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The motor carrier safety rating is an evaluation given to an interstate commercial motor carrier (a company which employs truck or bus drivers) by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). A safety rating is determined by a compliance review, an on-site examination of motor carrier operations, such as drivers' hours of service ...
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.
Anne S. Ferro. Anne S. Ferro (born 1958; Baltimore) is an American government official, currently serving as president and CEO of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrator, [3] a nonprofit organization creating model programs in motor vehicle administration, law enforcement, and highway safety. She previously served as president ...
An electronic on-board recorder (EOBR) is an electronic device attached to a commercial motor vehicle, which is used to record the amount of time a vehicle is being driven. This is similar to the tachograph, and is the American equivalent of the digital tachograph used in Europe. Trucks in the European Union are required to have digital ...
The Georgia Department of Public Safety ( GDPS) is a state body that is responsible for statewide law enforcement and public safety within the U.S. state of Georgia. The current Commissioner of the department is William W. Hitchens, who is also Colonel of the Georgia State Patrol .
Motor carrier deregulation was a part of a sweeping reduction in price controls, entry controls, and collective vendor price setting in United States transportation, begun in 1970-71 with initiatives in the Richard Nixon Administration, carried out through the Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter Administrations, and continued into the 1980s ...
Signed into law by President Barack Obama on October 15, 2013. Public Law 113-45 (formerly H.R. 3095) is a U.S. federal law that requires that the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration go through the standard rulemaking proceeding, allowing comment from the public and the trucking industry, before it sets any requirements for truck ...
J. B. Hunt. J.B. Hunt truck on Ohio Turnpike in Hudson, Ohio. J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc. is an American transportation and logistics company based in Lowell, Arkansas. It was founded by Johnnie Bryan Hunt and Johnelle Hunt in Arkansas on August 10, 1961. By 1983, J.B. Hunt had grown into the 80th largest trucking firm in the US, with ...