed to protect against COVID-19-related fuel shortages, groups assert.

Carriers subcontracting with feds may have access to delivery extensions.

FMCSA order sparks confusion over what is considered emergency relief.

Agency is working to reschedule the all-day event that had been planned for March 19.

CDL verification back on track after connection problems resolved.

Group claims full-query requirement adding “millions of dollars” in production costs.

Making the 30-minute rest break more flexible is one of the proposed changes.

Followup training would be aimed at increasing driver ranks.

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

FMCSA confirms more than 650,000 registrants in last seven weeks.

A 14.45% cut from the 2018 fee level is being made to account for excess funds.

Proposal includes discretionary grants for truck parking.

Opposition from safety advocates could mean rough road to inclusion in highway bill.

Agency confirms it will credit ‘query’ balances in certain cases.

CVTA vows to push FMCSA for earlier implementation.

Parcel drivers join long-haul colleagues in training to bolster community safety.