Feds want no change to truckers’ hours
WASHINGTON – In a stunning move, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has re-proposed its driver hours-of-service rules for truckers.The agency wants to make no…
More security funds: Try, try and try again
WASHINGTON — For the third year in a row, efforts to win a substantial increase in federal funding for motorcoach industry security improvements have fallen…
Study will reveal all about driver fatigue
WASHINGTON — Researchers are putting the finishing touches on a study that could help motorcoach operators and regulators deal with two hot-button driver issues –…
ABA says on-board recorders are costly, inaccurate logs
WASHINGTON – The American Bus Association has told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that electronic on-board recorders are little more than expensive, electronic log…
UMA wants recorders limited to rogue companies, truckers
WASHINGTON – The United Motorcoach Association has urged the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to consider the motorcoach industry separately from the trucking industry as…
Truckers conditionally support on-board records
WASHINGTON – There is going to be an interesting debate in the United States during the next year or two over the use of “electronic…
More security funds: Try, try and try again
WASHINGTON — For the third year in a row, efforts to win a substantial increase in federal funding for motorcoach industry security improvements have fallen…
Study will reveal all about driver fatigue
WASHINGTON — Researchers are putting the finishing touches on a study that could help motorcoach operators and regulators deal with two hot-button driver issues –…
ABA says on-board recorders are costly, inaccurate logs
WASHINGTON – The American Bus Association has told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that electronic on-board recorders are little more than expensive, electronic log…
Safety First – Feds probe Chinese operators, other key issues
ASHBURN, Va. – A federal-state taskforce probing the safety of Chinese bus companies operating in the northeastern United States is beginning to produce results, says…