Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Recent News

FMCSA Expects No Delay In Hours-Of-Service Effective Date
Top officials at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) are confident that the hours-of-service (HOS) final rule will go into force on Sept. 29 as planned.
FMCSA Issues Intermodal Chassis Inspection Waiver
  Regulators are giving intermodal chassis providers a three-month reprieve from required annual inspections for recently expired equipment to help alleviate disruptions caused by COVID-19.
FMCSA Yet To Receive Evidence Of Broker Violations
Despite widespread complaints by small business truckers that they are being gouged by freight brokers colluding against them, the industry's top regulator has yet to see formal evidence backing their case.
BREAKING: FMCSA Issues Final Driver Hours-Of-Service Rule
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued its long-awaited final rule on changes to driver hours-of-service (HOS) regulations today with four key provisions it asserts will increase driver flexibility and
Will COVID-19 Accelerate The Adoption Of Autonomous Vehicles?
With roughly one million people infected with COVID-19 in the U.S., the importance of social distancing cannot be overstated. However, this is easier said than done within the freight industry. Being frontline responders to the crisis, the trucking community cannot afford to stay at home in quarantine.
FMCSA Allowing Cameras To Replace People For CDL Road Tests
Skills-test examiners will not be required to be physically present in a truck cab to conduct commercial driver's license (CDL) skills tests during the COVID-19 emergency if states can show they can safely replace them with technology such as in-cab cameras and cell phones.
FMCSA Waives Procedures For CDL Testing Officials
FMCSA To Consider Small Brokers' Security Bond Exemption Request
Roadside Enforcement Could Decline As COVID-19 Picks Up
FMCSA Provides Relief For Driver Training Hit By COVID-19
Temporary Operating Authority Gives Private Fleets Chance To Get Moving Again
ELD Enforcement In New York Could Take Months
Trucking Companies Exposed To New Liability Risk After FMCSA Preemption
Matt Silver Launches Cross-Border Brokerage Forager Logistics
Universal Carrier Registration Enforcement Delayed Until April 1
Truckers Group Planning to "Shut 'Em Down" on April 12 in Nationwide Protest
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Freight Delays Loom If Government Shutdown Goes Long-Term
FMCSA Strikes Down California Meal and Rest Break Rules
New Learner's Permit Rule Eases Path to CDL
FMCSA Drug Testing Program in DOT Crosshairs
Morgan Stanley: Echo Global Logistics Undeserving Of Elevated Multiple Amid ELD Volatility