Drivers who don’t like cameras “shouldn’t go to the mall, the grocery store, or the gas station, because most are now under 24/7 video surveillance,” a fleet representative says in defense of inward and outward facing cameras as vital tools that outweigh privacy concerns....

The American Trucking Associations’ (ATA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index dropped by 4.5% in March after climbing 7.2% to a record high in February. Year-over-year, the index is up by 2.2%. The decrease is the index’s largest monthly contraction since September 2012, when it dropped 5.3%....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finalized a new food safety rule that will help prevent food contamination during transport. Under the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), those carriers involved in transporting human and animal food will be required to follow recognized best practices for sanitary transportation, such as properly refrigerating food, adequately cleaning vehicles between loads and properly protecting the food during transport.... 

FMCSA is seeking comments on current regulations for commercial motor vehicle (CMV) carriers of property that cover public liability, property damage and environmental restoration, and carriers of passengers to cover public liability and property damage, to ensure an understanding of the sectors’ minimum levels of financial responsibility..... 

According to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) rules, the Agency may grant an exemption from various Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) for a two-year period if it finds “such exemption would likely achieve a level of safety that is equivalent to or greater than... 

Last month, the U.S. DOT and FMCSA released its Roadside Intervention Effectiveness Model (RIEM) analysis for 2012, based on the commercial vehicle roadside safety inspections and traffic enforcement programs conducted over the year..... 

U DRIVE. U TEXT. U PAY. is the 2016 national Distracted Driving Awareness Month slogan to stress again to drivers, the dangers of not concentrating on driving. According to the National Law Enforcement Liaison Program (LEL), “at any given daylight moment across America, approximately 660,000 drivers are using cell phones or manipulating electronic devices while driving, a number that has held steady since 2010. Distracted driving has become a deadly epidemic... 

Every year in April, at the start of the spring season, National Work Zone Awareness Week provides an opportunity for the highway industry to remind the motoring public about safety while driving through work zones....