FMCSA News Updates

Trucking regulators and officials who manage the country’s surface transportation network are operating under mostly normal conditions as the partial government shutdown continues.

At least eight cabinet departments comprising more than two-thirds of the federal workforce had detailed their shutdown plans by the afternoon of Sept. 29.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is among the nominees expected to be considered by the Senate soon.

The move arrives at a moment when the Department of Transportation is scrutinizing English-language proficiency among commercial drivers.

On a combined federal and state level, year-to-date English-language proficiency violations had reached 3,724 drivers through the end of August. 

Advancing a program that stretches back more than 20 years, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has announced plans for a sweeping study of fatal heavy truck crashes.

If the rule is finalized, DOT would amend its federal drug-testing program regulation (49 CFR Part 40) to include both substances. Public comments on the proposal are due Oct. 17.

American Trucking Associations is renewing its call for stricter enforcement of federal safety laws in the wake of a fatal truck-involved crash in August.

The Aug. 21 extension offers a reprieve to drivers in the 12 states that missed a June deadline for transitioning to electronic medical certifications.

An undocumented truck driver who obtained CDLs from two states was involved in a Florida crash that killed three people, prompting a federal investigation.