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7 Aug 2008, 1:16 am
Terrifying information has recently been released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is the federal agency charged with regulating the trucking industry. [read post]
23 Apr 2012, 4:38 pm
According to school bus accident statistics provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, approximately 8,000 school children are injured in school bus accidents each and every year. [read post]
4 Aug 2009, 5:29 am
When the US DOT was established, the ICC powers to regulate motor carriers were shifted to the Federal Highway Administration. [read post]
8 May 2012, 2:46 pm
A National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) proposal that states semi-trucks should be required to have a stability control system installed has entered the last step of the publication review process. [read post]
6 Apr 2011, 11:11 am
The IIHS is now urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to put tougher regulations in place in an effort to decrease risks of car accidents in West Palm Beach and elsewhere. [read post]
7 Mar 2017, 9:01 pm by Michael C. Dorf
Federal laws such as the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act as well as federal programs like Medicaid and highway grants are just some examples of so-called cooperative federalism: The federal government sets the broad policy and provides most or all of the funding; states that choose to participate have an important role in implementing the policy. [read post]
13 Jul 2022, 12:49 pm by 1p21.admin
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) report shows that driver fatigue is a significant contributor to road accidents involving trucks. [read post]
8 May 2008, 5:00 am
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently dealt a blow to both EPA and the states by proposing preemptive federal fuel economy standards (corporate average fuel economy or CAFE standards)  that render the states’ efforts a clashing nullity and directly challenge EPA’s lead on vehicle emissions. [read post]
10 Jan 2017, 10:56 am by Alex Young
“The response from the Federal Highway Administration is an overreaction to a very important local matter. [read post]
14 Jan 2008, 8:00 am
Federal investigators are looking into reports of front passenger seat airbag failures in about 330,000 BMW cars and SUV's, the consumer watchdog Web site, Consumeraffairs.com reports. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/01/nhtsa_bmw_airbags.html In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Defect Investigation is reporting that the BMW vehicles' front airbags may be defective rendering them ineffective during a… [read post]
7 Feb 2009, 2:53 pm
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, at 49 CFR 391.11, requires that in order to get a Commercial Driver's License, an applicant must be able to "read and speak the English language sufficiently to converse with the general public, to understand highway traffic signs and signals in the English language, to respond to official inquiries, and to make entries on reports and records. [read post]
15 Jan 2008, 4:42 pm
Federal safety investigators are checking out the '05 Ford F150 pickup truck because of consumer complaints of brake failure. [read post]
21 Apr 2020, 7:02 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Theurer, Ryan McCoy, and Kyle Petersen Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective April 8, 2020, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (“FMCSA”) extended an emergency rule suspending “Hours of Service” rules that generally limit the number of hours certain truck drivers can stay on the road. [read post]
15 Jul 2020, 4:54 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
CNBC: “President Donald Trump on Wednesday finalized a rollback to the country’s landmark environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act, by speeding up approval for federal projects like pipelines, highways and power plants. [read post]
25 Oct 2011, 7:51 am
Department of Transportation and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sponsor a website called Share the Road Safely. [read post]
28 Oct 2011, 10:43 am
To protect drivers against dangers posed by trucks the Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMCSA) recently introduced new rules which put more focus for safety on the driver of the vehicle rather than the carrier. [read post]
4 May 2021, 11:00 am by Edward Smith
Federal Motorcycle Safety Plan In 2019, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a five-year safety plan to address the issue of motorcycle safety on our nation’s highways. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 6:05 am by Bob Kraft
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that “the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has issued a recall of more than 50,000 school buses. [read post]
14 Apr 2010, 12:32 pm by rreeves
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has very few standard guidelines in place that can protect highway construction workers from serious injuries or death in motor vehicle accidents. [read post]