FMCSA Grants Commercial Truck Drivers More Time to Renew Licenses The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) sets the standards for reviewing and renewing commercial driver’s licenses throughout the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 3.5 million people rely on these licenses for their livelihoods as they perform the essential work of transporting…
Category: Trucking Regulations
What You Should Know About Volvo Recall for 15,000 Trucks On September 2, Volvo Trucks North America issued a Volvo truck recall of around 15,000 semi-trucks because of an issue with defective brake pedals. Nearly 42 million personal and commercial vehicles were recalled in 2017 alone, which means that the Volvo recall isn’t too widespread…
How Judges Determine When to Revoke a Commercial Driver’s License Each year, as many as 500 commercial truck drivers have their licenses revoked. This leads to serious, immediate consequences, including a loss of their job and income. According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, commercial drivers with a revoked license may have to wait…
How Uber Freight Could Change the Trucking Industry and the Work of a Truck Accident Attorney Uber launched Uber Freight in May 2017, seeking to change trucking the same way that it revolutionized personal transportation. The company still has some way to go to penetrate the market, but the service offers some features that could…
Hours of Service Changes and Driver Fatigue: Pausing the 14-Hour HOS Clock Laws regarding truck drivers and their hours of service were first established in the U.S. in 1938 by the now-defunct Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to guard against driver fatigue. Since 1938 and before 2020, the HOS rules were changed just four times and…
Coronavirus Pandemic Update: Is Trucking Life Returning to Normal? While truckers, companies, and the government have made great strides to protect the trucking industry from the coronavirus and get it back to normal, concerns still abound. Empty miles are up, new freight contracts are down, and more truckers than ever are out of work or…
How COVID-19 Caused a Delay Each year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) performs the International Roadcheck, which is considered to be a kind of public enforcement initiative. Since the International Roadcheck first began in 1988, more than 1.6 million inspections have occurred throughout these campaigns. While the International Roadcheck is typically held in May,…
How Truck Drivers Are Avoiding COVID-19 Hotspots The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically changed life for all, but perhaps no one has been affected more than those professionals who are essential to the American way of life, including truckers. In fact, trucking accident lawyers throughout the country have noted an uptick in cases conceivably caused or…
What Occurs With the FMCSA Emergency Declaration Expiration in August? In March, the FMCSA issued a kind of waiver for the standard hours-of-service guidelines for any commercial vehicle drivers who are involved with transporting items pertaining to the COVID-19 pandemic. Keep in mind that trucks transport more than 11 million tons of goods every year,…
