9JanNow that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has an agency head for the first time in years expect to see a raft of new and updated trucking regulations in 2023. Listen to this new episode of the “Eyes on the Road” trucking podcast as we discuss anticipated rules when
5JanTransformational leader brings more than two decades of transportation, bypass, and tolling technology experience to PrePass. PHOENIX – January 5, 2023 – PrePass Safety Alliance today announced that Chris Murray has been named President of PrePass LLC effective January 1, 2023. Murray is a transportation technology executive with an extraordinary
5JanThe U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced a 24-month extension of the deadline for full enforcement of the REAL ID. The deadline had been May 3 of 2023, less than five months away. Now full enforcement of the REAL ID will begin May 7, 2025. DHS cites the lingering impact
3JanA look at the U.S. Department of Transportation Significant Rulemaking Report coupled with new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration efforts in 2022 leads to one conclusion: 2023 will be a very big year for trucking regulations! And that’s even before viewing the Fall
29DecBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Motor carriers and professional truck drivers are essential to our lives. As a law enforcement officer, I saw the hard-working folks in trucking as a partner in highway safety and often in emergency response. Still, there were those times
27DecAt the beginning of 2022, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration forecast several important rulemakings that did not come to full fruition. FMCSA would, according to the Fall 2021 edition of the Unified Regulatory Agenda, adopt regulations imposing time or mileage limits on the personal conveyance use of commercial motor
22DecBy: Steve Vaughn, vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance Truck driver families learn to live with the uncertainty, the tension, and the danger of having their loved ones out there on the road. But even the most patient and understanding of families still yearn for time together. Birthdays,
19DecIs that “dispatch service” helping a motor carrier secure new business operating as a “bona fide agent” of the carrier or is it a “broker”? An important distinction when the latter comes with the required broker authority and a $75,000 bond or trust fund. In the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs
16DecIn the U.S. Department of Transportation Significant Rulemakings Report released in September 2022, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration revealed important rulemakings for commercial motor vehicles. NHTSA also included a whole raft of significant rulemakings affecting the manufacturing standards for new passenger vehicles. Well, you might say, “at least there
15DecYour monthly digest of trucking news and everything PrePass. Not subscribed to this newsletter? Subscribe now. FMCSA Proposes New Electronic IDs for Most Trucks The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is considering a plan that would require all trucks in interstate commerce to be equipped with devices that electronically transmit
14DecThe Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is exploring a device that would allow roadside enforcement to electronically identify and perhaps monitor the condition of drivers and commercial motor vehicles on the highway. But it is also raising a lot of questions. The federal truck regulator is considering requiring interstate CMVs
8DecThe FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse is approaching its three-year anniversary. That means new rules are coming on Jan. 6, 2023. Motor carriers must conduct background investigations before hiring a driver. The process includes checking for drug and alcohol violations within the past three years. When the Federal Motor Carrier
