Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management, Operations, Safety, Safety & Compliance

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the Federal Railroad Administration have withdrawn their advance notice of proposed rulemaking on...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/141584/feds-withdraw-sleep-apnea-pre-rule

Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to make it easier for military veterans to transition into civilian careers in the truck and bus...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/134197/fmcsa-seeks-to-ease-the-way-for-vets-to-become-truckers

Categories: Drivers, Safety, Safety & Compliance

A new report prepared by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine advises the FMCSA to improve data and research methods “to support a...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/134124/eye-opener-report-fmcsa-should-boost-driver-fatigue-research

Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management, Safety, Safety & Compliance

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety is recommending that all large trucks— both new and existing ones— be equipped with what it considers to be...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/142275/aaa-report-underscores-benefits-of-high-tech-truck-safety-advances

Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management, Safety & Compliance

NTSB's new “Most Wanted List” of safety improvements stresses the continuing need to reduce accidents caused by drivers who are impaired by alcohol and/or...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/133274/ntsb-cut-impaired-distracted-fatigued-driving

Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management, Safety, Safety & Compliance

A report issued by the Governors Highway Safety Association on the “extreme danger posed by tired drivers” includes a new NHTSA estimate that pegs the...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/136308/new-report-sounds-wakeup-call-on-dangers-of-drowsy-driving

Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management, Safety & Compliance

The Truck Parking Safety Improvement Act, if passed into law, would dedicate hundreds of millions of dollars to projects that increase truck parking spaces...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/352754/bipartisan-truck-parking-bill-introduced-in-house

Categories: Drivers, Legal/Legislative

A federal court has determined it lacks jurisdiction to rule on a class-action suit brought against U.S. Xpress that alleges the motor carrier violated...

https://www.chargedfleet.com/331323/calif-meal-and-rest-break-suit-dismissed-on-basis-of-fmcsa-preemption-stance

Categories: Drivers, Operations

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking public comment on a “potential” pilot program that would allow drivers ages 18 to 20 to operate...

https://www.truckinginfo.com/331870/fmcsa-looking-at-wider-pilot-to-study-allowing-younger-interstate-truck-drivers

Categories: Drivers, Fleet Management, Operations

Ohio state agencies have teamed up to develop procedures for deaf or hearing-impaired Ohioans who qualify for a federal hearing-exemption waiver to train...

https://www.worktruckonline.com/135860/ohio-eases-way-for-deaf-or-hearing-impaired-drivers-to-get-cdls