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A new study confirms that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Safety Measurement System (SMS) is more effective at identifying commercial bus and truck companies of all sizes for targeted enforcement than the system it replaced.
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today released findings from a real world, third-party study providing further scientific evidence that the restart provision in the current hours-of-service rule for truck drivers is more...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) maintains several Web sites that provide easy access to valuable safety-related information. Users only need a company's name, USDOTnumber or motor carrier (MC) number to perform a search. Read the descriptions below to decide what you...
Please note that these online resources are not intended to substitute for the actual regulations. You can find information and can search the full Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) under the FMCSA website’s Regulations tab.
A Motor Carrier’s Guide to Improving...A small motor vehicle designed or used to transport 9 to 15 passengers including the driver.
A limousine is usually built on a standard or lengthened automobile chassis. A van is a small motor vehicle designed or used to transport 9 to 15 passengers, including the driver. Other small vehicles may include 8 or fewer passenger vehicles used in commerce, excluding taxicabs.
...A private passenger vehicle is operated by a private motor carrier of passengers which is either business or non-business. There is no compensation of any kind received for the transportation and there is no transportation provided to the public at large.
Regulatory...
A bus designed to transport 16 or more passengers (including the driver) and typically built on a small truck chassis
Regulatory Information Motor Carrier's Guide to Improving Highway Safety Maximum driving time for passenger-carrying vehiclesA bus designed for long distance transportation of passengers and characterized by an elevated passenger deck over a baggage compartment.