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The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration held the 2024 Safety Research Forum Virtual Event on Wednesday, April 24, 2024, and Thursday, April 25, 2024.
ADS Safety Metrics Research was presented by Mike Lukuc.
It’s important to raise awareness about road safety by sharing the Our Roads, Our Safety® key messages through various channels, including social media. Below is a collection of graphics and infographics for use on social media that highlight messages about safely operating on the...
From March 20, 2023, through April 7, 2023, FMCSA conducted investigations in 16 States to address the significant increase in NCCDB “HHG hostage complaints”—reports of movers holding household possessions hostage to extort exorbitant additional charges from consumers.
On Wednesday, May 8, 2024, FMCSA is hosting an Our Roads, Our Safety® Week fair at the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Join members of the road safety community to learn about sharing the road safely with large trucks and buses. ...
Closed petitions are petitions for rulemaking that have been granted or denied by the Administrator. In accordance with 49 CFR 389.33(b), the granting of the petition and the commencement of a rulemaking proceeding does not signify, however, that the proposed regulatory changes will ultimately be adopted. A decision as to the issuance of a final rule is made on the basis of all available information developed in the course of the rulemaking proceeding, including comments received in the rulemaking docket, in accordance with statutory criteria.
FMCSA Petitions for Rulemaking
(49 CFR 389.31)
Any interested person may petition the Administrator to establish, amend, interpret, clarify, or withdraw a rule. Each petition filed must:
Any interested person may petition the Administrator for reconsideration of any rule issued under part 49 CFR 389. The petition for reconsideration must be in English and submitted to the Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE, Washington, DC 20590–0001, or electronically submitted using the docket for the rulemaking at www.regulations.gov and received not later than thirty (30) days after publication of the rule in the Federal Register.
