The American Trucking Associations has once again urged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to go much further in its proposed changes to the Compliance, Safety, and Accountability carrier monitoring…
ATA Says Proposed CSA Changes ‘Fall Short’ En savoir plus
The American Trucking Association is accusing the Federal Motor Carrier safety Admin of “cherry-picking” a few points in a recent GAO review of the changes made to the 34-hour restart…
ATA Claims FMCSA Spin in HoS Restart Review En savoir plus
A project in the U.S. that attempts to show 18-21 year old CDL drivers can be as safe as their older counterparts could also identify traits that make for a…
Can Researchers ID the ‘Perfect’ Trucker? En savoir plus
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is once again recommending that dedicated crash electronic data recorders be installed in all new heavy trucks. The NTSB, which is not regulatory body…
NTSB Repeats Call For ‘Black Boxes’ on Trucks En savoir plus
A Senate bill would instruct the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to conduct a pilot study of lowering the age at which Class A CDL holders can drive trucks across…
US Bill Could Be First Step to Lowering Truck Driver Age Limit En savoir plus
Carriers are reminded that TDG paperwork effective July 15, 2015 requires a Consignor’s Certification. The requirement in the TDG regulations (the Consignor’s responsibility), originally introduced this time last year with…
Reminder: Consignor’s Certification for TDG Paperwork Required by July 15 En savoir plus
The American Trucking Associations applauded The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed changes to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program, but insists there’s much more that needs to be done…
ATA: Move CSA to ‘Risk-Based’ Enforcement En savoir plus
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration unveiled proposed changes to its Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) program, including changing some intervention thresholds to better reflect crash risk. As reported by Heavy…
FMCSA Proposes Changes to CSA En savoir plus
After Manitoba recently followed Quebec and Ontario in allowing wide-base single tires to carry the same load weights as dual tires on designated highways, truckers in neighbouring Alberta are urging…
AMTA Makes Push for Wide-based Single Tires En savoir plus
