On October 29, 2020, U.S. Senator Ed Markey of MA sent a letter to FMCSA highlighting what he says are "egregious failures" of the Agency to oversee the safety of the trucking industry. Sen. Markey implored FMCSA to implement stronger oversight and respond to several...

In 2018, FMCSA told the trucking world it was planning to strike from the truck safety rulebook the old driver "Record of Violations" requirement (in Sec. 391.27 of the FMCSRs). This is the rule requiring carriers to have each driver submit an annual list of their...

Driver shortage and retention have been perennial challenges for the trucking industry. In fact, both driver shortage and driver retention have appeared on the American Transportation Research Institute's Critical Issues Top 10 list in nine out of the last ten years....