Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

Jeff Crissey

Cross-border trucking: Why all the fuss? Controlled selection of Mexican carriers should ensure safety, compliance When the last cross-border trucking demonstration project between the United States and Mexico was announced in 2007, it was met with fierce opposition from some industry groups claiming thousands of U.S. driver ...

By Jeff Crissey Published May 1, 2011

Journal

U.S., Mexico reach new trucking agreement Ferro defends taxpayers buying EOBRs for Mexican carriers The U.S. and Mexican governments on March 3 announced an agreement in principle to implement the long-delayed cross-border trucking provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The agreement upholds previous requirements for ...

By CCJ Staff Published April 1, 2011

CCJ 100 Milestones

To mark CCJ’s centennial anniversary, here is the CCJ editors’ list of some of the most important regulations, innovations and events that have shaped the trucking industry over the last 100 years. Disagree with a ranking? Feel like there’s something we missed? We’d love to hear ...

By Avery Vise, Jeff Crissey, Aaron Huff, Jack Roberts, Dean Smallwood Published March 10, 2011

Journal

ATA slams lastest hours proposal FMCSA leaning toward 10-hour driving time limit The American Trucking Associations said the Obama administration missed the mark in many ways with the latest hours-of-service rewrite. Bill Graves, ATA president and chief executive officer, described the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposal ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011

Safety

NHTSA to consider speed limiter rule in 2012 More than four years after the trucking industry asked the federal government to mandate speed limiters on new heavy-duty trucks, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced that it would launch a rulemaking on the issue in 2012. ...

By CCJ Staff Published February 13, 2011

Avery Vise

Let’s end this thing A political solution on hours rules likely is inevitable In early 2005, Annette Sandberg – then head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration – proposed something fairly unusual. About six months earlier, a federal appeals court had invalidated the new hours-of-service regulations ...

By Avery Vise Published February 9, 2011

Avery Vise

What’s in a name? FMCSA no longer calls CSA comprehensive Given that Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 has been a hot topic for only a couple of years, you might be surprised to learn that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration began talking about the program publicly more ...

By Avery Vise Published January 1, 2011

Jeff Crissey

I’m sorry, I can’t come to the phone right now… Latest proposal from FMCSA targets use of handheld communication devices Just in time to ramp up last-minute holiday sales of Bluetooth-enabled devices and other hands-free communication solutions, on Dec. 17 the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...

By Jeff Crissey Published January 1, 2011

More with less

Don’t count on another 2004 or 2005, but a steady economic recovery and ongoing capacity constraints could make 2011 a good year. Coming out of the Great Recession, just about any improvement in or even leveling off of business conditions feels like good times. For many ...

By Avery Vise Published January 1, 2011

Equipment

MitFuso unveils new powertrain EPA 2010-compliant system powers Class 3-5 trucks Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. of Kawasaki, Japan, parent company of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck of America, unveiled a new powertrain for the next generation of Mitsubishi Fuso Class 3-5 commercial trucks in North America. The ...

By CCJ Staff Published January 1, 2011