FMCSA Clearinghouse: What Your Fleet Needs to Track
Understand your Clearinghouse responsibilities and organize the records behind your fleet safety and insurance renewal presentation.
New FMCSA HOS Regulations Proposed
Archive update: November 9, 2026. This article discusses the 2019 proposed HOS changes. FMCSA subsequently revised four provisions with a September 29, 2020 compliance date. Use the current FMCSA HOS resources rather than the proposal summary below when planning operations. The FMCSA has finally released the long anticipated proposed changes to the Hours of Service…
Crash Preventability Reviews and Your Insurance Renewal
Learn how an FMCSA crash preventability review can support an accurate safety narrative and how to keep it separate from your insurance claim.
Holiday Cargo Theft Forecast: Historical Article
Archive notice: The original “30–40%” headline was a historical holiday forecast, not a current prediction.
CVSA Road Check 2017 Starts Today!!
Archive update: November 9, 2026. This article covers a 2017 inspection campaign or event. Dates, results, and registration offers below refer to that event. Use CVSA for current campaign information, and My Safety Manager for ongoing compliance support. Road check 2017 begins today and ends on Thursday, June 8. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s…
FMCSA Compliance Reviews Spike 27%!
Compliance reviews conducted by the FMCSA and their state DOT partners have spiked 27% through the first 4 months of 2017, according to our research! After reviewing the FMCSA A&I online thoroughly (because I’m a huge geek), we’ve found that our suspicions were true. I have felt, through business growth and from others in the…
Breaking News: FMCSA Kills SFD Changes!
Archive update: November 9, 2026. This article is part of our 2016–2017 coverage of a proposed Safety Fitness Determination methodology. FMCSA withdrew that proposal in March 2017. It did not become effective as described in the proposal. Read the official withdrawal notice. Event dates and offers in this archive are historical. The FMCSA just announced that…
Breaking News: CVSA RoadCheck 2017
Archive update: November 9, 2026. This article covers a 2017 inspection campaign or event. Dates, results, and registration offers below refer to that event. Use CVSA for current campaign information, and My Safety Manager for ongoing compliance support. The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) 30th annual International Roadcheck will take place on June 6-8. …
DOT Adding New Drugs To 5-Panel
Archive update: November 9, 2026. This article describes the January 2017 proposal. The final rule adding four semi-synthetic opioids took effect January 1, 2018, as explained in the DOT summary. The proposal details and projected dates below are historical; use current Part 40 requirements for your testing program. According to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking…
Disrupting DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing
Archive update: November 9, 2026. This is a 2017 service-launch announcement. Its flyer, pricing, comparisons, and package description do not describe a current offer. For current service scope and pricing, visit My Safety Manager. Too many trucking companies are at risk of being shut down due to their DOT drug and alcohol testing programs (or…
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