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Company Safety Records

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...

Passenger Carrier Regulatory Information

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...

Safety Resources for Limousine, Van, & Small Vehicle Operators

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.

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Resources for Private Passenger Vehicle Operators

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...

Safety Resources for Mini-Busses

Overview

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 vehicles

Intermodal Equipment Providers

On December 21, 2006, FMCSA published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to implement section 4118 of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Section 4118 required FMCSA to issue regulations to "ensure that intermodal equipment...

Case Study: Cargo Tank Failure, Charleston, WV

About 11:36 a.m. on January 5, 2002, a tractor pulling a cargo tank semitrailer departed the plant entrance and the trailer catastrophically failed. This failure occurred in the void area between the first and second tank, and the trailer broke into two pieces.