On Oct. 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced that registration for the Commercial Driver’s License Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse was officially open. This came three months prior to the Jan. 6, 2020 deadline, when Clearinghouse compliance will become…
U.S. roads are flooded with commercial vehicles, with more than 12.5 million commercial trucks and buses registered in 2016. Due to their sheer size, commercial vehicle crashes are particularly deadly for those sharing the road, with 72% of people killed in large truck crashes in…
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 trucking organizations. The ELD mandate is a federal government-issued mandate that requires commercial truck drivers to install ELDs in their…
Last month, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) released to Congress its Corrective Action Plan for better identifying high risk carriers and preventing crashes within the trucking industry. Developed in response to the National Academy of Sciences recommendation that the FMCSA reevaluate its methodology…