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

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

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 19 declared a state of emergency in 16 Midwestern states that have been saturated by heavy rains.

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

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released additional online resources for Commercial Driver's License (CDL) holders, employers, state ...

The FMCSA has declared an emergency for the Midwest states hit by historic flooding, freeing up local trucking companies like Crete and Werner to deliver ...

On March 19, the FMCSA declared a state of emergency in 16 Midwestern states that have been flooded by nonstop heavy rain. HOS (hours-of-*service* ) ...

Drivers upgrading from a Class B commercial driver's license holders to a Class A CDL will soon have an easier path to do so. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...

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

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) head Ray Martinez enjoyed a warm welcome on March 12 at a general session of the Truckload Carriers ...

Data from ELDs are informing the hours of *service* (HOS) rule review in process, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) head Ray Martinez said in ...

Last Thursday, February 21, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced the immediate end of the diabetic drivers' exemption process.

Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking comment on a petition that aims to amend hours-of-*service* requirements for haulers ...

Clearinghouse will identify CDL drivers who have violated federal drug and alcohol testing program requirements in "real time," FMCSA says, and will be safer.

A new report published by a major mainstream media news outlet this week confirms what many truckers have long suspected -- that none of the Federal Motor ...

The FMCSA released new online resources regarding the upcoming implementation of its CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse for commercial vehicle industry ...

The Arkansas Oil Marketers Association publication Breaking News referenced two announcements by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...

At the Omnitracs Outlook user conference on Feb. 25 in Dallas, the administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Ray Martinez, said the ...

Two companies and a trade association representing railroad employees have petitioned the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for relief from certain ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has publicly confirmed that there are major changes coming to the current Hours of *Service* (HOS) ...

Rules and regulations affecting tank truck carriers and tank manufacturers.

Heavy snow melt and rains have caused historic flooding in 16 states and the FMCSA has lifted certain regulations as a result.

Ray Martinez, head of the U.S. DOT's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, confirmed Monday that the agency is planning to propose a rule to overhaul ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Tuesday issued a final rule streamlining the process and reducing costs to upgrade from a ...

Ray Martinez, administrator of the FMCSA, asked attendees at Omnitracs s user conference to please prepare for the December transition from AOBRDs to ELDs ...

Source: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. FMCSA indicates in a Federal Register notice its intention to amend entry-level driver training (ELDT) terms ...

Former trooper, Gary Scott Stratton, recently pleaded guilty to gaining unauthorized entry into DOT's Computer Driver's License Information System that ...

A produce coalition is petitioning the FMCSA to adjust specific HOS rules and the ELD mandate to help get *fresh* product to the market faster.

WASHINGTON — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration this week has issued regional exemptions to the Hours of *Service* as a result of the recent ...

The FMCSA is streamlining the upgrade process that will allow for an easier transition from the Class B to Class A CDL for truck drivers.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has updated the process and reduced the price to upgrade from a class B to a class A Commercial Driver's ...

These are questions that trucking companies hauling agricultural goods and commodities have long asked: what exactly counts as an agricultural commodity to ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently announced that it was exercising its authority under federal law to rule that California's meal ...

Truck drivers nationwide are voicing concern over safety standards. WYFF News 4 caught up to a few truckers at a stop in Cowpens. They are part of the Black ...

While the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has indeed improved hours of *service* (HOS) compliance, a recent study found that the mandate's potential ...

NWRA has filed petitions requesting an industrywide exemption of ELDs, and Waste Management sought relief under the federal short-haul requirements.

At seemingly every turn in the supply chain, agribusiness shippers say they are feeling the hurt caused by rail and truck equipment shortages, burdensome ...

Two people were killed when a charter bus traveling from Florida to New York overturned on an Interstate 95 exit in Virginia Tuesday morning.

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

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 Motiv EPIC all-electric chassis will be installed on Ford F-59 glider chassis at a Detroit Custom Chassis plant. Also, Colorado passes bill lowering the ...

Asking the right questions when researching moving companies for your upcoming move will equip you to make the best choice. Be sure to ask the following ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted reprieve from hours-of-*service* rules to one group and received an exemption request from the rules ...

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 ...

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

FMCSA has granted Stoneridge Inc. a five-year exemption to install its camera-monitoring system on trucks instead of traditional rear-view mirrors.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has scrapped plans for a 12-month split sleeper berth pilot program designed to collect real-world data on the ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has cancelled a study meant to gauge the safety aspects of allowing truck drivers to split their on- and off-duty ...

Cathy Gautreaux, deputy administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, will be leaving the agency, an agency spokesman confirmed.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is considering changes to four areas of the existing hours-of-*service* (HOS) regulations, and has ...

The lingering shutdown of certain portions of the federal government has little effect on employees at the two U.S. DOT agencies tasked with overseeing trucking ...

The medical community has been waiting nearly three years for the FMCSA Medical Examiner's Handbook to be updated.

