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Driver shut down after crashing tanker while drinking

| May 22, 2013

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered truck driver Bobby Cleveland — who's licensed in the state of New Mexico — to cease any operation of a commercial motor vehicle after he was found ...

Mexican bus carrier ordered to cease U.S. operation

| May 15, 2013

Still in the midst of its "Quick Strike" operation started last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered Mexican-based bus company Autobuses Zacatecanos to cease all operations in the U.S. after agency investigators ...

DOT orders N.C. driver to cease operation after hitting, killing child

| April 29, 2013

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ordered that Johnny Allen Spell — a driver licensed in the state of North Carolina — cease commercial vehicle operation, deeming him an "imminent hazard to public safety." Last ...

Four ‘chameleon’ trucking companies ordered to shut down

| April 25, 2013

Four trucking companies based in Olathe, Kan., have been ordered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to cease operations immediately. The agency is leaning on its "chameleon" carrier rule that is designed to prevent ...

Agency shuts down Atlanta trucking company

| April 01, 2013

Atlanta-based carrier Southern Transportation Inc. has been ordered by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to shut down its operations after FMCSA says the company stopped cooperating with safety investigators and did not provide copies ...

Agency orders shutdown of two carriers, one driver

| March 22, 2013

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on March 21 ordered Oak Park, Mich.-based Highway Star Inc. and Atlanta-based General Trucking Inc. to immediately cease operations, declaring the companies to be imminent ...

Agency orders six carriers, one driver to shut down

| December 21, 2012

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been on a cleaning sweep of sorts since late November, as, in addition to Overdrive's report two weeks ago of Georgia-based driver Johnny Felton being ...

OOIDA questions sincerity of FMCSA policy

| August 02, 2012

Crashes and interventions: The fault handicap

FMCSA may be a long way from accounting for crash fault in the CSA Safety Measurement System. In the meantime, questions about the system's effectiveness loom large with analysis of crash rates.

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Inconsistent enforcement: Insist on inspection, not citation

Watch those post-crash-inspection violations

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