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Notes from a recent stakeholder meeting covering FMCSA’s proposed new registration system. It should be noted that FMCSA has completed only the workflow for new individual motor-carrier registrants.
New and returning Senate and House members will take office January 3, 2025, and will find a number of truck-related issues awaiting action.
During Brake Check Week, CVSA inspectors checked brakes on 16,725 commercial vehicles during inspections. Among those vehicles placed out of service, 63.1% had stand-alone brake issues. 56.6% failed the 20% defective brake criterion.
The Christmas Tree to be displayed at the U.S. Capitol Building for the 2024 holiday season is ready to begin its journey from Alaska to Washington, D.C. The 4,277-mile trip from Anchorage to D.C. will take three weeks.
Carriers that use their cameras to make their trucks and drivers safer also find that operating more safely can bring greater profitability.
An article recently published in CCJ Digital provided an overview of data that demonstrates that the average truckload carrier must be paid $2.72 per mile merely to break even.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) last month rejected that the agency mandate stricter upgrades to rear impact guards on semi-trailers.
Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and now Hurricane Helene in 2024, with Milton bearing down on the Gulf Coast! Major storms, with major disaster areas and the need for emergency supplies, most of which come by truck.
FMCSA is hard at work on a new online registration system, to “improve the transparency and efficiency of FMCSA’s registration procedures”.