October 18th, 2023
Carriers May Get Another Challenge to Truck Crash, Inspection Data

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is offering reassurance to motor carriers utilizing its DataQs system to challenge inaccuracies in truck crash and inspection data. No longer would appeals of DataQs decisions be ruled on by the same state-level personnel who made the original determination and then denied its reconsideration, according to FMCSA’s proposal in the Federal Register.

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October 11th, 2023
FMCSA Overhaul of Key Truck Safety Program Begins

UPDATED – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to potentially redo the Safety Fitness Determination process, which is part of its comprehensive Compliance, Safety, Accountability truck safety program. The SFD process can result in a declaration that a motor carrier is unfit and thereby prohibited from operating commercial motor vehicles in interstate commerce. This ANPRM falls hard on the heels of the FMCSA notice proposing to change its Safety Measurement System.

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October 5th, 2023
Why Trucking Needs to Take Extra Care During ‘Friday Night Lights’

Athletic teams often travel on buses owned by charter companies or the school district that look nothing like a traditional school bus. They are out on the open road with commercial traffic. They may look like intercity commercial buses and operate under the same federal and state safety regulations. But their safety performance makes them worthy of extra caution.

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October 2nd, 2023
FMCSA to Gather Data about Truck Driver Detention and Truck Maintenance

FMCSA would look at the frequency and severity of detention time, contributing factors, and outcomes, including lost productivity, supply chain impacts, hours of service violations, and accidents. The agency proposes to use a working definition that detention occurs when dwell time – total time at a facility – exceeds two hours.

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September 27th, 2023
Taking Control of Speeding in Your Truck Fleet

Trucking will face a continual flow of regulations so long as highway safety deteriorates. And many of those regulations will attempt to control some aspect of speed and speeding because speeding is one of the most frequent reasons cars and trucks are pulled over and simple physics tells us that crashes at higher speeds are more deadly and damaging.

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September 21st, 2023
Get Ready for Next-Level Vehicle Technology: V2X

Imagine driving down a city street. The traffic light ahead senses the speed of your approach and stays green for your benefit. Then imagine that the same traffic light sends you a message to keep your speed at 34 mph and you will have green lights at every intersection. The result is time and fuel saved plus reduced vehicle emissions.

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