The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can go years without changing its commercial driver qualification (DQ) file requirements in 49 CFR Part 391. However, this year the agency made a few ...

The trucking industry has seen the devastating impact of nuclear verdicts play out over the past several years. In order to avoid this fate, carriers must focus on hiring qualified drivers – and ...

When putting together driver qualification files, it’s all about dotting the i's and crossing the t’s. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requires fleets to keep qualification ...

Hiring qualified drivers and ensuring they remain qualified to drive is central to a good safety compliance program. Trucking companies must ensure all new and existing drivers are up to code with ...

Qualifying drivers requires navigating complex Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Doing this correctly is critical, as non-compliant driver qualification files can result in ...

Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) or gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), or gross combination weight (GCW) or gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of 10,001 pounds or more; or Vehicles ...

Among fleet managers' biggest challenges are the day-to-day challenges of staying up to date with regulatory changes and improving driver knowledge and skills, according to a recent survey — with ...

For nearly a decade, FMCSA’s rules on English proficiency and medical certification have existed in regulatory limbo, passed but rarely enforced. The delays are over. Today, June 23, followed by June ...

[Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] A Department of Transportation Inspector General audit has found weaknesses in federal regulators’ monitoring of medical examiner ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has made available for public comment a modification of the proposed information collection request related to the notice of proposed rulemaking for the ...