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Trucking Things to Know Now, Part 11: Federal Regulatory Updates

Whatever the political headlines of the day, federal agencies continue to add new trucking regulations, adopt new forms, and extend or discontinue previous waivers and exemptions. In this series, “Trucking Things to Know Now,” PrePass provides quick updates on regulatory developments, often with links to more information. Not Quite Full

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Carriers May Get Another Challenge to Truck Crash, Inspection Data

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) 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

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PrePass Welcomes Brennen Carson as Chief Revenue Officer

Sales Leader Set to Drive PrePass Growth in Current and Emerging Markets  PHOENIX – Oct. 16, 2023 – PrePass Safety Alliance and PrePass LLC, the leader in trucking safety and efficiency solutions, are thrilled to announce the addition of Brennen Carson as its new Chief Revenue Officer (CRO). Carson, a

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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 (ANPRM) to potentially redo the Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) process, which is part of its comprehensive Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) truck safety program. The SFD process can result in a declaration that a motor

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Why Trucking Needs to Take Extra Care During ‘Friday Night Lights’

By: Steve Vaughn, senior vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance You may recall the 2004 movie “Friday Night Lights” or the 2006-2011 TV series of the same name. According to its producers, “Friday Night Lights” depicted the “intense and sometimes extreme culture of high school football in small

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FMCSA to Gather Data about Truck Driver Detention and Truck Maintenance

Two notices recently published in the Federal Register may provide clues to where the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is heading on important trucking regulations: driver detention and truck maintenance. These notices, known formally as Information Collection Requests (ICR) are required any time a federal agency looks to access

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Taking Control of Speeding in Your Truck Fleet

By: Steve Vaughn, senior vice president of field operations, PrePass Safety Alliance “It’s all about control.” That’s what I hear from frustrated fleet managers and their professional drivers – the government is trying to control our every action. Take the speed limiter proposal, they say. “It’s the government bureaucrats, most

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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

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FMCSA Accepting Petitions to Roll Back Meal and Rest Break Rules

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently gave notice that it will consider petitions to undo the federal preemption of truck driver meal and rest break rules in California and Washington State. The agency determined in 2018 and 2020 that those state-level rules were more stringent than the federal

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Got 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. In March 2022, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials

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The Trucking Lawsuit Problem and How to Fix It

“Nuclear verdicts.” “Reptile courtroom tactics.” Billboard attorneys are assaulting the trucking industry through litigation, with multi-million-dollar awards becoming more and more common. 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

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Urinalysis Fails to Catch Most Truck Driver Drug Use

A multiyear study commissioned by 10 major trucking companies concludes that urinalysis, the drug-testing method sanctioned by the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) for truck drivers, fails to identify about 90% of actual drug use. The study by the University of Central Arkansas compared more than 936,000 truck driver pre-employment

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