WACO, Texas — The Better Business Bureau is investigating Waco-based moving company Superior Vanlines after it received 20 complaints and negative ...

Several industry groups are petitioning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for exemptions from certain hours-of-*service* rules. Four trade ...

Though details are sparse, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is seeking approval from the White House to publish a so-called “pre-rule” regarding ...

Internal auditors at the U.S. Department of Transportation could soon be conducting a review of the FMCSA's drug testing program as part of a transportation ...

The country's top trucking regulator is scheduled to host its annual policy review session at the Transportation Research Board's annual meeting Jan. 15, the ...

The rule eliminates a typical two- or three-month delay for diabetic drivers to navigate a bureaucratic process requesting an exemption from the Federal Motor ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) ambitious goal to get a final rule on hours-of-*service* (HOS) in place within a year of its initial ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted certain members of the American Pyrotechnics Association reprieve from the electronic logging ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced it has received an exemption request from hours-of-*service* rules from one trade association and ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration over the next year plans to expand implementation of its “off-site safety audit” review process from 10 test states ...

AUSTIN, TX. There's been a different tone at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)—it's stood out this year as the agency has held, ...

The federal government's entry-level driver training rule is not scheduled for implementation until February 6, 2020, but the industry's major carrier representative ...

EROAD recently provided “valuable and relevant data” to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

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

Trucking companies could be exposed to increased liability while a challenge to FMCSA's hours-of-*service* preemption in California is pending.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has planned a public listening session this month to discuss several proposed changes to the commercial motor ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule that will allow certificated medical examiners to decide whether truck drivers with stable ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Dec. 26 announced it has issued a five-year exemption to Stoneridge Inc. to allow its aftermarket MirrorEye ...

Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is asking for comment on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking on its hours-of- *service* ...

FMCSA data shows the way to stem the tide of truck-related fatalities on the roads is in trucking's hands. Here are three ways to put those hands to work for sa.

AUSTIN, Texas — As the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration prepares to evaluate comments related to California's meal-and-rest-break requirements, ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has granted Waste Management Holdings Inc. an exemption from certain hours-of-*service* rules. According to a ...

Nearly one year after the electronic logging device mandate took effect, 10 different trucking groups' requests for exemptions to the mandate were rejected by ...

Elected officials are becoming more aware of the truck parking problem, but many can't seem to convince their constituents why they should care, according to ...

Washington — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a final rule intended to ease restrictions on commercial motor vehicle drivers whose ...

Between 2012 and 2017, fatalities involving large trucks and buses grew by 10.2 percent. While it isn't fair to lay blame at the feet of CSA, clearly the program ...

FMCSA will hold a public listening session Saturday, Sept. 22 in Reno, NV on potential changes to its Hours of *Service* (HOS) rules for commercial truck drivers.

A coalition of groups representing livestock haulers and others has asked the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for more lenient hours of *service* ...

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 ...

On December 7, FMCSA announced the denials of 10 ELD exemption requests, including one from American Disposal Services.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will propose a rule Thursday that will, if made final, set criteria by which the agency could immediately revoke ...

Complying with an order from Congress issued in 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report on how it plans to proceed in ...

Complying with an order from Congress issued in 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report on how it plans to proceed in ...

FRISCO, Texas — Cathy Gautreaux, deputy administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, emphasized the value of partnership and industry ...

The majority of the requests brought before top Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials at a public listening session on hours-of- *service* rules can be ...

In a Federal Register notice set to be published Friday, Dec. 7, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced the denial of 10 electronic logging ...

But lead agency for commercial vehicle safety says autonomous trucking will serve drivers well and make industry better.

American Trucking Associations has petitioned the trucking industry's top regulator to determine that California's meal-and-rest-break requirements are ...

FMCSA Administrator Martinez and his officials listened to truck drivers and fleet owners as they asked for more flexibility in the hours of *service*. The usefulness ...

FMCSA exempts truckers from California rule that led trucking firms to settle hundreds of lawsuits for failing to pay drivers for meal breaks.

The large majority of states are experiencing few delays in scheduling entry-level truck drivers for their skills tests, according to a new congressionally mandated ...

Concrete pavement and construction groups made a successful argument to the government to exempt ready-mix concrete haulers from two hours-of-*service* ...

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is inching forward with efforts to replace large truck side mirrors with a high-resolution – and more ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced this week that a public listening session on potential changes to truck driver ...

There has been a significant increase in commercial motor vehicle fatalities over the past two years, and lack of seat belt usage was cited by a leading federal ...

OOIDA recently stated it disagrees with the FMCSA's (Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's) decision to preempt California's meal, rest break rules.

WASHINGTON — Federal trucking regulators expressed concern over increasing numbers of large-truck-involved fatal crashes in work zones and a continuing ...

If the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration decides to proceed with any hours of *service* reforms after it wraps up its recently announced feedback tour, ...