Aug 16, 2019
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.
Aug 15, 2019
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...
Aug 15, 2019
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...
Aug 15, 2019
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...
Aug 15, 2019
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...
Aug 2, 2019
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...
Jul 18, 2019
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...
Jul 16, 2019
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...
Jul 16, 2019
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...
Jul 16, 2019
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...
