As an increasingly aware United States mobilizes to contain the spread the new coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the trucking industry is uniquely positioned to help in the containment effort – or further accelerate the spread of the pandemic. As the importance of...
Based on evidence it has accumulated that points to “a serious pattern of harassment- and assault-related crimes against female and minority male truckers,” the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on Feb. 28 its intention to study the “prevalence,...
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced on Feb. 21 that just weeks after it launched, there are “encouraging results” from the new Trucker Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, which is designed to keep tabs on substance-abuse tests required of commercial...
Drivers, drivers, and drivers again. Is any subject more talked about in our industry these days? Nope. Not surprisingly, they’re represented in seven of the American Transportation Research Institute’s annual Top 10 list of the industry’s most pressing...
Trucking coalition has petitioned FMCSA to start a rulemaking on how it analyzes and publishes data on motor carrier crashes. *Photo: FMCSA A coalition of 10 trucking-related stakeholders, including several lobbies for specialized carriers, is calling on the Federal...
