Latest Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Stories
WASHINGTON, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Niagara Falls, N.Y.-based passenger carrier Coach USA Tour, Inc., USDOT No. 212153, to immediately cease all operations, declaring that its drivers and vehicles pose an imminent hazard to public safety. Coach USA Tour, Inc., operates a small fleet of tour buses and primarily provides sightseeing tours in the northeastern United...
FMCSA finds company operated without proper registration WASHINGTON, May 1, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today ordered Toledo, Ohio-based Destiny Tours to immediately cease all interstate passenger transportation service for failing to obtain proper federal operating authority. "We are going to continue to use every tool we have to ensure bus companies comply with federal regulations," said...
ARLINGTON, Va., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Tank Truck Carriers (NTTC) announced that Usher Transport, based in Louisville, Kentucky, has won the coveted Outstanding Performance Trophy in the 2012 Safety Contest. The award will be presented to Usher Transport during NTTC's 65(th) Annual Conference in Austin, Texas. The Outstanding Performance Trophy is sponsored annually by Heil Trailer International of Athens, Tennessee and is awarded to the carrier who is...
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared North Carolina-licensed truck driver Johnny Allen Spell to be an imminent hazard to public safety and has ordered him not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce. On April 23, 2013, Spell, a commercial driver's license (CDL) holder employed by Ricky Lucas Trucking of Roseboro, N.C., was operating a...
WASHINGTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Tucker, Ga.-based passenger carrier Best Limo Service to immediately cease all operations, declaring that its drivers and vehicles pose an imminent hazard to public safety. This is the second shutdown of a passenger carrier following the deployment earlier this month of more than 50 specially trained safety investigators...
FMCSA finds companies reincarnated an out-of-service truck company WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered four Olathe, Kan.-based trucking companies - Royal Transport, Inc.; Nationwide, Inc.; Freight, Inc.; and Midwest A, Inc. - to immediately cease all interstate transportation service based on evidence that they are reincarnated "chameleons" for an unsafe truck...
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Washington, D.C.-based passenger carrier Washington DC Party Shuttle, which also does business as Onboard DC Tours, to immediately cease all operations, declaring that its drivers and vehicles pose an imminent hazard to public safety. This is the first shutdown of a passenger carrier following the deployment earlier this month...
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, in a speech to the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, American Trucking Associations Vice Chairman Phil Byrd thanked law enforcement agencies for what they do, and also said they must do more to focus on the unsafe behavior of drivers, both commercial and non-commercial, in order to achieve the safety gains everyone desires. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "About 90% of crashes are the...
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced the launch of its new moving fraud prevention campaign to inform consumers about how to spot the "red flags" of fraudulent or dishonest movers. The "Protect Your Move" campaign (www.protectyourmove.gov) seeks to give the nearly 35 million Americans who move each year the information they need to protect themselves from...
ARLINGTON, Va., March 27, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) today launched its third annual commercial driver survey to identify CSA impacts on trucking operations, as well as driver perceptions and attitudes toward FMCSA's maturing regulatory program. This survey, which specifically seeks commercial driver input, will be compared and contrasted with data collected in 2011 and 2012 - where ATRI received responses from a...
