STC In The News: STC President Talks to Wired About Hours of Service Proposal
Scopelitis Transportation Consulting President and CEO Dave Osiecki recently talked to Wired about how the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's new Hours of Service proposal could undercut the ELD mandate.
read moreFMCSA plans to unveil its CDL Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse in late August at the Great American Trucking Show (GATS) in Dallas, TX.
The government’s next mandate, use of a new drug and alcohol violation database by CDL drivers and carriers, is scheduled to take effect in January 2020. FMCSA has been developing this new large-scale database, and plans to provide the industry a first Clearinghouse...
read moreELDs & Crash Data, Crash Studies & CSA – Things That Make Us Go Hmmmm…
STC closely tracks federal actions on many trucking-related regulatory and safety topics. Here are a few questions on current topics that make us go hmmmm… Why hasn’t the U.S. Department of Transportation issued any 2018 CMV crash data with corresponding commentary...
read moreA Different Take on FMCSA’s Crash Preventability Determination Program
In early August 2019, FMCSA published a request for comment on its plan to expand and make permanent its Crash Preventability Determination Pilot Program. This got us to thinking how FMCSA may be finding its way out of a tough pickle. For years, research has shown...
read moreYour Input Matters on Proposed Hours of Service (HOS) Change
As we go to ‘print’ with this electronic newsletter on Wed., August 14, 2019, we know FMCSA will be proposing changes to its HOS rules this week…perhaps even today. Once we see/read it, we will be sure to provide some snappy commentary and analysis on the proposed...
read moreFMCSA Proposes Permanent Replacement to Crash Preventability Determination Program
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has proposed to expand and make permanent its popular Crash Preventability Determination Pilot Program. The program allows motor carriers to submit a request for review through the DataQs system to have a crash deemed...
read moreFMCSA Delays Training Certification and Verification Portions of Entry-Level Driver Training Rule
Confronted with IT challenges, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has published a notice delaying portions of the Entry-Level Driver Training rules, set to be implemented on February 7, 2020. Specifically, FMCSA says training providers won’t need to...
read moreJuly 2019 Transportation Fast Facts
FMCSA estimates there will be between 4 and 6 million users of the coming Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse. This estimate includes drivers, motor carriers, third party service agents and drug program administrators, medical review officers, substance abuse...
read moreCVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Week Got Us Thinking (Again…)
As we draft this newsletter in mid-July, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) is launching its annual Operation Safe Driver Week. During this annual one-week period, law enforcement personnel throughout the U.S. identify, pull over, and issue warnings or...
read moreChances of Getting “Off-site Audited” Are Going Up – Some Dos & Don’ts
In the Fall of 2018, we advised our newsletter readers that FMCSA was planning to implement its “off-site review” process in all 50 States throughout 2019. FMCSA auditors have been conducting off-site reviews in only 9 States since 2010 but, in late 2018, FMCSA...
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