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...

Imminent Hazard Out-of-Service Order Bar D Bar Wyoming 2016

This is an Imminent Hazard Operations Out-of-Service Order (“ORDER”) issued by the Secretary of the United States Department of Transportation (the “Secretary”) pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 521(b)(5)(A), 49 U.S.C. § 13905(f), 49 U.S.C. § 31144(c)(1), and (5), and 49 C.F.R. § 386.72(b)(1), and...

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...

SFD Compliance With the FAST Act FAQs

Why didn’t FMCSA publish an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for the Safety Fitness Determination (SFD) rule as discussed in Section 5202 of the FAST Act?

Section 31136(g) provides the Secretary with the authority to waive this requirement when it “is...

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 Bulletin: Safety Recall Issued By Volvo Trucks

March 18, 2016

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing this bulletin based upon a safety recall initiated by Volvo Trucks affecting nearly 20,000 Class 8 motor vehicles, with more than 17,000 affected vehicles in the United States (click here to view Volvo...

Volvo Safety Recall Alert: Steering Shaft

Volvo Trucks North America recently learned of four cases in which the steering failed on vehicles equipped with a greaseable two-piece steering shaft manufactured by Willi Elbe. Based on our inquiry into these incidents, we are proactively contacting all of the owners of the affected vehicles...

Medical Release of Info Seizure 12-2006

Medical Release Form (Seizure) SAMPLE

This is a completed sample form which provides authorization to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to publish seizure exemption information in a public docket.

Federal Seizure Exemption Application

This document is the Federal Seizure Exemption Application that must be submitted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) for consideration.