FMCSA

Driver detention has been causing headaches and lost wages for years, but the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate has shone a spotlight on the issue like never before. For the first time, carriers have the data to back up what they have always known. Spireon hosted a webinar in collaboration...

As a slew of regulatory and tech changes hit the trucking and freight industries, the businesses that succeed will be the ones that are open to innovation — and surveillance. "Even without the ELD [electronic logging device] mandate, not going with telematics in your truck is not going...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) ambitious goal to get a final rule on hours-of-service (HOS) in place within a year of its initial announcement is in jeopardy as the government shutdown passed the one-month mark. While FMCSA itself is up and running (it receives its...

The federal government's entry-level driver training rule is not scheduled for implementation until February 6, 2020, but the industry's major carrier representative worries that still might not be enough time to ensure a smooth rollout. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's...

Last week, FreightWaves ran an article on the ubiquity of cargo theft and how hijackers have gotten bolder over time, pulling off large heists without getting caught. Cargo theft is of concern because a majority of the crimes are not attributed to desperate lone wolves, but to organized crime...

There has been a significant increase in commercial motor vehicle fatalities over the past two years, and lack of seat belt usage was cited by a leading federal official as a continuing key reason. Jack Van Steenburg, the assistant administrator and chief safety officer of the Federal Motor Carrier...

EDITOR'S NOTE: FreightWaves has purposely left postings from the Black Smoke Matters Facebook page as they were written, along with explicit language used. As administrators for the Black Smoke Matters (BSM) group on Facebook worked to get a handle on the sudden explosion of members in the...

Not following California's meal and rest break laws could leave motor carriers that opt to judiciously observe the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's (FMCSA) recent decision open to added liability risk in pending or future civil lawsuits, according to legal experts. Those new...

Enforcement of Universal Carrier Registration (UCR) is going to be delayed until April 1, 2019, and the 2019 fees most carriers will be paying will be more than what they paid in 2018…but less than 2017. The enforcement bulletin that recently went out to law enforcement authorities said that...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has reached a decision on Stoneridge, Inc.'s (NYSE: SRI) application for an exemption to rules governing "Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operation." The regulatory body granted Stoneridge a five year exemption to...

FMCSA has ruled that California can't dictate meal and rest break requirements that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations. Agency says state can't enforce regulations that conflict with federal hours-of-service regulations After years of arguing over California's right to...

Internal auditors at the U.S. Department of Transportation could soon be conducting a review of the FMCSA's drug testing program as part of a transportation industry-wide mandate, FreightWaves has been told. "There's no formal plan at this point," an official with DOT's Office...