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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.
Blog, Regulations, SafetyWhy 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.
Blog, Safety, Trucking CommunityFMCSA 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.
Blog, Regulations, SafetyTaking 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.
Blog, Safety, Trucking CommunityGet 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.
Blog, Safety, TechnologyFMCSA Accepting Petitions to Roll Back Meal and Rest Break Rules
The California and Washington State preemption rulings have withstood legal challenge. Nonetheless, FMCSA now takes the unprecedented step of accepting waiver petitions to set aside those rulings. FMCSA advises prospective petitioners that they need not argue that the preemption decisions under the prior administration were erroneous. Instead, FMCSA requests that petitioners address three issues.
Blog, Regulations, Trucking CommunityGot Trucking Hazmat Questions? PHMSA Developing FAQs.
There is a little-known U.S. Transportation Department agency that is responsible for developing and enforcing regulations for the safe transportation of energy and other hazardous materials, including by truck. Recently, it took another step to help improve compliance with federal hazmat regulations.
Blog, Regulations, SafetyThe Trucking Lawsuit Problem and How to Fix It
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) documents and studies the impact of litigation on trucking, tracking both large and small but numerous verdicts. Now the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through its Institute for Legal Reform, is building on the ATRI research. Chamber researchers offer an overview of truck accident litigation and its effect, not just on trucking, but on the customers of trucking and ultimately, the U.S. economy.
Blog, Safety, Trucking CommunityThe Trucking Lawsuit Issue and How to Fix It
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) documents and studies the impact of litigation on trucking, tracking both large and small but numerous verdicts. Now the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through its Institute for Legal Reform, is building on the ATRI research. Chamber researchers offer an overview of truck accident litigation and its effect, not just on trucking, but on the customers of trucking and ultimately, the U.S. economy.
Blog, Safety, Trucking CommunityPodcast #75: The Problem with Truck Driver Medical Certificates
In order to legally drive a big rig in interstate commerce, truckers are required to have a physical examination from a qualified medical examiner. If they pass, they get a Medical Examiners Certificate that’s good for up to two years. However, nearly half of the nation’s truck drivers are certified for less than one year, resulting in problems for them as well as truck fleets.
Blog, Podcasts, Regulations, Trucking CommunityUrinalysis Fails to Catch Most Truck Driver Drug Use
In the study, hair testing revealed opioid use at a rate 25 times greater than detected by urinalysis. Cocaine was identified by hair tests 23 times more often than by urine tests. Amphetamines and methamphetamines? Thirteen times as much. Marijuana was found five times more, PCP three times more, and, though fewer in number, ecstasy a resounding 65 times as much as determined in urine tests.
Blog, Regulations, SafetyTolls Cost Motor Carriers More Than Just Road Fees. Much More.
This article is not about the price of doing business on America’s roadways. Tolls aren’t going anywhere, and neither are their annual fee increases. This resource details the hidden costs beyond tolling rates and how overlooking the true price of ineffective toll management affects your business’s bottom line.
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