News & Reports
The Connection Between Commercial Truck Accidents and Fatigued Drivers
There are more than 15 million commercial trucks transporting over 70% of all U.S. goods every year. This high number of commercial trucks on the road experience a lot of unfortunate accidents. Despite FMCSA’s best efforts in implementing rules and regulations to...
Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspection Levels
Level I – North American Standard Inspection An inspection that includes examination of driver’s license; Medical Examiner’s Certificate and Skill Performance Evaluation (SPE) Certificate (if applicable); alcohol and drugs; driver’s record of duty status, as required;...
FMCSA grants rest-break exemption for fuel haulers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has granted an exemption from the 30-minute rest break requirement for trucks hauling petroleum products. Under certain conditions, fuel trucks can operate for 12 hours a day without triggering the rest break...
Roadside Inspection Report Explained
Here is a sample Roadside Inspection Report; in each block of the report are numbers and following pages provide an explanation of each block.
The Agricultural Exemption: Guidance from FMCSA
FMCSA announces regulatory guidance to clarify the applicability of the “Agricultural commodity” exception in the “Hours of Service (HOS) of Drivers” regulations. This regulatory guidance clarifies the exception with regard to: drivers operating unladen vehicles...
Personal Conveyance: Guidance from FMCSA
On December 19, 2017, FMCSA proposed revisions to the regulatory guidance concerning driving a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) for personal use while off-duty, referred to as “personal conveyance.” Over 380 comments were received in response to the draft guidance. This...
7 ELD Tips for Roadcheck Inspection Blitz
June 1, 2018 • by Deborah Lockridge The top driver-related violation from last year’s Roadcheck, the annual commercial vehicle inspection blitz, was for hours of service (32.3%), so the focus for this year’s event (June 5-7) is hours-of-service compliance. And of...
Operation Roadcheck: Have your AOBRDs and ELDs Ready
Ready for Opeartion Roadcheck 2018? Here are the inspectors' guides to checking AOBRDs and ELDs at the roadside. CVSA Inspection Bulletin: ELDs CVSA inspection Bulletin: AOBRDs
Successful DataQs
In the event of an erroneous violation on a roadside inspection report, the DataQs system provides an electronic means of filing a request to the FMCSA or state agency to review the violation(s) in question. You and the FMCSA have a vested interest in accurate federal...
Trucking’s Rising Tides and the Bumpy Road to Growth Town
From Rocky Roemer and the May 2018 Roemer Report With the President's deregulation and tax agenda rising the tide, several of the U.S. economy’s bigger boats have been getting a pretty big lift including trucking. As of the end of April it looks like the nation’s...