ARLINGTON, Va. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's update to its Medical Examiners Handbook is a step closer to completion. The handbook ...

Entry-level truck driver training services and state driver licensing agencies (SDLAs) will likely get two more years to comply with new federal training ...

Denial to SBTC follows last year's denial to OOIDA.

FMCSA used to audit each new entrant within its first 18 months of operation, Congress urged that these initial audits be conducted within 12 months.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a request from the Small Business in Transportation Coalition that sought to exempt trucking ...

Federal trucking regulators have proposed a two-year delay for compliance with certain provisions in the Entry Level Driver Training rule to allow more time for ...

The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), throwing cold water on any agency support to legislate a national hiring standard for ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration electronic information system glitch is delaying full ...

Trucking companies and owner-operators looking to participate in response efforts in the wake of a major storm heading for the U.S. Gulf Coast will not be ...

Federal regulators are considering giving states more flexibility to conduct commercial driver's license (CDL) skills tests to reduce testing delays, cut costs for ...

FMCSA recently proposed a rule to streamline the process for people interested in entering the trucking workforce.

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Those anticipating the Department of Transportation's proposal on hours-of- *service* policy ...

In its latest rulemakings update, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration lists July 31 as its projected publication date for its proposal to reform federal ...

Update – Tuesday, July 9: FMCSA has opened the comment period for the rule that would allow third-party CDL trainers to administer the CDL skills test to ...

The Department of Transportation is warning drivers using a grandfathered Hours of *Service* recording device that they are running out of time to make the ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will host two one-hour sessions at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas later this summer. GATS will be ...

The compliance date for two key provisions in a looming federal rule that sets training standards for new truck drivers will be delayed. In a proposal slated to be ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has listed a new date for the publication of its highly anticipated changes to truck driver Hours of *Service* (HOS) ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced a final rule that permanently bans drivers convicted of ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] UPS Inc. has requested an exemption from a federal regulatory requirement that its driver training ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] WASHINGTON — A proposed rule meant to update hours-of-*service* guidelines for truck drivers ...

Two trucking-focused bills were introduced in the House this week. One aims to boost the required liability insurance coverage required of trucking companies, ...

ORBCOMM, a provider of Internet of Things (IoT) solutions, says its Pro-400 fleet management device recently was independently verified by the PIT Group as ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's potential rulemaking to define which drivers are allowed to run under hours-of-*service* exemptions for ...

The recently published Canadian ELD rule could test the credibility of some devices listed in the online ELD registry of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...

Seyfarth Synopsis: Following the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's determination in December 2018 that federal law preempts California's meal and ...

The FMCSA's advance notice of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on the definition of agricultural commodity in regards to the hours-of- *service* ...

WASHINGTON — A coalition of 10 trucking-related organizations has petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for a rulemaking if the agency ...

Hours-of-*service* regulations for truckers are attracting attention again, with some dead set against any relaxation in the rules and others fighting to give truckers ...

The Department of Transportation is quietly moving to make truck drivers' hours of *service* rules more flexible.

FMCSA issued a reminder to warn drivers that they only have two more months to switch from Automatic Onboard Recording Devices (AOBRD) to the mandated ...

Raymond P. Martinez, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, is scheduled to deliver a keynote address at the Automated Vehicle ...

ARA believes this pilot program would be a great opportunity for younger drivers to gain training in operating CMVs in the private sector.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied an application filed a little more than a year ago from the Small Business in ...

More data should be studied and made public before federal regulators allow a pilot project aimed at getting interstate commercial driver's licenses (CDLs) in the ...

Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now eyeing July 31 as the publication date for a proposed rule the agency says would add ...

Brought to you by EROAD... FMCSA says no transition period, but carriers are waiting until the last minute.

The U.S. DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a regional emergency declaration that suspends hours of *service* regulations and ...

UPS says its driving instructors don't need two years of CDL experience to train new UPS drivers, according to an exemption request the logistics company filed ...

FMCSA Moves Forward with Driverless Trucks - Read the Trucking Accidents legal blogs that have been posted by Maximillian F. Van Orden, Esq. on ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Independent Landstar Million Mile Safe Driver and Roadstar Cecilia Logan has won the 2020 Kenworth T680 given away by Landstar ...

Along with temperatures in Washington, D.C., federal regulatory activity on automated vehicles (“AVs”) is heating up this summer. Both the Federal Motor Carrier ...

FALL BRANCH, Tenn. — Three people have been arrested and charged with various offenses after Tennessee authorities found three children locked in the ...

Those attending the Great American Trucking Show later this summer in Dallas will have the opportunity to sit in on presentations on topics ranging from the ...

FMCSA Admin, Ray Martinez, said that he expects the agency's notice of proposed rulemaking for revised HOS rules to be published soon, but did not say a ...

Small carriers and owner-operators continue to lag behind their larger counterparts in making the switch from automatic onboard recording devices (AOBRDs) to ...

Over 90 percent of small carriers that have not made the switch to electronic logging devices (ELDs) yet plan to stick with their old devices until the last quarter of ...

The Senate Commerce Committee pressed witnesses on a variety of issues Wednesday during a hearing about surface transportation reauthorization.

A group representing sod farmers around the United States is petitioning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to include sod grass as an “agricultural ...

