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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.
List of FMCSA standards for motor vehicles Archived 2013-03-28 at the Wayback Machine "Timeline of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards by Year and Notable Technologies" (PDF) . National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. 2012.
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. These rules ...
In April 2022, President Joe Biden announced her nomination as the administrator of the FMCSA. [2] Hearings on her nomination were held before the Senate Commerce Committee on June 8, 2022. Her nomination was favorably reported to the Senate floor on June 22, 2022.
The audit activity and the resultant motor carrier safety rating has been criticized for being imperfect, and perhaps misleading. Studies [2] [3] have shown that for a considerable number of audit items, correlation coefficients between audit item outcome and actual safety performance have counter-intuitive signs: the better the compliance rating of firms, the worse their accident rates.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration; Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Raymond P. Martinez [13] February 28, 2018 (Confirmed February 13, 2018, voice vote) October 31, 2019 Federal Railroad Administration; Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration Ronald Batory [14] February 28, 2018
A freight broker bond must be obtained by freight brokers and freight forwarders in the United States in order to obtain or renew their license.. In the United States, freight broker surety bonds are required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to move property such as household goods or freight and motor cargo ().
A licensed carrier that holds itself out to hire under either a public tariff for the general public (for-hire common carrier) or under a contract filed with a specific shipper (contract carrier). For-hire carriers must apply for operating authority with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. [5] Irregular route See over-the-road.