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A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration proposal to create an information clearinghouse for drug and alcohol-testing information related to truck drivers has been approved by the White House Office of Management and Budget and sent back to the agency for publication.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee is scheduled to meet Feb. 10-11 to provide ideas for the agency to consider related to the surface transportation bill Congress is developing.

Perhaps in addition to reviewing trucking companies’ financial performance, it would be worthwhile to measure such things as the health of their drivers.

Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety said eight states added laws on vehicle operations in 2013 but that the overall climate for safety regulation became worse.

WASHINGTON — Eliminating substance-impaired and distracted driving, as well as strengthening vehicle-occupant protection, were included on the National Transportation Safety Board’s  Most Wanted List of safety issues released last week.

WASHINGTON — A survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nearly 70% of longhaul truck drivers are obese, 50% smoke cigarettes, 14% have diabetes and more than one-third have no health insurance.

The propane industry has asked the federal government for a waiver of hours-of-service rules for truck drivers in the Midwest and northeastern United States who are hauling the gas.

American Trucking Associations appointed Curtis Shewchuk of Con-way Inc. as chairman of the group’s ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøland Security Policy Committee, ATA said Jan. 14.