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Continuing efforts to improve the safety of the nation's roadways by preventing truck- and bus-related crashes, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today announced a proposal that would allow inspectors to use performance-based brake testers to check the brakes on large trucks and...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today called on leaders from the trucking industry, labor unions and safety groups to gather together with the U.S. Department of Transportation to update the 60-year-old hours-of-service rule to help prevent truck and bus crashes involving fatigued...
When Congress returns in early September, it will have the opportunity to make real progress in the fight against the carnage on this country's streets and highways. Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 40,000 people every year. Two provisions in the Senate transportation funding bill, one...
Underscoring the Clinton administrations commitment to safety as its top transportation priority, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater today urged a House/Senate conference committee to support two Clinton-Gore administration initiatives to improve highway safety -- reducing to .08...
The U.S. Department of Transportation today and tomorrow in Washington, D.C. is holding the last of eight public hearings for interested persons to present comments and views concerning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) proposed revisions to its hours-of-service...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has revised requirements for marking commercial motor vehicles (CMVs) with FMCSA-issued USDOT identification numbers. The revision will enhance highway and motor carrier safety by providing a more...
In a letter yesterday to U.S. Sen. Richard C. Shelby, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Transportation, U.S. Transportation Secretary Rodney E. Slater strongly opposed the idea of adding to the pending DOT appropriations bill a provision that would prohibit the Department's new Federal...
The U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that it will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, June 6, in Rosemont, Ill., on the commercial driver's license (CDL) program in Illinois.
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced today the first of seven public hearings for interested persons to present comments and views concerning the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) proposed revisions to its hours-of-service regulations.
On May 1, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will increase the hours of its toll-free driver hotline ( 1-888-DOT-SAFT ) for reporting safety violations. The hotline will begin operating 24 hours per day, seven days a week, excluding Federal Holidays.