SECRETARY OF STATE DUNLAP HONORS MOTOR CARRIER REVIEW BOARD MEMBER

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 4, 2008 ;     391 words ......Tuesday's regular meeting of the State's Motor Carrier Review Board (MCRB) to take part in...was created in 1996 to help eliminate motor carrier crashes, especially those resulting in fatalities. The MCRB process is the motor carrier equivalent of a driving record review...

Federal Rules OK Trailer Surge Brakes.(surge brakes gets the...

Western Builder;  April 9, 2007 ;     115 words ......April 4, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) began allowing surge brakes...According to the American Rental Association (ARA), the new federal rules eliminate guesswork in selecting braking systems for rental...

PLEASANT LAKE RESIDENT NAMED MOTOR CARRIER OFFICER OF THE YEAR

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 22, 2007 ;     280 words ......Col. Peter C. Munoz is pleased to announce that Motor Carrier Officer Steven Harmon of the Jackson Post is the recipient of the 2006 Motor Carrier Officer of the Year Award. The Motor Carrier Officer of the Year award, which has been sponsored...

MOTOR CARRIER FATAL TRAFFIC COLLISIONS INVESTIGATED BY HIGHWAY PATROL DOWN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  February 26, 2007 ;     355 words ......number of persons killed in motor carrier traffic collisions investigated...2004 fatal collisions involving motor carrier vehicles has dropped 17 percent...Highway Patrol investigated 154 motor carrier fatal collisions in 2004, 161...

MOTOR CARRIER TRAFFIC COLLISIONS INVESTIGATED BY HIGHWAY PATROL DOWN IN...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 28, 2008 ;     244 words ......today announced the number of motor carrier traffic collision investigations...by the decrease in number of motor carrier vehicle collisions last year...Colonel Clay." Meanwhile, our motor carrier enforcement efforts continue...

FMCSA announces revised rule for Motor Carrier Information Reporting.

M2 Presswire;  November 30, 2000 ;     565 words ......DOT: FMCSA announces revised rule for Motor Carrier Information Reporting (C)1994-2000...Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today...requirements for motor carriers to file the Motor Carrier Identification Report, Form MCS-150...

Federal Rules Aiming to Keep Drowsy Truck Drivers Off Roads Go into...

The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, Maryland) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News);  December 31, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Meredith Cohn Dec. 31--New federal rules aimed at keeping drowsy truck drivers...truck crashes, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which held a...Sandberg, administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said she would...

Motor Carrier Safety: A Guide to Regulatory Compliance

Professional Safety;  August 1, 2003 ;     343 words ...FLEET SAFETY. Motor Carrier Safety: A Guide to Regulatory Compliance...author's stated goal in writing Motor Carrier Safety is to "draw simplicity out...help organizations comply with motor carrier regulations. The first section...

FMCSA ANNOUNCES REVISED RULE FOR MOTOR CARRIER INFORMATION REPORTING...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  November 28, 2000 ;     517 words ......Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today...requirements for motor carriers to file the Motor Carrier Identification Report, Form MCS-150...commerce. This change is required by the Motor Carrier Safety Improvement Act of 1999. A ...

Safety technology adoption patterns in the U.S. motor carrier industry.

Transportation Journal;  June 22, 2006 ;     700+ words ......among the largest firms in the U.S. motor carrier industry. A national survey was conducted...technologies. It was found that, in general motor carrier firms are at the early stages of safety...life, which all too often accompanies motor carrier crashes, there is the important ...

SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD ISSUES DECISION ON MOTOR CARRIER...

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  June 28, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Docket Number: EP_656_0 Case Title: MOTOR CARRIER BUREAUS-PERIODIC REVIEW PROCEEDING...TERMINATING ITS APPROVAL OF ALL 12 OF THE MOTOR CARRIER BUREAU AGREEMENTS THAT ARE STILL IN...BOARD DECISION STB Ex Parte No. 656 MOTOR CARRIER BUREAUS - PERIODIC REVIEW PROCEEDING...

Nations Truck Drivers to Be Limited to Eleven Hours Behind the Wheel Each...

M2 Presswire;  November 20, 2008 ;     475 words ......Wheel Each Day Under New, Science-Based Federal Rules; New Measure Designed to Continue Truck...new rule issued today by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). The...trend in truck fatalities and maintain motor carrier operational efficiencies, said Administrator...

U.S. SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION SLATER APPLAUDS NEW LEGISLATION TO...

Regulatory Intelligence Data;  October 21, 1999 ;     321 words ......by the President has restored full motor carrier safety enforcement authorities to the...In May, we set the goal of reducing motor-carrier related crashes by 50 percent over...assess civil penalties for violations of motor carrier safety regulations. It also allows...

Assessing motor carrier potential for improving safety processes.

Transportation Journal;  June 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......regulate and ensure highway safety in the motor carrier industry centers on identifying carriers...their activities. For example, the Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program, which provides...identifying and removing from service motor carrier vehicles and drivers operating in ...

FMCSA fines Oregon motor carrier $368,200 for multiple safety violations.

M2 Presswire;  February 19, 2001 ;     333 words ......February 2001-US DOT: FMCSA fines Oregon motor carrier $368,200 for multiple safety violations...Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today...Inc., of Clackamas, Ore., a for-hire motor carrier that primarily hauls general freight...