Effective July 8, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's final rule requires a CLP driver to meet virtually the same requirements as a CDL driver, and the same disqualification penalties apply.
The lead event on May 11 in Washington, D.C., includes Norman Mineta, a former DOT secretary. Agencies and governments around the world also are launching road safety campaigns as part of the UN action.
FMCSA will be teaming up with state law enforcement to conduct unannounced motorcoach inspections at popular travel destinations throughout the spring and summer peak travel season.
The forum will focus on such issues as carrier oversight, truck and bus operations, driver safety and health, and enhanced vehicle safety technologies.
According to FMCSA's Safety Belt Usage by Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers Survey, the number of commercial drivers that are wearing safety belts has increased by 14 percent since 2007.
The sweep, in which 37 FMCSA and state investigators conducted compliance reviews of 67 moving companies, was part of the agency’s year-round Household Goods Strike Force initiative designed to protect the public from fraudulent moving companies.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of DOT, issued the NPRM April 29 to expand on prohibitions already proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.
2010 was the safest year in the history of U.S. freight railroading.
According to NTSB investigators, the conductor failed to observe both the yellow and red signals alerting him of the situation on the tracks "because he was engaged in the prohibited use of a wireless device, specifically text messaging, that distracted him from his duties."
A waste hauling company was fined that amount in connection with the 2007 death of a pedestrian, Anne Smith, when one of its trucks backed over her in Brighton, England.
The Federal Transit Administration's advisory committee will meet twice a year. FTA's administrator now wants to add professionals who have done academic research in safety.
OSHA has issued the company 13 safety citations for failing to provide fall protection and implement water safety procedures for workers sandblasting and painting the Interstate 75 Disalle Bridge more than 40 feet above the Maumee River.
Jan Withers, described as an active participant in the successful campaign to lower the blood-alcohol legal limit to .08 nationwide, becomes national president on July 1.
EUROCONTROL, 77 airlines, and 10 regulatory authorities participated in the April 13-14 simulation conducted to show whether European aviation is better prepared for a major volcanic eruption in Iceland.
Securing and properly placing the load are among them. Since 1995, there have been five fatal incidents and one permanently disabling incident of this type, the agency says.
Lord Young's report proposed that employers have to report injuries only if they cause seven days of lost time, rather than the current three. The society says this is a bad idea.
SkySails, virtual navigation aids, and the National e-Navigation Strategy will be discussed during the May 4-5 meeting of the Navigation Safety Advisory Council.
Five railroads and two chemical companies were honored for helping communities prepare for and respond to potential hazmat incidents.
They are still allowed to be flown on cargo aircraft, the union's president reminded a congressional subcommittee April 12.
OSHA’s inspection, which began Oct. 4, 2010, found serious violations including the company’s failure to dike a fuel tank, ensure the bi-directional alarm on a powered industrial truck was not defective, and examine industrial trucks before they were put in service.