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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration have withdrawn their joint rulemaking effort on...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
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
FMCSA supports National Academies' proposed new SMS model
At a July 18 congressional hearing, Daphne Jefferson, deputy administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, confirmed...
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Jul 18, 2017
Congress, CVSA move toward wireless roadside inspections
Congress has blocked funding for a wireless roadside inspection program for several years, but that could change in the coming year. The...
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Jul 18, 2017
House funding bill includes meal, rest break preemption
About two weeks after a Senate panel adopted the language in a different bill, a House subcommittee has approved a fiscal 2018 Department...
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Jul 13, 2017
SMS review finds flaws, proposes new statistical model
A congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recommends a replacement for the...
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Jun 30, 2017
Court backs FMCSA authority on Mexican permits
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on June 29 rejected challenges to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
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Jun 29, 2017
Prime allowed to expand use of permit holders as team drivers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted New Prime, Inc. (Prime) an exemption allowing a learner's permit (CLP) holder...
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Jun 27, 2017
House passes bills related to military drivers
The U.S. House on June 26 passed two bills aimed at making it easier for qualified military veterans and reservists to drive commercial...
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Jun 26, 2017
