Recent identity verification changes by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration are having a major impact on the number of newly minted operating authorities, according to research from CarrierOK.
The government is cleaning up motor carrier safety regulations to ensure consistency and improve clarity for the trucking industry.
The Trump administration is amending a list of truck safety rules, aiming to streamline regulations and make compliance easier.
The Trump administration is opening a new round of federal grant applications for truck drivers and truck operations.
Regulators say the drug-testing oversight for truckers hauling production crews and film equipment is still safe enough to allow for reduced federal requirements.
An industry group tells DOT that the future is now when it comes to deploying autonomous trucks.
Critics of the reinstatement of English language proficiency out-of-service violations argue that the directive is more political than practical and risks diverting attention from more pressing safety issues on U.S. highways.
One of President Trump’s favorite political organizations is pushing his administration to make it easier to grant waivers and exemptions for small trucking companies.
More scrutiny of truck drivers and fraudulent CDLs could have operational and cost implications for trucking companies.
The FMCSA would be a more efficient regulator if it changed the definition of “commercial motor vehicle,” a group representing small carriers asserts.
A Washington high school failed to convince federal regulators of the benefits of altering the training rules for teenage truck drivers.
Trucking’s lead safety agency has been failing to properly monitor billions of dollars in taxpayer money aimed at preventing crashes, according to a government watchdog.
The FMCSA says it does not have to correct a federally funded study that an insurance group claims underestimates the safety benefits of side underride guards.
WASHINGTON – A brake-light technology company focused on reducing rear-end truck crashes got another boost from regulators with a ruling that two private fleets can deploy its equipment even though it is at odds with current rules. Intellistop, which makes a module that briefly pulses a truck’s brake lights immediately after the brakes are engaged, […]
WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has voided thousands of medical examiner certificates issued by two Houston-area doctors, putting the livelihoods of over 15,000 commercial drivers at risk. A “high volume” of physical examinations performed by Dr. Jenny Le (Medical Examiner National Registry No. 4762579227) and Dr. Dustin Mai (National Registry No. 7120983977) […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Josh Brecheen is again leading the charge to keep regulators from capping truck speeds below the legal limits posted on highways and interstates. The Deregulating Restrictions on Interstate Vehicles and Eighteen-Wheelers (DRIVE) Act, introduced on Thursday by the Oklahoma Republican, would prohibit the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from requiring that […]
Despite pushback from safety groups, FMCSA is allowing a private fleet owner to continue its sleeper berth exemption until 2030.
Derek Barrs, a member of the American Trucking Associations’ Law Enforcement Advisory Board, has been nominated to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
A controversial rulemaking stalled at DOT has major implications for highway safety and trucking costs.
The Trump administration has picked Adrienne Camire to lead the nation’s top truck safety regulatory agency.
