On March 10, 2021, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) held its annual public session called the FMCSA Analysis, Research & Technology Forum, or ART Forum for short.  It’s...
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In 2011, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a new rule that promised to improve safety by requiring medical examiners (MEs) to be properly trained, and creating a...
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Spring brings the imposition of seasonal frost laws in many northern states and most Canadian provinces.  These states each have frost laws: Idaho, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New...
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        STC is pleased to host truck safety research Matthew Camden, of Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, for our newest webinar – Proven Strategies to Increase Fleet Safety –...
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24.5% of FMCSA compliance investigations in FY 2020 resulted in a fine for safety violations (2,962 companies fined/12,062 audits).  
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In CY 2020, the percent of FMCSA compliance investigations with ELD violations rose from 8% in January to almost 14% in December. (FMCSA ART presentation on March 10, 2020)
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In 2019, federal spending for highways totaled $46 billion. That’s equivalent to buying 306,666 plus new Class 8 trucks today.
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STC recently launched a new client service, Remote Desktop Audits. This streamlined mock DOT audit will save costs since it's an off-site review using smaller sample sizes, consistent with FMCSA...
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STC Vice President P. Sean Garney was recently featured in a FreightWaves article about FMCSA's recently released Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse Results. Garney commented that the results show that CDL...
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    STC President Dave Osiecki recently joined FreightWaves to discuss the viability of the hair-based drug testing proposal that was published by FMCSA last September. Osiecki commented that he...
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 Transport Topics recently asked STC President Dave Osiecki about the expected regulatory changes coming from the Biden Administration. Osiecki commented that he doesn't expect hair testing for drugs to go forward, but...
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STC President Dave Osiecki was recently featured in the Commercial Carrier Journal about his comments from Axele's recent webinar about the newly revised FMCSA Hours of Service regulations. Specifically, Osiecki...
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STC President Dave Osiecki recently commented to Heavy Duty Trucking about the possible effects of a recent Biden Administration Executive Order (EO) on Regulatory initiatives. Osiecki relayed that the EO signified an ending to the previous administration's de-regulatory efforts, and predicted that the...
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STC President Dave Osiecki's recent analysis of the January FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse statistics were included in a DATAC article. Osiecki said that the number of drivers being evaluated and completing the return-to-work process has continued to slowly rise over the last few months, but that it's also clear many...
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