Safety groups urge FMCSA to kill SDAP extension
Truck crash victim advocates want FMCSA to permanently scrap its teen-driver pilot program, calling it a lethal risk to road safety.
Truck crash victim advocates want FMCSA to permanently scrap its teen-driver pilot program, calling it a lethal risk to road safety.
Trucking and safety groups are urging the FMCSA to deny a request to replace roadside warning triangles with LED signs, arguing the technology is unproven.
Recent Hours of Service waivers granted by FMCSA now cover 20 states.
New FMCSA guidance mandates brokers using ineligible trust providers must secure a compliant replacement within a 30-day window or face immediate suspension.
Biden’s FMCSA buried a FOIA request seeking to link driving schools to fatality data.
An EEOC action against a carrier that declined to hire a deaf driver will proceed after a judge’s ruling.
Despite declining traffic fatalities, DOT is considering ending its National Roadway Safety Strategy, with a decision expected by January 2026.
The FMCSA accelerated its effort to remove illegal and substandard electronic logging devices from service.
Regulators are threatening to withhold up to $151 million from Pennsylvania and potentially decertify its CDL program over uncorrected non-domiciled license errors.
Trucking and safety groups are warning FMCSA that its pilot program for more flexible truck driver rest rules poses a high risk of driver coercion.
FMCSA’s pilot program to pause the 14-hour driving window fails to address the industry’s detention time problem, argue truck safety advocates.
Federal regulators plan to survey 60 motor carriers for data on driver work schedules and crash risk that potentially could help inform adjustments to hours-of-service restrictions.
A federal appeals court has temporarily paused FMCSA’s new rule restricting non-domiciled commercial driver’s licenses following a lawsuit by a truck driver.
Two U.S. Senators have introduced a bipartisan bill to mandate a permanent ban on transportation licenses for anyone convicted of human trafficking.
Trucking companies face a liability risk and a capacity crunch due to FMCSA’s new CDL restrictions.
Former law enforcement official Derek Barrs will become the eighth administrator of the nation’s top trucking regulator.
Former law enforcement official Derek Barrs is on track to be confirmed by the Senate this week.
Legislation would make the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico “states” for CDL purposes and allow their drivers to avoid foreign-driver restrictions on the mainland.
Some truckers are rejecting FMCSA’s pilot program to extend the daily driving window, arguing the real problem is corporate-driven unpaid labor.
FMCSA has taken initial steps to modernize its complaint database to improve response times and crack down on fraud.