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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has granted an exemption request from Groendyke Transport Inc. that allow the company to install amber brake-activated pulsating lights on the back of its trailers. Such lights...
National Tank Truck Carriers (NTC) has joined the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) Our Roads, Our Safety Coalition, the trade groups announced recently. As a coalition partner, NTTC will collaborate with FMCSA and other…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is making it easier and less expensive for truck drivers to upgrade their commercial driver’s license from a Class B to Class A through a change to its…
The Teamsters Union has become more aggressive in its fight against the U.S. DOT’s late-December decision to exempt motor carriers from California labor laws that require periodic meal breaks and paid rest breaks.
Last month…
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Crossville, Tenn.-based trucking company, Rock City Stone Co. to immediately cease all transportation. Rock City Stone Co. operates as RC…
A group calling itself Black Smoke Matters is trying to organize a shutdown of truckers on April 12 to protest a variety of conditions affecting drivers, including hours of service and training levels. The group…
Every year, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) releases a survey that identifies the U.S. trucking industry ‘s most pressing issues, in addition to strategies on how to deal with these dilemmas…
Earlier this year the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued updated guidance on use of personal conveyance by commercial truck drivers. Previously, guidance had restricted the use of personal conveyance to “unladen” vehicles, which…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently released an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rule Making for the hours of service (HOS) regulations for interstate truck drivers. The notice allows truckers to address issues caused…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced it has delivered a required “Correlation Study Corrective Action Plan’’ for its compliance, safety and accountability program to Congress.
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