A new federal regulation requiring certified medical examiners to give physical examinations for commercial driver’s licenses is favored by trucking companies, but not so popular with drivers. Every interstate bus and truck driver on the road today is required to pass a medical examination. Not only do they have to pass the exam, they also must have a copy [...]
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Megabus, a low-cost bus company that serves Iowa City and Des Moines, ranks near the bottom of all motor carriers for driver fatigue, a condition that has similar effects to drunken driving. Although the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration gives Megabus its highest safety score of “satisfactory,” the company’s poor driver fatigue score – unmatched [...]
continue »Yesterday I interviewed a spokesman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration who wouldn’t let me use his name in print. He wasn’t providing any super-secret information and he isn’t a top official untrained in working with the press. He is part of the agency’s communications department, and yet he can’t communicate with his name. [...]
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Innovative Software Engineering has teamed up with Geotab, a provider of global positioning system fleet management systems, to launch software that allows over-the-road drivers to comply with federal regulations. The eFleetSuite includes electronic driver logs and driver vehicle inspection reporting required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. The Geotab system with eFleetSuite applications has [...]
continue »Iowa’s U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has joined 21 senators to voice concerns with proposed regulations put forth by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, an agency within the Department of Transportation, which could cause significant burdens on farmers as they transport their farm commodities. “This is another sign of the disconnect between Washington bureaucrats [...]
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