Members of Congress and DOT leadership have put “CDL mills” in the crosshairs after a string of safety incidents and licensing scandals. Trade press reports and association advocacy letters in late October and early November highlight calls for tougher…

A decade and a half of data tells a clear story. While the European Union has steadily reduced truck crash fatalities since 2007, the United States has seen fatalities continue to rise, hovering close to 6,000 deaths annually. These…

When we talk about large truck crashes, we often focus on the truck driver and what they did or didn’t do to avoid the crash. The reality is that in large truck crashes, approximately 73 percent of the time,…

CVSA recently sent a letter to FMCSA requesting the public release of its enforcement guidance related to evaluating a driver’s compliance with the English language proficiency requirements of 391.11(b)(2), FMCSA Enforcement Policy Memo MC-SEE-2025-0001. It cites that doing so…