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Driver Positive Drug Tests Continue at Last Years Rate So Far in 2021

The rate of positive truck driver drug tests recorded in the Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse in the first three months of this year remains on pace with last years, and the number of drivers who have yet to enroll in return-to-duty programs remains persistently low.

May 13, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnologySafety

Delays Continue for Potential New FMCSA System to Score Carrier Safety

Nearly four years after it was first introduced, FMCSA has yet to make an official call on whether to incorporate the highly complex data method known as Item Response Theory or IRT into its Compliance, Safety, Accountability motor carrier safety rating program.

May 5, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Encourages Drivers to Practice Work Zone Safety

In support of National Work Zone Awareness Week, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is encouraging drivers of large trucks to use extra caution, and is urging all drivers to remain alert, obey traffic signs and allow all vehicles extra space.

April 27, 2021
GovernmentBusinessTechnology

FMCSA Proposes Four-Year Rebuild Delay of Its Medical Examiners Website

Federal trucking regulators have proposed delaying for four years completion of a redesign for a web-based national registry of certified medical examiners, citing information technology-related challenges with the effort.

April 22, 2021
GovernmentBusinessBreaking News

Biden Taps Meera Joshi to Lead FMCSA

President Joe Biden announced April 14 that he intends to nominate Meera Joshi to serve as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

April 14, 2021
GovernmentBusiness

FMCSA: Beware of Companies Posing as Government Agencies

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials posted a warning to truckers on April 8 to be aware of predatory companies that pose as government agencies.

April 13, 2021
Safety

CVSA Schedules Operation Safe Driver Week for July 11-17

Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance's annual event will target risky driving behaviors, particularly speeding.

April 7, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FMCSA Begins Large-Truck Crash Causal Factors Study

Federal trucking regulators are progressing on plans for a $30 million Large-Truck Crash Causal Factors study intended to gather new critical information and data in an effort to reduce crashes nationwide.

March 18, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Crash Trends a Concern, FMCSA Officials Say at Safety Meeting

Speeding, distracted driving, work zone accidents and a lack of seat belt use in fatal truck-occupant crashes remain areas of concern among federal trucking regulators, according to a top official at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

March 11, 2021
GovernmentBusinessAutonomous

Automation to Have Extreme Impact on Workforce, FMCSAs Meera Joshi Says

Impact of automation on the transportation workforce will be extremely real and broad," FMCSA acting Administrator Meera Joshi says.

March 11, 2021