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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ( FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States. The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
Hours of service ( HOS) regulations are issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and govern the working hours of anyone operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in the United States. These regulations apply to truck drivers, commercial and intercity bus drivers, and school bus drivers who operate CMVs.
Anne S. Ferro. Anne S. Ferro (born 1958; Baltimore) is an American government official, currently serving as president and CEO of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrator, [3] a nonprofit organization creating model programs in motor vehicle administration, law enforcement, and highway safety. She previously served as president ...
The first freight broker bond requirement came into effect in the 1930. In the 1970s, the bond amount was increased to $10,000 and was not changed until June 29, 2012, when Congress passed the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21). The two main changes that came with the MAP-21 were: the freight broker bond increased from ...
Motor carrier deregulation was a part of a sweeping reduction in price controls, entry controls, and collective vendor price setting in United States transportation, begun in 1970-71 with initiatives in the Richard Nixon Administration, carried out through the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Administrations, and continued into the 1980s ...
The Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation Act of 2014 ( H.R. 4076) or HHEATT Act of 2014 is an act that created an emergency exception to existing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations. [1] The exceptions allow truckers to drive for long hours if they are delivering home heating fuels, such as ...
The Professional Truck Driver Institute ( PTDI) is a non-profit organization that provides certification of training courses for drivers of commercial motor vehicles. It was formed in 1986 during the standardization of commercial driver's licensing by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration in the United States. [1]
Chief Counsel FMCSA Brigham A. McCown (born July 3, 1966, in Ironton , Ohio ) is a former member of the U.S. Senior Executive Service at the United States Department of Transportation . He served as chief executive of (2020–2022) the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company which designed, built, operates, and maintains the Trans-Alaska Pipeline ...