“CARB is a true friend of the trucking industry,” said no one, ever. With their Clean Truck Check program rolling out this year, the California Air Resource Board is certainly not making any new industry friends. Though adapting to…

In February, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking intended to increase the flexibility states have when issuing commercial driver’s licenses. The proposal generated over 400 comments, more than double that of its recent proposed…

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration continues to amp up its focus leveraging technology to enhance motor carrier safety and enforcement. The Agency has several focus areas where it is increasing its emphasis on deploying critical technology. In the…

In 2023, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics also reported that Laredo, TX had more than 2.9 million incoming  trucks, 39.9% of the total truck volume along the southern U.S. border. This is an important statistic given the political acrimony between…

According to the US DOT’s 2024 Progress Report on the National Roadway Safety Strategy, Q3 of 2023 represented the 6th consecutive quarterly decline in fatalities beginning with the second quarter of 2022.

In early March 2024, the Tennessee DOT increased the speed limit for all vehicles on Interstate 81 to 70mph, ending TN’s policy of split speed limits on I-81. Previously, the speed limit was 55mph for CMVs and 65mph for…