FMCSA Orders Shutdown of North Carolina Trucking Company

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has ordered Hendersonville, North Carolina-based Leslie Erickson, doing business as Les’s Tree and Stump, Inc., USDOT No. 2512204, to immediately cease all intrastate and...

Texas Bus Company Withdraws Its Appeal of FMCSA Shut-down Order

An Irving, Texas-based charter bus operation that illegally operated ten unsafe motorcoaches to transport perhaps as many as 500 passengers from Dallas to Philadelphia and back for Pope Francis’ September 2015 U.S. visit, has withdrawn its appeal of a November 12, 2015, order by the U.S....

FMCSA Orders Shutdown of Wyoming Trucking Company

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has ordered Gillette, Wyoming-based Bar D Bar Trucking, LLC, USDOT No. 1701437, to immediately cease all intrastate and interstate operations after a federal investigation found...

USDOT Announces Unrepaired Recalled Volvo Trucks That May Still be Operating on the Nation’s Roadways Are in an Unsafe Condition

Vehicles Are to Be Immediately Placed Out-of-Service by Federal and State Inspectors

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in collaboration with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), has determined that...

Urgent Inspection Bulletin: Safety Recall Issued By Volvo Trucks

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing this bulletin based upon a safety recall initiated by Volvo Trucks affecting nearly 20,000 commercial motor vehicles, with more than 17,000 affected vehicles in the United States (click here to view Volvo Trucks’ “Safety Recall...

FMCSA Orders Shutdown of Massachusetts Trucking Company

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared Worcester, Massachusetts-based trucking company John A. Robles, doing business as J and J Transportation, USDOT No. 2497430, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered that it...

FMCSA Declares South Carolina 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 South Carolina-licensed truck driver Stevie Wolfe Breland to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce.

FMCSA Extends Compliance Date of Bus Leasing and Interchange Final Rule Until January 1, 2018

On May 27, 2015, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published in the Federal Register a Final Rule to identify motor carriers transporting passengers in interstate commerce and correctly assign responsibility to these entities for regulatory violations during...

FMCSA Suspends Operating Authority of Four Bus Companies Following Multi-State Strike Force Investigation

Following a four-month, multi-state investigation, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has revoked the operating authority registration of four commercial bus companies for willfully failing to comply with federal...

U.S. DOT Seeks Input on Screening and Treating Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers and Rail Workers with Obstructive Sleep Apnea

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today announced that the agencies are seeking public input during the next 90 days on the impacts of screening, evaluating, and treating rail...