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U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced today that the Department’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) propose equipping heavy-duty vehicles with devices that limit their speeds on U.S. roadways, and...
As required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing a three-year pilot program which allows a limited number of individuals between the ages of 18 and 21 to operate commercial motor vehicles in interstate...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the launch of its new safety-focused campaign, "Our Roads, Our Safety," to raise public awareness about how to operate safely around large trucks and buses, or commercial motor...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Belle Glade, Florida-based Billy R. Evans Harvesting, Inc., USDOT No. 1310998, to immediately cease all intrastate and interstate operations after a federal investigation found the company to...
FMCSA Issues Safety Advisory Related to the Possession and Use of Battery-Powered Portable Electronic Smoking Devices in or Around Commercial Motor Vehicles
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a final rule adopting as final eight non-discretionary provisions required by the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act) enacted on December 4, 2015.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Wenceslao Cruz Marquez and his son, Hugo Cruz, to each be an imminent hazard to public safety, individually and as a passenger motor carrier, and has ordered both not to operate any...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing to develop and implement a demonstration program to determine the efficacy of a program to conduct preventability determinations on certain types of crashes that are generally less complex.
New safety law now requires all passengers in large trucks to buckle up.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Tennessee-licensed truck driver Randall J. Weddle to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. ...