Failure to use ELDs won't affect CSA scores until April
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration confirmed on November 15 that a carrier's failure to use required electronic logs will...
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Nov 15, 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 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 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
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
Act early on renewing your truck insurance
Truck insurance costs are going up, assuming you can even get coverage. The hardening of the truck insurance market received national...
Admin
Nov 8, 2016
FMCSA tries to fix SMS flaws without admitting them
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed future enhancements to the Safety Measurement System (SMS), the methodology...
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Oct 5, 2016
FMCSA proposes changes to Safety Measurement System
Although no changes would occur before an ongoing review of the Compliance, Safety, Accountability program is completed, the Federal...
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Oct 5, 2016
FMCSA to test process for determining crash preventability
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced July 7 that it plans to conduct a two-year demonstration program to determine...
Admin
Jul 8, 2016
FMCSA proposes 'Beyond Compliance' program
Following a mandate from Congress and several public listening sessions, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed a...
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Apr 20, 2016
Comment period on safety fitness plan extended
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has extended for 60 days until May 23, 2016, the comment period on a proposed rule that...
Admin
Mar 8, 2016
SMS measures return to FMCSA website
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has added back to its SMS website indicators of motor carriers' performance under the...
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Mar 7, 2016
FMCSA changes definition of high-risk carrier
Responding to a recommendation by a Federal Aviation Administration peer review team, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is...
Admin
Mar 5, 2016
FMCSA proposes new safety rating system
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Jan. 21 will officially publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would...
Admin
Jan 19, 2016
Groups object to FMCSA's expected SFD plan
Eight trade associations representing various segments of the trucking industry are threatening to challenge an expected notice of...
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Jan 12, 2016
