FMCSA Orders Shutdown of South Carolina Trucking Company

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

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

FMCSA Commences Annual Motor Carriers’ Drug and Alcohol Testing Survey

WASHINGTON --  The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), in accordance with 49 CFR § 382.403, has commenced notifying selected truck and bus companies to submit their annual DOT drug and alcohol testing program results to FMCSA....

FMCSA Shares Study Plan for Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Restart Study

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that it has posted the study plan for the congressionally mandated naturalistic study of the operational, safety, health, and fatigue impacts of the hours-of-service restart provisions.  

FMCSA Orders Shut-Down of Colorado Trucking Company

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared an Aurora, Colorado-based trucking company, Sorbon Transport, Inc., USDOT No. 2536669, to be an imminent hazard to public safety and ordered that it immediately shut down. A...

FMCSA Shuts Down Nevada Trucking Company as an Imminent Hazard to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Las Vegas, Nevada-based JDJD Transportation, LLC, USDOT No. 2432071, to immediately shut down following a federal investigation that revealed numerous widespread violations of...

FMCSA Establishes Committee to Update Truck and Bus Driver Training

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the formation of a 26-member advisory committee that is tasked with updating classroom and new behind-the-wheel training requirements for professional truck and bus drivers....

FMCSA Declares South Dakota Trucking Company and Driver to be Imminent Hazards to Public Safety

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared a Mitchell, South Dakota-based trucking company, Lonnie Roth, USDOT No. 2461387, and separately its owner, Lonnie Roth, as a commercial driver, to be imminent hazards to public...

FMCSA Releases Crash Weighting Analysis

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced through the Federal Register a study that examined (1) whether Police Accident Reports provide sufficient, consistent, and reliable information to support crash weighting determinations, (2) whether a...

FMCSA to Award $30 Million in State Grants to Advance Real-Time Safety Technologies

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the availability of $30 million in state grants through two annual programs, each designed to strengthen commercial vehicle safety by assisting states to modernize their...