In June, commercial vehicle inspectors conducted over 67,000 inspections during the 2019 Commercial Safety Alliance’s three-day long enhanced enforcement effort. As a result of the…
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Proposed Hours-of-Service Regulation Updates Bring Safety Concerns
Recently, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a notice to replace the current Hours-of-Service (HOS) standards that regulate commercial heavy-duty truck operations. In…
Are Medically Unsafe Truckers Endangering Public Safety?
Earlier this year, the Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a federal investigation into medically unsafe truckers as a result of the recent spike of fatal truck…
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Proposed Drug-testing Regulations May Screen Out Drug Users From Trucking Jobs
Drug-testing regulation for trucking applicants has been a hotly debated issue for some time, making updates in legislation slow-moving as a result. Moving forward, however,…
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Will Higher Wages Help Solve Trucking Vacancies and High Turnover Rate?
According to the American Trucking Associations (ATA), the turnover rate for large trucking fleets decreased by 11 percentage points between the second and third quarter…
Are Self-driving Vehicles the Future of the Trucking Industry?
Today, the nationwide shortage of drivers and new regulations regarding work hours are delaying freight shipments. and preventing truckers from arriving to their destinations in…
10 ELD Exemption Requests Denied by FMCSA Due To Safety Concerns
In an official notice released on Dec. 7, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) denied 10 electronic logging device (ELD) exemption requests from different…
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CDC Updates Case Count in Investigation of Vaping-related Lung Disease and Deaths
Recently, I blogged about the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Sep. 9 warning letter issued to JUUL Labs, Inc. for illegal marketing of its…
Will Proposed Changes to Trucking Hours-of-Service Rules Make Highways More Dangerous?
On Sep. 17, trucking industry stakeholders held a second listening session regarding the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) proposed changes to the hours-of-services rules…
Qualified Settlement Funds: An Important Settlement Tool for Trial Lawyers to Understand
By Jason D. Lazarus, Esq. Introduction Assume you just settled a personal injury case for John Doe who is married to Jane. John has a…
