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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released final regulations for the Requirements for Intermodal Equipment Providers and Motor Carriers and Drivers Operating Intermodal Equipment.
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published an intermodal equipment rule that should boost truckers’ productivity by speeding up operations and ensuring chassis are safer.
Read More →FMCSA now requires commercial driver's licenses and a driver's medical examination to be combined into a single electronic record.
Read More →WASHINGTON – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, in a notice to be published in Wednesday’s Federal Register, said it was making no changes to its controversial hours-of-service rule.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Motor carriers and drivers providing emergency in areas affected by Hurricane Gustav will be relieved of federal hours-of-service regulations.
Read More →The program, which called for trucks from the U.S. and Mexico to have access to the roads in each other’s countries, was plagued with concerns over safety, licensing, law enforcement and environmental concerns.
Read More →Several large trucking fleets have urged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to retain the 11th hour of driving and the 34-hour restart in its hours-of-service regulations, saying those provisions have improved highway safety and given drivers the flexibility to adjust to unexpected delays.
Read More →WASHINGTON – Truck drivers will continue to be limited to driving up to 11 hours within a 14-hour duty period, after which they must go off duty for at least 10 hours.
Read More →Since the regulation was implemented in 2003, the percentage of large trucks involved in fatigue-related fatal crashes in the eleventh hour of driving has remained below the average of the 1991-2002 yearly rates.
Read More →Extra weight from trailer add-ons may push otherwise underweight vehicles over the DOT-exempt weight limit.
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