AUSTIN, Texas – Manufacturers in Mexico aren’t as concerned about President Donald Trump’s recent threats to dump or renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement as some recent public reports have suggested, according to executives speaking at a…
Author: By Eric Miller - Staff Reporter
Quality of Driver Medical Examinations Is Inconsistent, ATRI Reports
The quality of truck and bus driver physical exams administered by certified Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration medical examiners is inconsistent, according to new analysis by the American Transportation Research Institute.
Supreme Court Declines to Review a Driver’s Sleep Apnea Lawsuit Against Crete Carrier Corp.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving an obese truck driver who claimed in a lawsuit that his employer, Crete Carrier Corp., should not have required him to submit to a sleep study to determine if he had sleep apnea.
Supreme Court Declines to Review a Driver’s Sleep Apnea Lawsuit Against Crete Carrier Corp.
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a case involving an obese truck driver who claimed in a lawsuit that his employer, Crete Carrier Corp., should not have required him to submit to a sleep study to determine if he had sleep apnea.
Despite Mandate, Hair Testing Rule Still Months Away
A proposed rule that would allow trucking companies to conduct government-certified pre-employment drug testing using hair samples likely will not be publicly released until the end of 2017 or early 2018, according to a top official with the Substance …
Teamsters Ask Appeals Court to End Mexican Trucks Program
Attorneys for the Teamsters asked a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals in San Francisco to end the Mexican trucks program because a three-year pilot program did not draw a large enough sample to prove that Mexican carriers can …
Teamsters Ask Appeals Court to End Mexican Trucks Program
Attorneys for the Teamsters asked a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. District Court of Appeals in San Francisco to end the Mexican trucks program because a three-year pilot program did not draw a large enough sample to prove that Mexican carriers can …
Panelists Push for Better Crash Data at Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Truck Safety
Improving truck crash data and monitoring high-risk carriers are a couple of key factors that will lead to improved heavy truck safety, a panel of truck experts told a Senate Commerce subcommittee March 14.
Panelists Push for Better Crash Data at Senate Subcommittee Hearing on Truck Safety
Improving truck crash data and monitoring high-risk carriers are a couple of key factors that will lead to improved heavy truck safety, a panel of truck experts told a Senate Commerce subcommittee March 14.
FedEx Wins Connecticut Independent Contractor Appeals Court Case
An appeals court has ruled that FedEx Ground Package System drivers working out of a terminal in Hartford, Connecticut, are independent contractors and not employees of the package carrier.