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News & Analysis as of May 23, 2013

Court Schedules Arguments on FMCSA's New Hours of Service Rule on March 15, 2013

Ban on Hand-Held Cell Phone Use for Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers—What Employers Should Know

by Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/13/2013

As the number of smartphones sold in the United States and worldwide overtakes sales of so-called ordinary cells phones, more Americans are using these devices while driving....more

FMSCA Will Begin to Use a New Method to Calculate the Threshold Crash Rate and Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous Materials (HM) and...

by Begam & Marks on 3/22/2013

The Federal Motor Carrier Administration (FMSCA) reports that a notice of amendment was published in the Federal Register explaining the details of a new methodology that they will use in order to calculate the threshold...more

Congress Passes New Transportation Funding Bill

by Begam & Marks on 3/21/2013

MAP-21 has been signed into law. The U.S Congress passed the immense new transportation bill that mandates many new provisions affecting motor carrier safety. One of the most important provisions being that all interstate bus...more

When Cars and Trucks Collide on the Road

by Cronin, Fried, Sekiya, Kekina & Fairbanks on 2/27/2013

A 1998 Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) report on collisions between large trucks and other motor vehicles found that a majority of all fatal motor vehicle accidents occurred between a car and a truck. In...more

Court Schedules Arguments on FMCSA's New Hours of Service Rule on March 15, 2013 [Video]

by McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC on 2/15/2013

In December of 2011, FMCSA rolled out its new Hour of Service Rule to take effect in July of 2013. It will maintain current daily and weekly drive time limits, but there will be a modification to the 34 hour restart...more

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Ban on Hand-Held Cell Phone Use for Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers—What Employers Should Know

FMSCA Will Begin to Use a New Method to Calculate the Threshold Crash Rate and Driver, Vehicle, and Hazardous Materials (HM) and...

Congress Passes New Transportation Funding Bill

When Cars and Trucks Collide on the Road

Court Schedules Arguments on FMCSA's New Hours of Service Rule on March 15, 2013 [Video]

Court Schedules Arguments on FMCSA's New Hours of Service Rule on March 15, 2013 [Video]

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