Latest Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Stories
According to the Wall Street Journal, Massachusetts state inspectors say that they have found serious safety problems with buses, labeling a number of them as being an “imminent hazard”. The company responsible for the buses in question has previously received fines for violating federal safety regulations in 2006, which led to more than a dozen injuries. Boston, MA (PRWEB) March 02, 2013 According to the Wall Street Journal, Massachusetts state inspectors say that they have found...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 28, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Trucking Associations officials criticized the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for rejecting a request to delay implementation of its embattled hours-of-service rule. (Logo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) In a letter to the agency, ATA General Counsel Prasad Sharma said that rather than deal in good faith with the substance of ATA's request, FMCSA hid behind an irrelevant, legalistic...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Atlanta-based Top Class Bus Company, LLC, to immediately cease all passenger transportation services for blatantly disregarding federal safety regulations and putting the company's own drivers, passengers, and the motoring public at risk. The imminent hazard/operations-out-of-service order issued today by FMCSA prohibits Top...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new report released today by the American Trucking Associations summarizes the car-truck relative contribution/fault findings of several large-scale studies. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) "The principal policy reason for evaluating relative contribution, and the nature of errors that increase crash risk, is to design and implement cost-effective truck safety programs that yield the greatest...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Scapadas Magicas LLC, a passenger carrier operating in the United States to immediately cease operations, and declared the carrier to be an imminent hazard to public safety. "Safety is our number one priority, and we will not tolerate unsafe bus companies on our nation's roads," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. "We...
ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Trucking Associations today reiterated its call for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to immediately establish a process to remove from motor carriers' records crashes where it was plainly evident that the carrier was not to blame. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/ATALOGO) Currently, carriers' scores in FMCSA's safety monitoring system, Compliance, Safety, Accountability, are based...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has declared two Canadian bus drivers employed by Mi Joo Tour & Travel of Coquitlam, British Columbia, to be imminent hazards to public safety, immediately prohibiting them from operating a commercial vehicle within the United States. FMCSA launched an investigation of Mi Joo Tour & Travel following the Dec. 30, 2012, crash of a...
Following the recent fatal bus accident in Oregon, Seattle lawyer Chris Davis is calling for a higher level of consumer advocacy in the travel industry, particularly when it comes to reporting of company violations and consumers’ ability to access that information. Seattle, WA (PRWEB) January 11, 2013 According to a recent report from CNN.com, Mi Joo Tour & Travel Ltd. – the Canadian travel company involved in the tragic bus accident in Oregon on December 30 that killed nine and...
HOUSTON, Dec. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Houston law firm of McDonaldWorley.com is pleased to announce that attorney Donald S. Worley has been named one of America's top trial lawyers. The recognition was given in the Newsweek print recent Heroes Edition of the magazine. Those injured in a semi-truck wreck can get legal help from one of the nation's best trial attorneys. When asked about the Newsweek honors, Mr. Worley said, "Being selected was an unexpected and exciting...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Oakstone, one of the foremost providers of unbiased multimedia educational programs for healthcare professionals, and NRCME Training Systems, a leading provider of training programs for U.S. Department of Transportation examiners, have announced a strategic partnership to offer NRCME Plus+© Online Training System, an online program that helps medical professionals become certified under new Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration...
