Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) News, Information
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Latest FMCSA News
FMCSA slaps cease-and-desist on bus company Sky Express
The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) late Friday said it had issued a cease-and-desist order against Sky Express Inc., which operated the bus that crashed in Virginia on May 31, killing four and injuring dozens. According to an FMCSA news release, Sky Express is an “unsafe, illegal bus company… attempting to operate and sell tickets under different names, including 108 Tours and 108 Bus.” The order was placed in effect immediately....
OOIDA, ATA face off over dock delays
There is growing disagreement about how to handle dock delays created by shippers and receivers, with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) calling for federal legislation to solve the problem and the American Trucking Associations (ATA) opposed to such rule making...
U.S. DOT names chief safety officer
Jack Van Steenburg has been appointed assistant administrator and chief safety officer of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...
ATA: Truck fatality data favors current HOS rules
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) wants the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to abandon its proposed changes to hours-of-service (HOS) rules in light of highway fatality data released this week showing what the truck lobby terms a “significant” decline in truck-related crashes...
The insurance impact of CSA
Insurance providers say truck fleets should not be overly concerned about the impact of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin.’s (FMCSA) new Compliance- Safety- Accountability (CSA) program on their premiums...
ATA, sleep expert claim FMCSA “misapplied” HOS findings
The American Trucking Assns. (ATA) has stated that one of the researchers who worked directly on the primary scientific studies that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) used to support the changes the agency is proposing for current hours-of-service (HOS) rules for truck drivers “misapplied” those findings...
Bill aims to mandate trucker detention fees
Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) has introduced a bill in the House of Representatives to direct the Dept. of Transportation (DOT) to study the amount of time truck drivers are forced to wait at loading docks and to use those study results to establish detention time “fees” for shippers and receivers...
Vigillo: Truck drivers need to see their CSA safety data
The ongoing implementation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Admin.’s (FMCSA) Compliance Safety Accountability (CSA) program is designed to tie fleets, drivers, and shippers/brokers more tightly together to improve trucking safety performance...
FMCSA hands down EOBR rule
Coming in just under a court-imposed deadline of Jan. 31, 2011, the Dept. of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) unveiled its long-awaited electronic onboard recorder (EOBR) rule this morning...
Volpe completes 30-year vehicle-miles-traveled modeling tool
Economists at the John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (Volpe) recently announced completing the development of an econometric model, on behalf of the Federal Highway Administration, to help project the number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by freight trucks and passenger vehicles over a 30- year horizon...
Seeking to keep truck stickers in check
Recent efforts by the Truck Renting & Leasing Assn. (TRALA) to help eliminate drayage truck registry (DTR) stickers currently required by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) is part of a larger effort by the leasing lobby to vastly reduce the number of stickers that can be slapped on commercial vehicles nationwide...
FMCSA to keep CSA cargo scores private
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) said it will not publish scores for the cargo-related behavior analysis and safety improvement category (BASIC) of the new Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 (CSA 2010) safety program, withholding them from public view on the agency’s website until it can craft a more accurate methodology for reporting them...
J.J. Keller offers E-Log solution to assist with CSA 2010 compliance
J.J. Keller & Associates is offering a low-cost solution to make compliance with hours-of-service regulations easier for fleets...
Experts see steeper regulatory hurdles for trucks fleets
INDIANAPOLIS. Major changes to trucking’s regulatory landscape over the next few years will create a series of complex business challenges for fleets, affecting everything from operations to finding and keeping drivers...
Vigillo offers CSA 2010 benchmark scorecards
Motor carriers can now see how their CSA 2010 scores rank with the safety scores of other carriers similar in size and operation by using a new benchmark scorecard produced by Vigillo. The scorecard is being offered free of charge to Vigillo customers who use the CSA Carrier & Driver Scorecard...
