The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator will be launching a new panel to its Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee comprised of commercial motor vehicle drivers which will provide direct feedback to FMCSA on important issues facing the industry.
The Federal Register notice requests comments on a new pilot program that would allow younger drivers to operate in interstate commerce.
The awards represent the highest ever funding level for these critical safety grants.
The new rule will eliminate the need for a driver to file, and a motor carrier to maintain, a no-defect DVIR.
Though it’s created additional compliance-related workflow for motorcoach fleets, carriers, and drivers, alike, the new system is positively changing the entire motorcoach industry.
Though it’s created additional compliance-related workflow for motorcoach fleets, carriers, and drivers, alike, the new system is positively changing the entire motorcoach industry.
The proposed changes are intended to improve highway safety by increasing compliance with existing drug and alcohol program requirements.
The rule includes motorcoach operations transporting people.
In an independent recruitment survey, external training was cited as one of employees most preferred incentives for staying with a company.
The clearinghouse, which now has more than 650,000 registrants, was launched Jan. 6.