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U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) proposal to require businesses involved in interstate commerce operating small buses or vans to comply with three rules that would help the FHWA establish an objective basis for applying...
Implementing new provisions that give U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) tough enforcement power to improve safety, the FHWA today proposed a major change to the safety fitness procedures of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth R. Wykle today announced that severe fines will be levied against two school bus companies for failing to comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater today announced a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requirement that trucking companies install reflective tape or reflectors on trailers so they can be more easily seen. The rule is part of a U.S. Department of Transportation effort to...
In a step that will improve safety and enhance the free flow of highway commerce under the North American Free Trade Agreement, the United States and Canada have reached agreement on reciprocity of the medical fitness requirements for drivers of commercial motor vehicles. The agreement takes...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today issued the following statement as it announced its withdrawal from participation in the National Truck & Bus Safety Summit slated for Dec. 7-8 in Atlanta:
Federal Highway Administrator Kenneth R. Wykle today announced that the agency has hired two convenors to consider the feasibility of negotiated rulemaking as an approach to developing hours-of-service rules for commercial drivers.
Truck and bus drivers with a history of multiple traffic convictions can sometimes go undetected by law enforcement officers, putting America's motorists at risk. To combat this problem, the Federal Highway Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have awarded $1.2...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Federal Highway Administration's Deputy Administrator Gloria Jeff today presented awards to Nashville Speedway U.S.A. and the Tennessee Trucking Association for their efforts to educate race fans about how to safely "Share the Road" with large trucks.
If truck or bus drivers are aware of a real potential violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations we want to hear about it.