The Compliance, Safety and Accountability scores shouldn't be made public until several areas of concern with the program are addressed, FMCSA ...

The semi-truck involved in a fatal crash that killed an Indianapolis mother and her 18-month old twin daughters on Sunday was cited in 2018 for unsafe driving, ...

Validates that ORBCOMM's solution meets FMCSA's ELD regulation requirements in the United States. ROCHELLE PARK, N.J., July 09, 2019 (GLOBE ...

Advocates like TruckerNation.org have developed the industry's only complete how-to guide to assist drivers in making public comments and a robust advocacy ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has granted an exemption request from Groendyke Transport Inc. that allow the company to install ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] The long-anticipated Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration hours-of- *service* proposed rule ...

Hurricane Barry made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday, July 13, and immediately weakened Hurricane Barry made landfall in Louisiana on Saturday, July 13, ...

FMCSA is accepting applications for a pilot program to permit 18-20 year olds who possess the US military equivalent of a CDL.

What makes a commodity and agricultural commodity? That is one question that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrations hopes to answer soon, it said, ...

Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa (FMCSA) has said it planned to create at least 1200 new jobs at its Silverton assembly plant in Pretoria.

WASHINGTON — State DOT executives and transportation industry representatives threw their full support behind a bipartisan goal to draft a full five-year ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) (Source: FMCSA) — In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, FMCSA announces its plan to ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--. *Service* notifies drivers about updates to their safety records. NIC Federal, LLC launched a monitoring *service* for the ...

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) July 18, 2019 -- Surety Bond Authority is introducing the $75000 Freight Broker Bond to its surety bond products. The Freight Broker.

In a monthly regulatory update posted this week, the U.S. Department of Transportation has listed June 7 as the projected publication date for its coming ...

A notice of proposed rulemaking regarding truck drivers' hours-of-*service* regulations has been delayed, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...

A spike in truck-involved fatal crashes and fraudulent truck driver medical certification cases has spurred a Department of Transportation Inspector General audit ...

Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has delayed until further notice the publication of a proposed rule intended to add flexibility to ...

Doggett Freightliner named team champion at Arkansas Trucking Competition tech contest and sees four technicians take home top awards. Read more on TPS.

Update – Tuesday, July 16: The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in a Federal Register notice that it is extending the comment period for ...

Truckers have started to point out that these federal administrators don't understand what it's really like to be a truck driver.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Beginning in August, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration plans to make permanent a demonstration program that allows truck ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Some truck drivers still are grappling with the definition of personal conveyance time. They shouldn't be, according to a top executive for the ...

Michigan State University and the FreightWaves Freight Intel Group have developed research on spot market freight. Read about that research here.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking truck drivers and industry stakeholders for information about driver detention times at shipping and ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Dec. 21 determined that federal rest-break laws pre-empt California's separate meal-and-rest-break ...

The FMCSA's potential rulemaking to define which drivers are allowed to run under HOS exemptions for agricultural commodities has been approved by the ...

The plan is for the public to get its first glimpse of the proposed changes to the hours-of-*service* regulations on June 7, followed by a short comment period.

Packages containing suspected heroin residue were found in the home of the driver charged with killing seven motorcyclists Friday in the North Country, ...

A former Alabama state trooper has pleaded guilty to hacking into the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's computer databases, gaining access to ...

A Minnesota trucking company closed down for good without warning yesterday, leaving hundreds of workers stunned.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has slated publication of its notice of proposed rulemaking on changes to the Hours of *Service* rule for June 7.

The head of the FMCSA said the agency is still reviewing the 5200 public comments it received regarding potential HOS changes.

May 31, 2019. This week the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released its first step toward regulating automated systems in trucks and ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now accepting applications for its pilot program for 18-to-21-year-old military truck drivers. The pilot program ...

New data from federal transportation officials indicates that fatal crashes involving commercial vehicles increased in the first year after the ELD Mandate went ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (TruckingNewsNow.com) — The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ...

The partial shutdown of the U.S. government could delay the publication of a proposed rule to reform hours of *service* regulations, according to a U.S. DOT ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is accepting applications for a pilot program to permit 18-20-year-olds who possess the U.S. military ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Feb. 21 formally announced the immediate end of its exemption process for the medical certification of ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A top Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration official updated truckers on the agency's efforts to mitigate parking problems and the ...

According to Freight Waves Tuesday afternoon, a group representing trucking and other companies with 50 or less employees has been denied an exemption ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has filed a “pre-rule,” also known as an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking, with the White House's Office ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration s pre-holiday granting of petitions to preempt California s meal and rest break rules for truck drivers, which differ ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is requesting information regarding driver detention times and how it affects roadway safety. FMCSA submitted a ...

NTEA recently published a technical article addressing a trucks' gross combined weight rating and where to find it.

President Donald Trump's fiscal 2020 budget request proposes increasing funding for federal trucking regulators. Overall, the U.S. Department of Transportation ...

Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on May 17 submitted for review to the White House Office of Management and Budget an ...

Spurred by a wake of criminal charges against medical examiners who have fraudulently issued DOT medical certificates to truck operators, the U.S. DOT's ...

It appears likely that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will miss its projected June 7 date for unveiling its proposal for overhauling hours of *service* ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced in a Federal Register notice published April 15 that truck drivers hauling certain agricultural ...