The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is now home to the North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP), offering a training tool to help combat truck driver fatigue. Research in 2006…
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On Nov 29, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has granted an extension for using the 2017 Federal Custody and Control Form (CCF) for urine specimens until August…
2023 to See Dozen DOT Trucking Regulation Changes After another year of the COVID pandemic and lagging supply chain issues, there was not a big push for major regulatory changes…
Since the CDL Clearinghouse database went live in Jan. 2020, we can track that around 60,000 drivers each year have received some drug and alcohol violation. If these drivers want…
FMCSA will monitor your safety performance and compliance through its SMS. If you do not improve, they may investigate your company further. A motor carrier is considered high-risk based on…
Trucks that fail to pass will not be placed out of service (OOS) but each violation could result in a max fine of $15,876 for carriers and $3,969 for drivers.…
When it comes to driver training, the conversation at many fleets goes like this: "What if we train everybody and they leave?" – CFO "What if we don't train them…
Nearly 4,000 commercial motor vehicles in the U.S. with critical brake violations removed from roadways during 2021 Brake Safety Week During the annual CVSA Brake Safety Week enforcement blitz, from…
UCR officials look to collect unpaid fees as UCR Registration opens October 1 for the 2022 UCR registration year (2022 UCR fees are below). The Unified Carrier Registration (UCR) plan…
Motor carriers whose drivers transport hazardous materials/dangerous goods are specially trained in emergency safety and applicable HM/DG federal regulations. During the surprise five-day CVSA 2021 HM/DG Road Blitz in June,…
BREAKING: A hearing on AB 5 is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. PST on May 1 at the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in San Diego. On…
Is your Consortium/TPA (C/TPA) experts in DOT drug and alcohol testing regulations? You can find out by reading their drug testing blog articles, see if they offer drug testing management…
The goal of Operation Safe Driver Week is to discourage dangerous driving behaviors. This is accomplished through a heightened law enforcement presence on our roadways and increasing interactions between risky…
FMCSA Will Notify States of Recent Drug and Alcohol Violations and Require States 60 Days to Revoke CDLs One of the biggest FMCSA drug testing loopholes is closing as state…
Serving as deputy administrator of FMCSA since January 2021, Meera Joshi is waiting to be confirmed as the next FMCSA administrator. Prior to her nomination, Joshi served as chair and…
Motor carriers can create their own driving studies to improve fleet safety. Utilizing trucking telematics data from ELD provider Geotab, TuSimple analyzed autonomous miles driven with their technology and directly…
As the last state in the country with this requirement, the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association (PMTA) has urged repeal for all trucks weight class 2 and above to display the…
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) announced on Sept. 20 that they will double the fines for truckers who fail to use tire chains when required. The fine comes from a…
Many businesses requiring pre-employment or random drug testing are seeing delays in drug tests across the country. We understand the frustration to get these employees working as quickly as possible.…
All interstate and intrastate commercial motor carriers traveling on public highways in New York are required to have a highway use tax (HUT) permit and decal for their vehicles, not…
Unpredictable weather systems can happen anytime, however snow often begins sticking to high-elevation routes in Colorado as early as mid- to late September. According to Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT),…
The latest FMCSA extension, which was previously set to expire on Aug. 31, extends the hours of service for COVID relief haulers through November 30th. However, there is a new…
In 2019, FMCSA data shows that nearly half of the 54,000 DataQs were filed for inspections/crashes assigned to the wrong carrier or driver (for example, duplicate records in the system).…
“We need to find ways to expand the pool of safe truck drivers, and ATRI’s preliminary research indicates that safe, younger drivers can be found, “said Joyce Brenny, Brenny Transportation, Inc.…
On May 4-6, 2021—as part of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) International Roadcheck—40,000+ truck inspections were conducted, removing 6,710 commercial vehicles and 2,080 drivers from roads across the US…
PennDOT relies on gas tax to fund 78% of its’ revenue needs, far more than neighboring states With major gas-powered automakers transition to manufacture electric vehicles by 2035 and people…
The total number of DOT audits and off-site audits are expected to increase 50% in 2021, compared to last year. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and its’ state partners…
Truckload rates for flatbeds, refrigerated and dry vans are at record highs right now and are expected to remain historically high next year as we ease out of pandemic and…
As the nursing shortage hits the healthcare system, escalating due to COVID burnout, the laboratory community is facing not enough medical technologists to properly staff the nation’s laboratories. i3screen is…
