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U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has revised its drug and alcohol testing rule, which affects employees of transportation companies who occupy sensitive safety positions, an action that will further enhance the safety...
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Acting Deputy Administrator Clyde J. Hart Jr. today announced the release of a final report recommending stronger oversight of the Illinois and Florida commercial driver's license (CDL) programs and addressing other issues that may have contributed to licensing...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced an interim final rule to revise its requirements for motor carriers to file the Motor Carrier Identification Report, Form MCS-150.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that ETV, Inc., of Coopersville, Mich., a for-hire motor carrier that primarily hauls produce and furniture, was fined $185,770 for multiple violations of the federal hours-of-service...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has modified its licensing and insurance information database and web site to allow registered insurance companies and other financial institutions to file information for motor carriers' about their...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today signed an inter-agency agreement with the International Trade Data System Board of Directors to participate in the the International Trade Data System (ITDS) at the federal ports of entry in Buffalo...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will assess aggressive fines against motor carriers who repeatedly violate important highway safety regulations, and he proposed to shut down...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that it has shut down an Indiana trucking firm for allowing its drivers to falsify their logbooks, which are meant to record drive time and rest time, thereby violating the Federal Motor...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a two-way public communication process to assist in developing the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) long-term strategy to improve truck and bus safety, called the 2010 Strategy and Performance Plan.
Invoking law that gives the U.S. Transportation Department tough enforcement power for improving safety, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a major change to the fitness procedures of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations. The change will require all "unfit"...