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Carrier Safety

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Information for Organizations Owning a Bus or Other Passenger Vehicle

If your organization owns its own vehicle and transports employees or members, your organization may be a regulated passenger carrier. If so, your organization must follow all applicable passenger carrier regulations and laws. This is true whether yours is a faith-based, educational, non-profit...

Hours of Service for Motor Carriers of Passengers

General – Part 395 

The hours-of-service rules for drivers of passenger-carrying commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) are different from the rules for property-carrying CMVs. Note that Non-business Private Motor Carriers of Passengers are not subject to the record keeping...

GPS Visor Cards

Systems Tips for safe use of GPS navigation systems; Global Positioning System Selection Guide for Commercial Motor Vehicles.

Tank Check 2004 Report

During the week of June 8, 2004, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in conjunction with the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's Roadcheck 2004, placed additional emphasis on the safety of hazardous materials being transported in cargo tanks. This special emphasis project...

Final Rule HM-218D Shipping Names and ID Numbers

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is amending the Hazardous Materials Regulations to update, clarify or provide relief from certain requirements governing the classification, packaging, or labeling of hazardous materials transported in commerce. Among other...