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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced that safety belt usage by commercial truck and bus drivers rose to a new record level of 86 percent in 2016, compared to just 65 percent usage in 2007, according to the...
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The Seat Belt Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers (SBUCMVD) Survey showed that the overall safety belt usage rate for drivers of all medium and heavy duty trucks and buses rose from 84% in 2013 to 86% in 2016. The...
The Seat Belt Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers (SBUCMVD) Survey is a nationally representative field data collection program that provides estimates of safety belt use by drivers and other occupants of medium and heavy duty commercial motor vehicles (CMVs). The work is...
Registration requires submission of a Registration statement, as required by 49 CFR, part 107, subpart F, must be in English, contain all of the information required by this subpart, and be submitted online to the FMCSA Contact Center. Submitting through the FMCSA Contact Center is the...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing this advisory to motor carriers and shippers of hazardous materials requiring a Hazardous Materials Safety Permit (HMSP) pursuant to 49 CFR § 385.403. This advisory is intended to clarify when FMCSA will issue a HMSP and the...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is issuing this advisory to motor carriers and shippers of hazardous materials requiring a Hazardous Materials Safety Permit (HMSP) pursuant to 49 CFR § 385.403. This advisory is intended to clarify when FMCSA will issue a HMSP and the...
The 391.41 CMV Driver Medication Form, MCSA-5895, requests additional information regarding medications prescribed by the treating physician as an optional tool for Medical Examiners to use in determining if a driver is...
During the Demonstration Program, if a crash review resulted in a preliminary determination that the crash was not preventable, the Agency published the crash report number, U.S. DOT number, motor carrier name, crash event date, crash event State and crash type on its...