FMCSA proposes reduction in UCR fees
FMCSA has proposed to reduce the annual registration fees collected under the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement for...
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Sep 21, 2017
FDA offers free online training for carriers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced availability of a free one-hour training module to help carriers meet the training...
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Sep 20, 2017
House rejects delay of ELD mandate
In what might prove to the final meaningful battle over the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate, the U.S. House of Representatives on...
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Sep 6, 2017
CVSA announces phased compliance on ELDs
Citations for failing to use mandatory electronic logging devices (ELDs) or grandfathered devices meeting current electronic log...
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Aug 29, 2017
FMCSA seeks comment on SMS study, schedules September 8 meeting
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is requesting comment by September 27 on the recent National Academy of Sciences (NAS)...
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Aug 28, 2017
FMCSA holding 'road shows' on commercial vehicle safety
With practically no public notice, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this summer is holding three day-long "road show...
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Aug 10, 2017
FMCSA adds 12 violations to SMS
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has introduced 12 new violations to the Safety Measurement System (SMS) methodology,...
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Aug 8, 2017
FMCSA withdraws sleep apnea rulemaking
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration have withdrawn their joint rulemaking effort on...
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Aug 4, 2017
Senate funding panel avoids controversy in DOT bill
While its House counterpart made waves with legislation and commentary related to electronic logging devices and autonomous commercial...
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Jul 27, 2017
Carriers can use older engines to avoid ELDs
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently reversed its position on what conditions qualify for the pre-2000 model year...
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Jul 27, 2017
FMCSA drops conviction requirement in crash review program
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced that its planned crash preventability review pilot program will begin August 1...
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Jul 24, 2017
Congress takes small steps toward ELD delay
With the U.S. Supreme Court in June ending the battle over electronic logging devices (ELDs) in court, opponents apparently have now...
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Jul 20, 2017
Trump administration won't purse speed limiters
the near term. Under the 2017 regulatory agenda, speed limiters have been dropped from the near-term agendas of both the Federal Motor...
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Jul 20, 2017
House panel offers $100 million to test autonomous trucks
Discussion of electronic logging devices (ELDs) has received all the attention related to the House Appropriation Committee's fiscal year...
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Jul 19, 2017
FMCSA rejects rest break exemption for Transco
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has decided that Transco, Inc., a major private fleet serving grocery stores and...
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Jul 18, 2017
