FMCSA Announces Controlled Substances Random Testing Rate for Calendar Year 2017

 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that the controlled substances random testing rate for regulated motor carriers will remain at 25 percent for calendar year 2017.  

FMCSA regulations require that...

FMCSA Establishes National Training Standards for New Truck and Bus Drivers

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a Final Rule establishing comprehensive national minimum training standards for entry-level commercial truck and bus operators seeking to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) or...

FMCSA Seeks Comment on Alternative Medical Examiner Certification Process for Department of Veterans Affairs Physicians

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is proposing amendments to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to establish an alternate process for qualified physicians employed in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to be listed on the agency’s National Registry of...

FMCSA Establishes National Drug and Alcohol Testing Clearinghouse for Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a final rule that establishes a national drug and alcohol clearinghouse for commercial truck and bus drivers.  The clearinghouse database will serve as a central repository...

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

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Idaho-licensed truck driver Justin Dennis to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce.  Dennis...

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

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Connecticut-licensed truck driver Allen R. Johnson, Sr. to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in interstate commerce...

FMCSA Orders Shut Down of Commercial Passenger Carrier Operations of South Carolina Church

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Chester, S.C. church to cease all intrastate and interstate commercial transportation after a federal investigation found it to pose an imminent hazard to public safety.  The federal...

FMCSA Issues Safety Advisory for the Immediate Repair of DOT407 and DOT412 Cargo Tanks Manufactured by Keith Huber Incorporated Prior to May 1, 2013

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing a safety advisory to provide notice to owners and operators of DOT407 and DOT412 cargo tank motor vehicles manufactured by Keith Huber Incorporated. 

USDOT Issues 30-Day Extension to Public Comment Period for Proposed Rule Requiring Speed Limiters for Large Commercial Vehicles

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a 30-day extension of the public comment period for a September 7, 2016 Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which would require all...

USDOT Announces Volvo Truck Recall Achieves 100 Percent Completion

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that the last of the nearly 16,000 U.S. heavy trucks voluntarily recalled earlier this year by Volvo Trucks North America for a serious steering defect have been identified and repaired, achieving an extraordinary 100 percent...