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12/04/24 - FMCSA further tweaks its CSA overhaul

Fastertruck News - 12/04/24 - 02:56:04pm - In its 2023 proposal, FMCSA offered to rename the CSA scoring categories from “BASICs” to “safety categories.” ATA, in addition to the American Bus Association and Driver iQ, suggested naming them ...

12/04/24 - Tour bus operator involved in crash near Rochester has spotty safety record

Fastertruck News - 12/04/24 - 09:58:31am - the Massachusetts company that operated the FlixBus tour bus that overturned on Interstate 490 Thursday morning, has a spotty safety record over the past two years. Records from the Federal Motor ...

12/04/24 - Person critically injured in tour bus crash on I-490 dies

Fastertruck News - 12/04/24 - 04:59:04am - The FMCSA currently places Tribal Sun in the 76th ... 490 westbound in the town of Chili involving an overturned tour bus. Interstate 490 westbound is closed at Union Street.

12/04/24 - FMCSA Renews School Bus Driver ‘Under-the-Hood’ Training Exemption

Fastertruck News - 12/04/24 - 03:58:34am - FMCSA originally issued a temporary three-month waiver of the under-the-hood test on Jan. 3, 2022, an attempt to alleviate the school bus driver shortage. States were allowed but not required to waive ...

12/03/24 - Exonerating drivers with dash cam proof

Fastertruck News - 12/03/24 - 03:06:18pm - Exoneration of one of your construction fleet drivers in the event of an accident isn't merely possible, it's probable.

12/02/24 - 1 of 28 passengers in I-490 tour bus crash dies

Fastertruck News - 12/02/24 - 11:12:14pm - ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — One of the passengers who was injured in Thursday’s tour bus crash has died. Deputies said 28 people were injured in the crash. One of the passengers was in critical ...

12/02/24 - TIA Chides FMCSA for Overlooking Freight Fraud in Proposal

Fastertruck News - 12/02/24 - 03:18:34am - The issue of freight fraud is one that incoming TIA CEO Chris Burroughs said is getting worse, and was among key TIA priorities he outlined during a call with media the day the FMCSA’s Notice of ...

11/24/24 - Competent federal oversight could have prevented fatal migrant bus crash (Editorial Board Opinion)

Fastertruck News - 11/24/24 - 12:38:23pm - Solar farm workers deserved to be better protected -- as do all of us who share the road with unsafe trucks and buses.

11/24/24 - 'It was surreal.' Dozens injured in tour bus crash on I-490 in Rochester. What we know now

Fastertruck News - 11/24/24 - 08:39:25am - The bus was headed to Niagara Falls and had just ... Records from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, or FMCSA, show that Tribal Sun is an operation now designated for more frequent ...

11/22/24 - Driver fatigue, federal ‘oversight failures’ to blame for deadly crash in New York

Fastertruck News - 11/22/24 - 10:03:10pm - An investigation into a fatal crash in New York leads NTSB to point the finger at FMCSA. Find out what it’s calling a failure in oversight.

11/22/24 - FOX 17 News goes to bat for stranded Greyhound bus passengers on Tennessee trip

Fastertruck News - 11/22/24 - 05:07:54pm - RELATED: Greyhound bus driver leaves three adults and infant stranded in Jackson ... We heard back from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Their statement says in part "reports ...

11/20/24 - Fatigued driver, inaccessible seatbelts blamed in deaths of six migrants in Louisville bus crash

Fastertruck News - 11/20/24 - 10:47:39pm - According to NTSB officials, all occupants of the bus who were on the left hand side of the bus were ... According to NTSB officials, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) failed to ...

11/20/24 - Transportation chief: US must address rising roadway deaths

Fastertruck News - 11/20/24 - 09:49:14pm - American highways are becoming less safe, unlike other developed nations, and deaths remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.

11/20/24 - FMCSA to move ahead with revamped CSA scores

Fastertruck News - 11/20/24 - 06:50:51pm - The agency revealed changes it has made to the in-the-works CSA Safety Measurement System revamp, based on feedback it received from the industry since the revamp was announced last year.

11/20/24 - NTSB: Federal agency, two companies to blame for Upstate NY crash that killed 6 migrant workers

Fastertruck News - 11/20/24 - 12:57:50pm - Washington, D.C. — A delivery truck and a shuttle bus that collided and killed six men in Northern New York would not have been on the road if a federal agency had properly noticed their owners’ ...

11/20/24 - New Jersey Gets $2M FMCSA Grant to Start Mobile CDL Testing

Fastertruck News - 11/20/24 - 11:59:28am - Commercial Driver’s License Program Implementation grants can help break down barriers for people seeking to earn or renew their CDL,” said Vinn White, FMCSA deputy administrator.

11/20/24 - NTSB officials hold public hearing to detail findings of fatal Louisville bus crash

Fastertruck News - 11/20/24 - 02:04:50am - According to NTSB officials, all occupants of the bus who were on the left hand side of the bus were ... According to NTSB officials, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) failed to ...

11/19/24 - Transportation chief: US must address rising roadway deaths

Fastertruck News - 11/19/24 - 07:12:14pm - between a bus transporting workers and a box truck. Homendy said oversight from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration was insufficient, ...

11/19/24 - FMCSA removes 3 ELDs from registered list

Fastertruck News - 11/19/24 - 12:18:48pm - FMCSA removed three ELDs from the registered list. They are Keep Tracking, Rollingtrans ELD - ACCURATE ONE, and RT ELD Plus - ACCURATE PLUS.

11/18/24 - FMCSA tells young drivers to ‘respect the rig’

Fastertruck News - 11/18/24 - 07:37:42pm - FMCSA recently published information aimed at teaching teenage drivers how to operate safely around large trucks and buses.