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Build America 250 Act: Key Trucking and Safety Provisions to Watch
The House of Representatives is working on the next surface transportation bill titled the Build America 250 Act. This Bill will reauthorize federal surface transportation programs and it currently has a September deadline. What follows is a discussion of some of the...
2026 Operation Safe Driver Week: What Drivers and Fleets Should Know
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Operation Safe Driver Week is scheduled for July 12-18. During this week, commercial motor vehicle and passenger vehicle drivers who are demonstrating unsafe driving behaviors will be issued a warning or ticket/citation....
2026 Brake Safety Day Results: Key Inspection Takeaways
CVSA sponsored a one-day brake safety blitz. Throughout North America over 4,000 inspections were conducted. As a result, 574 trucks (14%) were placed out-of-service due to brake related violations. Forty-seven jurisdictions throughout Canada, Mexico and the U.S....
DataQs Revisions: What Motor Carriers Need to Know
The online system DataQs is used to request and track reviews of crash and inspection data. Users can review their own data and request corrections to erroneous or incomplete data. Each year FMCSA publishes information on approximately 3 million inspections, 5 million...
Section 393 Waivers: What Motor Carriers Should Know
Parts and Accessories Waivers Over the past few years over a dozen waiver applications have been filed with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) with regards to lighting, mirrors, and warning devices. The most common involve lighting, and...
Roadside Inspection Programs
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) Operation SafeDRIVE was conducted earlier this year by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). During the three-day effort, FMCSA inspectors, and law enforcement partners in 26 states and the...
Financial Responsibility Requirements
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has released a report with this lengthy title: Examining the Appropriateness of the Current Financial Responsibility and Security Requirements for Motor Carriers, Brokers, and Freight Forwarders – Report to...
CVSA Out-of-Service Criteria Changes
CVSA Out-of-Service Criteria Changes Last year, the voting members of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) approved seventeen changes to the out-of-service criteria which went into effect on April 1: 1. Two sections were amended to separate CDL endorsements...
Regulatory Changes
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has made some changes to 49 CFR to streamline and clarify some sections, as discussed below: Electronic Driver Vehicle Inspection Report (Effective March 23, 2026) The agency has added language to §396.11 to...
Medical Examiner’s Certificate
By now, all 50 states should be able to accept electronic medical examiner’s certificates (MEC) and use that upload to automatically update the medical expiration date on the driver’s CDL record. Unfortunately, there are still eight states that are unable to comply....