The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration isn’t sure when autonomous commercial trucks are coming, but its researchers are busily preparing for widespread use of the technology – including the potential impact on the workforce, the new acting administrator said....
The debate about mandating speed limiters in trucks is on again. The American Trucking Associations and safety group Road Safe America sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlining their support for guidelines for speed limiters for policymakers...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed to include the rear impact (underride) guard on the list of items to be examined during the required annual inspection for each commercial motor vehicle. While the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations...
A Department of Labor rule clarifying the definition of independent contractor and a pilot program to study younger truck drivers are among the “midnight regulations”, trucking rules, that may not take effect after President-Elect Biden is sworn in on Jan. 20. It’s...
2020’s Top Trucking News Stories on Truckinginfo.com were, unsurprisingly, mostly related to the COVID-19 pandemic. But there were a few other hot issues that made our top-10 list, as well. 1. FMCSA Gives Commercial Drivers Extension on Expiring CDLs, Medical...
