The American Trucking Associations has filed a petition for review of the FMCSA's new hours-of-service rule for commerical truck drivers.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - The American Trucking Associations filed a petition with the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Feb. 14, asking the court to review the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's recently published final rule changing the hours-of-service regulations for commercial truck drivers.
Read More →RESTON, VA - The number of commercial fleet operators that have adopted written policies pertaining to employee use of cell phones while driving on-the-job has increased 31 percent in the past nine months.
Read More →In a ZoomSafer survey, not only are more commercial fleet operators implementing on-the-job cell phone policies for their drivers, but more are enforcing established policies too. Part of the increase is likely due to the FMCSA’s recent ban on cell phone use while driving for commercial drivers.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's FMCSA has ordered U & D Service, Inc. of Indianapolis, Ind., to immediately cease all transportation services in or affecting interstate commerce, declaring the commercial truck company an "imminent hazard" to public safety.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA –The American Trucking Associations (ATA) released a statement last week that expressed its frustration and disappointment over the final FMCSA rule governing hours of service for truck drivers.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Maryland-based Gunthers Transport, LLC an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered the trucking company to immediately cease all transportation services.
Read More →WASHINGTON – At a hearing on new hours-of-service rules for truck drivers, Rep. Jason Altmire (D-PA), the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations, said these new regulations could hurt small businesses.
Read More →ARLINGTON, VA - Responding to President Obama's call to help reduce the regulatory burden on U.S. businesses, American Trucking Associations (ATA) highlighted nine outdated, obsolete, or onerous rules that the Department of Transportation should reconsider.
Read More →WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Dec. 23 issued a regulatory proposal that would revise hours-of-service (HOS) requirements for commercial truck drivers.
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