News & Events
December 3, 2009
12/7/2010 Getting Beyond Hours Of Service – Model Fatigue Management Program Nears Readiness
The hours of service rules are hot news right now, with possible changes pending in a rewrite that’s due before the end of the year. But there’s a movement brewing to take on the issue of driver fatigue in a more comprehensive way.The North American Fatigue Management Program has been in the works for several years and is scheduled to be ready for industry use in about a year
6/28/2010 The Future of Fuel Economy
In late May, President Obama signed an order directing the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to establish fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions standards for heavy and medium-duty trucks. The preliminary goal is a 20 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and an increase in fuel economy of as much as 25 percent, beginning with model-year 2014.
5/12/2010 FMCSA Opens Pre-Employment Screening Program
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is now offering trucking companies access to a safety database they can use to screen applicants for driver jobs.
The Internet-based pre-employment screening program, which trucking interests have long been seeking, gives employers five years of an applicant’s crash history and three years of his inspection history
4/27/2010 FMCSA: Hours of Service Violators Beware
During the Pegasus TransTech Users Conference recently, a safety investigator for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration told attendees that enforcement under the new Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 would stress compliance with hours of service rules. If a carrier is found to have numerous HOS violations, “I’ll be coming in for an audit,” said Cynthia Witty, the safety investigator.
