FMCSA Launches Online Unified Registration System that Strengthens Safety and Improves Efficiency

WASHINGTON -- On Dec. 12, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) launched a new, simplified, online registration process that truck and bus companies, freight forwarders, brokers, intermodal equipment providers, and cargo tank manufacturing, inspection and repair...

Electronic Logging Devices to be Required Across Commercial Truck and Bus Industries

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the adoption of a Final Rule that will improve roadway safety by employing technology to strengthen commercial truck and bus drivers’ compliance with hours-of-service...

FMCSA Proposed Rule Would Close Safety Gap by Requiring All Large Commercial Truck Passengers to Use Safety Belts

WASHINGTON --  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced it is seeking public comment on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) requiring passengers riding in property-carrying commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) to use safety belts.  

FMCSA Removes Property Carrier Compliance and Safety Performance Data from Public Display

WASHINGTON -- As of December 4, 2015, pursuant to the FAST Act of 2015, much of the information previously available on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) website related to property carrier’s compliance and safety performance will no longer be displayed publicly. 

FMCSA’s Final Rule Prohibits Coercion, Protects Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers From Being Forced to Violate Safety Regulations

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the publication in the Federal Register of a Final Rule to help further safeguard commercial truck and bus drivers from being compelled to violate federal safety regulations....

Garfield Trucking IHOOS

BEFORE THE FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION

In the Matter of GARFIELD TRUCKING, LLC US DOT 1882948

Case No. OH-2016-5000-IMH

This is an Imminent Hazard Operations Out-of-Service Order (“ORDER”) issued by the Secretary of...

FMCSA Orders Shutdown of Ohio Trucking Company

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Jefferson, Ohio-based trucking company Garfield Trucking, LLC, USDOT No. 1882948, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered that it immediately cease all intrastate...

FMCSA Declares Minnesota Truck Driver to be an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Minnesota-licensed truck driver John Ray Carpenter to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate or...

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FMCSA Webinar Nov. 18 to Examine Large Truck Crash Fatalities Involving Pedestrians and Bicyclists

WASHINGTON -- In support of the Mayors’ Challenge for Safer People and Safer Streets, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) on Nov.18 will hold a webinar to introduce new stakeholders to the safety mission of the agency by examining large truck crash fatalities involving...