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Trucking regulations are determined by several government agencies in the United States. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is the lead agency responsible for trucking laws, regulating and providing safety oversight of commercial motor vehicles (including over 500,000 commercial trucking companies. The FMCSA’s mission is to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
There’s also the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), which supports state and local governments in the design, construction and maintenance of the country’s highway system. FHWA programs include the Federal-Aid Highway Program and the Federal Lands Highway Program.
Other agencies involved in transportation regulations include the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), and the Maritime Administration (MARAD).
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FMCSA’s Joe DeLorenzo took plenty of questions from the audience as he tried to clear up confusion over the ELD rule during a session at the Mid-America Trucking Show.
The exemption does not apply to the wider agriculture industry, like a recent FMCSA break.
Clarifying the grandfathering of AOBRDs in a fleet expansion.
A CDL holder between the ages of 18 and 21 must do all their driving inside a state under current law.
Every major railroad serving the U.S. got a letter from the Surface Transportation Board.
The current exemption ends April 19.
The sector gets another 90 days to comply, while the rest of the industry faces April 1 enforcement.
The spot market isn’t under the jurisdiction of the CFTC, a commissioner tells an industry conference.
The ATA recognizes that “technology is cool,” but also that it had better play its own vital role in adopting and adapting plans in a realistic manner.
Even with lower levels of automation, trucks could essentially work around the clock, but what will regulators do about the ELD hours-of-service rule?
Glider kits, or rebuilt trucks, are not exempt from the new emissions standards, but some people are using a Tennessee Tech study to help make the case they should be.
New Prime, Inc. v. Oliveira hinges on whether lease-to-purchase drivers classified as “independent contractors” can get out of their arbitration clauses.
Several states are looking at ways to exempt truck drivers from the ELD mandate, but at least one expert says any laws passed by states to do so would likely violate federal regulations.
Psychemedics Corporation says they have developed a test which eliminates false positives and has been vetted by the FBI.
A long political fight over an uncontroversial nominee comes to an end
