Broker oversight, truck speed limiters among 2023 policy action items
Congress and the Biden administration will aim to advance trucking policy despite the potential gridlock of divided government.
Congress and the Biden administration will aim to advance trucking policy despite the potential gridlock of divided government.
The nation’s top truck safety regulator argues her hands are tied when it comes to approving a drug-test exemption.
The EPA’s new tailpipe emissions standard raises implementation concerns from engine makers — and cost concerns from truckers.
U.S. lawmakers are proposing a requirement that restrooms at commercial buildings and ports be available to truck drivers.
New standards aimed at dramatically reducing pollution from trucks come at the wrong time for the economy, according to carriers and drivers.
FMCSA’s unique ID proposal for trucks has safety group support but overwhelming opposition from the rest of the trucking industry.
“If this legislation were to pass, the big carriers would be able to pressure shippers and receivers to load their drivers who are on the clock sitting at the loading dock,” Lewie Pugh, OOIDA executive vice president, said.
Driver-facing cameras are seen as intrusive and an invasion of privacy in the truck-driving community. Yet fleets are rapidly adopting them.
A proposal to allow regulators to review hair tests to screen truck drivers for drugs faces strong opposition from large groups of truckers.
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.