Posts belonging to Category Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
Posted by Jason Cox on October 28, 2009
When I started driving a truck, you drove for ten hours and you rested for eight hours. What was wrong with that? Of course, I was a local driver at the time, so maybe it wasn’t good for an OTR driver, I don’t know.
Then I decided to go OTR, and they decided to change the HOS rules. [...]
Categories: Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | Tags: car 24, Day, driver, eleven hours, HOS, MY INDUSTRY, OTR, otr driver, rule, safety advocate, traffic fatalities, United States | 3 Comments »
Posted by Jason Cox on October 23, 2009
As if we didn’t already have enough regulations working against Truck Drivers today. CSA 2010 is going to change the way company’s hire drivers. You, the driver are going to play a BIG part in this new program. You, won’t be able to just go down the road as a company driver without having to worry if YOUR truck [...]
Categories: Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration | Tags: alcohol, carrier, CSA, driver, driving fatigue, federal motor carrier, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, motor carrier safety, motor carrier safety administration, safety | 4 Comments »
Posted by Jason Cox on August 26, 2009
Commercial Vehicle Inspectors Who Compete are Leaders in Highway Safety
WASHINGTON, Aug. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Forty-four inspectors representing nearly every jurisdiction across North America convened this year in a city known for its champions — Pittsburgh — August 17-23, 썙 to compete in the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) North American Inspectors Championship (NAIC).
This year, Alex Bugeya, a CVSA-certified North [...]
Categories: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, truck driver Industry | Tags: Alex Bugeya, Alex Bugeya - Ontario, America, american society of association executives, Canada, Carolina, Charles Granger - Maine, commercial vehicle safety alliance, CVSA, Deputy Administrator Rose A, Executive Director, Frederick Heggestad - Arizona, grand champion award, Inspection, James Canard - Arkansas, Jean-Paul Abel - South, Jeffrey Boller - Michigan, Jimmy K. Ammons, John McFarland - Tennessee, John Youngblood, Katrina Robson - Florida, Kenneth Clark - Virginia, Mexico, motor, motor carrier safety, motor carrier safety administration, Noe Mauricio Ley, North America, North American, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pierre, Pittsburgh, President Darren E, Rick Smith - Alberta, Robert Keeney - Massachusetts, Ronald Longolucco - Rhode, Rose, Rose A. McMurray, safety, Scott Theobald - Utah, Standard, Stephen F. Campbell, Timothy Cotter, U.S. In, United States, V Passenger, vehicle, Washington | 1 Comment »
ATA Unveils Progressive New Highway Safety Agenda
Posted by Jason Cox on June 15, 2009
American Trucking Associations (ATA) unveiled its bold new highway safety agenda at a press conference on Capitol Hill.
“While the trucking industry is now the safest it has been since the U.S. Department of Transportation began keeping crash statistics in 1975, we must continue to further the trend,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. “Our 18 progressive safety policies [...]
Categories: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Thoughts from a trucker, truck driver Industry | Tags: America, american insurance association, American Trucking Associations, Arkansas, ATA, Atlantic, Barbara Windsor, Capitol Hill, Captain. Con-way Freight, CEO Bill Graves, CEO Bob Davidson, Con-way, David May, David Snyder, Director Tom Hodgson, Doug Duncan, driver, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator, General Counsel, highway, John Hill, motor carrier safety, North America, Policy, Road Safe America, safety, safety task force, task force chair, U.S. Department, U.S. Department of Transportation, Windsor | 1 Comment »
Teamsters Oppose U.S. Trucking Regulator Nominee Anne Ferro
Posted by Jason Cox on June 6, 2009
The Teamsters union told President Barack Obama it opposes his nominee to be the top U.S. trucking regulator because of her support for a rule that allows truckers to drive for up to 11 consecutive hours.
Anne Ferro is the wrong person to head the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration because of her “trucking-industry party line,” Teamsters President Jim Hoffa [...]
Categories: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Thoughts from a trucker, truck driver Industry | Tags: Anne Ferro, Barack Obama, Bush administration, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Maryland Motor Truck Association, motor vehicle administration, Nick Shapiro, President Jim Hoffa, Teamsters, United States, YRC Worldwide | No Comments »
ATA Supports National Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse Bill
Posted by Jason Cox on May 21, 2009
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) supports the Safe Roads Act, S.1113, introduced this week by Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark. The bipartisan bill would create a U.S. Department of Transportation National Drug Clearinghouse database to store commercial motor vehicle operators’ positive drug and alcohol tests results and records of refusals to take the tests.
“ATA is very pleased that [...]
Categories: Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Thoughts from a trucker, truck driver Industry | Tags: American Trucking Associations, ATA, Ben Nelson, Committee on Commerce, Dave Osiecki, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Maine, National Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse, Olympia Snowe, Sen. Mark Pryor, Sen. Roger Wicker, U.S. Department of Transportation National Drug Clearinghouse | No Comments »
Posted by Jason Cox on May 19, 2009
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — More than 70 trucks were issued citations Tuesday morning during the first two hours of an investigation into commercial truck violations, New Haven police said.
The Connecticut State Police Truck Squad and New Have Police Department’s Traffic Enforcement Unit conducted the joint inspection beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Water and East [...]
Categories: Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, truck driver Industry | Tags: Conn., Connecticut State Police, New Haven, Traffic Enforcement Unit | 4 Comments »
Posted by Jason Cox on May 19, 2009
You have less than two weeks until Homeland Security changes the way it allows you to re-enter into the U.S. from Canada. Starting June 1, New York state residences will need either a state Enhanced Driver License (EDL) or a passport to come back into the United States.
Erie County Clerk Kathy Hochul says the EDL [...]
Categories: Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Political News, cross border trucking plan, truck driver Industry | Tags: Albany, Bermuda, Canada, Department of Motor Vehicle, DOS, EDL., Erie County, Government, Government of Canada, Kathy Hochul, New York, NEXUS, SENTRI, U.S. Government, United Kingdom, United States, United States Department of Homeland Security | No Comments »
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