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Channel 19
Small business truckers could land a larger voice on FMCSA’s regs advisory committee
Language in the House highway bill version, if it ultimately becomes law, could bolster small-carrier influence on the FMCSA's MCSAC committee. Details here.
July 6, 2020
Business
FMCSA safety committee to offer recommendations on autonomous trucks, more at July meeting
Regarding autonomous vehicles, MCSAC was tasked in June 2017 with providing recommendations on the framework for considering temporary exemptions that companies may seek to operate automated driving system-equipped trucks on public highways.
June 29, 2018
Business
FMCSA extends charter for safety advisory committee
The MCSAC is designed to provide FMCSA with advice and recommendations on motor carrier safety programs and regulations. The committee is made up of 20 voters from safety advocacy, safety enforcement, labor and industry stakeholders.
October 17, 2017
Channel 19
Thursday roundup: Chiropractors and sleep apnea tests, Rhode Island throws parking bone to truckers
Road report from owner-operator Joe Bielucki on a recently-reopened Rhode Island truck rest area on I-95, and a view on the Medical Review Board’s recent apnea screening/testing recommendation: Should chiropractors be able to order retesting?
October 27, 2016
Voices
Truckers with high BMI would be forced into apnea screening under FMCSA committee recommendations, drivers respond
The committees recommend FMCSA require certain truckers to be screened for sleep apnea based on their BMI and other risk factors. Truckers with a BMI of 33 or higher would also be subject to screening if they meet three other qualifiers, a list that includes being male and being older than 42 — a large demographic among truckers.
October 26, 2016
Business
Apnea’s wakeup call: Survey results show growing testing incidence, potential impacts of new protocol
A new Overdrive analysis suggests at least one in four owner-operators would be screened for sleep apnea testing under proposed guidelines.
October 18, 2016
Business
FMCSA advisory boards will meet this month to discuss sleep apnea screening rule
Two separate FMCSA advisory boards will meet separately and jointly Oct. 24 to focus on recommendations for a rule to require sleep apnea screening and treatment for at-risk drivers.
October 13, 2016
Business
MCSAC policy panel’s long shift toward safety advocates
How it happened: When the Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee began meeting in 2007, it had four members with direct involvement in trucking. Today, there are three direct trucking members. Over the same period, representatives of safety-advocacy groups more than doubled from two to five.
September 7, 2016
Business
Truck crash data collection: Action items for new advisory committee
Report from the first meeting of the MCSAC Post Accident Report Subcommittee, tasked by Congress with identifying areas for improvement in accident data collection, including primary causation factors.
April 28, 2016
Business
Data on cross-border program insufficient, FMCSA committee says; Mex carriers continue operation
An FMCSA advisory committee approved a report critical of the U.S.-Mexico cross-border pilot program, notably the program’s lack of inspection data and participation. Mexican carriers in the program now have full authority to operate in the U.S.
October 29, 2014
Overdrive Radio
MCSAC to get new chairman — and a little CSA deja vu
Ever wonder what FMCSA’s current administrator sounds like? Hear him reveal the incoming MCSAC advisory committee chair here. Also: No wonder trucking went to Congress over CSA, and more from D.C….
October 28, 2014
Business
Committee recommends doc questionnaire on prescription pain meds
Industry representatives worried that the questionnaire would put yet another stumbling block in the driver medical certification process; doctors argued it would help document their determination of whether a driver is fit to receive a medical card.
October 28, 2014
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