The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration can go years without changing its commercial driver qualification (DQ) file requirements in 49 CFR Part 391. However, this year the agency made a few ...

When putting together driver qualification files, it’s all about dotting the i's and crossing the t’s. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) requires fleets to keep qualification ...

Qualifying drivers requires navigating complex Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs). Doing this correctly is critical, as non-compliant driver qualification files can result in ...

Vehicles with a gross vehicle weight (GVW) or gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR), or gross combination weight (GCW) or gross combination weight rating (GCWR) of 10,001 pounds or more; or Vehicles ...

For nearly a decade, FMCSA’s rules on English proficiency and medical certification have existed in regulatory limbo, passed but rarely enforced. The delays are over. Today, June 23, followed by June ...

Driver safety and compliance data pours in from disparate systems as information from driver qualification files, electronic logging devices (ELDs), vehicle telematics and video event recorders rarely ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has amended its regulations to eliminate a requirement that interstate commercial motor vehicle drivers annually prepare and submit to their employers a ...

The top violations cited during motor carrier audits are more than trivia for the curious. They are a snapshot that help understand where many motor carriers are struggling in compliance. Each year, ...

A five-truck fleet out of LaGrange, Ga., has been issued an effective shutdown order by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after an investigation revealed the company did not adhere to ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is set to publish Monday, March 7, a proposed rule that, if made final, would implement a required core training curriculum for prospective truckers ...