PHMSA

Journal

Leading news, trucking market conditions and industry analysis Legislators ask Obama to withdraw hours rewrite President Obama should withdraw the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s proposed hours-of-service revision because its costs would hurt the U.S. economy, House Speaker John Boehner and Majority Leader Eric Cantor wrote Oct. ...

By CCJ Staff Published November 1, 2011

Journal

ATA backs EOBR proposal – with reservations Device specs, supporting docs among group’s concerns The American Trucking Associations told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration it supported the agency’s proposal to require motor carriers to install devices to record drivers’ hours of service electronically, but urged the ...

By CCJ Staff Published July 1, 2011

Safety

PHMSA seeks ban on handheld phones Proposal could affect nearly 1,500 intrastate carriers Five months after the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a proposed rule to prohibit commercial truck and bus drivers from using handheld cell phones while operating a commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, ...

By CCJ Staff Published June 7, 2011