Committee to finalize work on driver training April 8-10

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee is slated to finalize its recommendations to the agency on the issue of entry-level driver training (ELDT) standards at its next meeting Monday-Wednesday, April 8-10, ...

FMCSA hears testimony on entry level driver training

On the afternoon of March 22, representatives of driver-training schools, fleets who do their own training and, representing a majority of attendees, professional drivers gathered in a conference room at the Mid-America Trucking Show in ...

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FMCSA says federal law trumps Alabama’s coil securement rules

Steel coil haulers can now bring coils to and from Alabama without additional certification above what's required by federal law. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration posted in the Federal Register Tuesday, March 5, that it ...

MCSAC Committee gets new chair, members

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration  announced the appointment of a new chairman, vice chairman and five additional members to its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee (MCSAC). The agency called new MCSAC chairman Stephen C. Owings ...

Board says FMCSA should gather driver employment history, give to carriers

In what would essentially be another hurdle for drivers looking at finding a new driving job, the National Transportation Safety Board has recommended to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that it gather and record ...

Hours of service, CSA top targets for House transportation committee

The transportation committee in the U.S. House for the new congressional term said this week it intends to target hours of service rules, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's Compliance, Safety, Accountability program and state ...

Report: Medical regs shore up weaknesses

The investigative arm of Congress — the Government Accountability Office — said in a Nov. 30 report that new medical regulations by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration should help keep impaired drivers and those ...