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Article: Court orders stronger entry-level training: on-road experience would be required.
- Article from:
- Commercial Carrier Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2006
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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's regulations governing minimum standards for entry-level truck driver training are inadequate based on the record developed in the proceeding, a federal appeals court ruled Friday, Dec. 2. But because the current rule "while plainly inadequate, may do some good, if it does anything at all," the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia is leaving it in place pending the completion of further rulemaking.
As required by a settlement with safety advocates, FMCSA in May 2004 issued long-overdue regulations implementing entry-level training requirements for drivers of commercial motor vehicles. The minimum ...