Trump Administration Rule Changes Allow Trucker Work Day of 14 Hours May 15, 2020 By David Shepardson The U.S. Transportation Department on Thursday published new rules for truck drivers that will allow short-haul drivers to work a...
Company in Fatal Biker Crash in New Hampshire Has History of Violations June 28, 2019 By Michael Casey and Marina Villeneuve The company that employed a Ukrainian-born truck driver whose collision with motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead has a...
Investigators Probe Cause of New Jersey School Bus Crash That Killed Two May 21, 2018 By David Porter and Michael R. Sisak First, a scraping sound. Then, chaos and panic as a bus taking a group of fifth-graders on a field trip...
New York DFS Urges Insurers to Encourage the Use of Commercial GPS April 13, 2018 The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has advised its regulated insurers to encourage policyholders that investing in commercial...
Police: GPS Failed to Warn Bus Driver Before New York Overpass Crash April 11, 2018 By Tom Hays The out-of-state driver of a charter bus full of high school students that crashed into a low-hanging overpass on a...
U.S. Wants Public Input on Rules for Driverless Vehicles, Trains March 2, 2018 By David Shepardson U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao said on Thursday that regulators will seek public input on rules for self-driving commercial vehicles...
Feds Shut Down Iowa Trucking Company Tied to Trafficking Deaths October 13, 2017 By Ryan J. Foley Federal safety regulators have shut down a troubled Iowa trucking company that owned the semitrailer involved in a human trafficking...
Company in Fatal Queens Bus Crash Has Been Cited for Safety September 20, 2017 By Ryan Beene The tour bus company involved in a crash with a city bus that killed three in New York City has...
Trump Administration Drops Rule to Address Truck Driver, Train Engineer Fatigue August 7, 2017 By Alan Levin The Trump administration is halting a year-old effort to seek better ways to diagnose truckers and railroad workers who have...
South Carolina Church Ordered to Halt For-Hire Bus Service After Fatal Crash November 18, 2016 A South Carolina church that owned the bus involved in a collision that killed four people in September was ordered...