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The third meeting of the Board of Directors for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement, mandated under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), will take place August 22, 2006, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and...
Researchers and analysts now have access to unprecedented detail about the events surrounding truck crashes that are not available anywhere else. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted online the database from its groundbreaking Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS).
The second meeting of the Board of Directors for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement, mandated under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), will take place July 13, 2006, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and July...
The first meeting of the Board of Directors for the Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) Plan and Agreement, mandated under the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), will take place June 13, 2006, from 10:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., at the...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta today announced the selection of David H. Hugel for the position of Deputy Administrator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
WASHINGTON, DC - Drivers of large trucks and other vehicles involved in truck crashes are ten times more likely to be the cause of the crash than other factors, such as weather, road conditions, and vehicle performance according to a new study released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety...
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta announced today the five medical experts who will serve on the new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA's) Medical Review Board (MRB). FMCSA is planning updates to physical qualification regulations of commercial...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) hosted an industry capabilities meeting for an upcoming project entitled "The Motor Carrier Efficiency Study" on February 9, 2006, in Miami, FL.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today issued a new Hours-of-Service rule that spells out the length of time commercial drivers can operate trucks before they are required to take a break. The new rule is the product of years of research...
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today it will re-examine the 2003 Hours-of-Service (HOS) rule that regulates the amount of time commercial truck drivers can operate their vehicles.