FMCSA

Truckers Want to Split Up Their 30-Minute Breaks

With the FMCSA’s proposed changes to the current hours of service rules comes new suggestions from truck drivers. During the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration set up a public listening session where truckers could voice their concerns about the HOS changes. Drivers are…


GATS – Watch the FMCSA’s Listening Session

During the Great American Trucking show, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration held a session where truckers and others in the industry could express their concerns and opinions about the possible changes for the Hours of Service. Some of the concerns discussed included safety, female harassment, and driver fatigue. There…


Pick a Payment Option for the FMCSA’s Clearinghouse

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a PDF on the Clearinghouse website showing query prices for carriers to use on their current and future drivers. An individual plan, for one driver, costs $1.25 while a bundled plan for 7,500 drivers costs $9,375. A query is a search into…


FMCSA to Talk About Proposed Changes in Hours at GATS

During the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas, Texas, this weekend, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be hosting two one-hour sessions where they will discuss the proposed hours of service changes and the transitions of ELDs from manual to electronic. The first session is in the Hall A…


The CVSA is Urging Congress to Fund New Study on Truck Crash Causation

The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has written a letter to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee asking to fund a study on commercial crash causation to be conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The last study of this kind was done in 2001-2003 and with the advancement of technology…


Getting More Women into the Trucking Industry

There is legislation being considered by a Kansas Senator that would create an advisory board in the FMCSA exclusively focused on increasing the amount of women in the trucking industry. The board within the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration would be a five-member team of women from different areas within…


Lifetime Ban on Truckers Convicted of Human Trafficking

A final ruling from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a permanent ban on any driver of a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) convicted of human trafficking. This new ruling came from President Trump signing the “No Human Trafficking on Our Roads Act,” which…



Woman from North Carolina is the Voice of Trucker Safety

Using her voice to help raise awareness, Ingrid Brown’s passion for driving and safety helped create a campaign about sharing roads with larger vehicles. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) created the “Our Roads, Our Safety” campaign to raise awareness about safety on the road with buses and large…