The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pulled the pin and lobbed an 18-rule proposal grenade into the trucking world: two final and the rest open for public comment. If you’ve only skimmed ...

If you’re a commercial driver, a fleet manager or anyone dealing with DOT compliance, you’ve probably heard about the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s Medical Examiner’s Certification ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. On November 18, 2024, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) will begin ...

Let’s start with the facts—then we’ll dig into what they really mean. On January 16, 2026, the FMCSA will begin enforcing stricter compliance standards around freight broker and freight forwarder ...

A reader offered up a question that's been asked by well more than one owner-operator of late. With the Trump administration's many executive orders and deregulatory efforts flying around news ...

Following Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s announcement Monday of the launch of two hours-of-service-related pilot programs to kick off National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, the Federal Motor ...

Jack Van Steenburg has a trucking company client with a problem: The motor carrier has no safety rating. It stands to lose a major customer because of this. Yet having no safety rating is the rule ...

FMCSA will reorganize safety categories and remove the controlled substance and alcohol category. Most violations will be worth one point, and scores will only apply to recent violations. FMCSA will ...

To most Americans, the word “audit” conjures up a visceral fear of the IRS combing through their records and finances. However, to those in the motor carrier industry, “audit” means something much ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has put out a long-awaited proposal on broker transparency that, among other things, would require brokers to keep records in electronic form. The ...

Who would want to be the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administrator? Talk to trucking association reps, carrier execs, labor unions, safety advocates, congressional aides, and even some DOT staffers, ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is under fire from autonomous truck technology developer Aurora following the agency’s decision late last year to deny a petition from Aurora and Waymo ...