Road Safe America: Why the difference in work schedules for truckers and pilots?

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jan 02, 2012

A recent move by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) to tighten several rules for commercial truckers' work schedules drew questions from Road Safe America (RSA) as to why the limits for airline pilots, announced the ...

Handheld cell phone ban: Interstate truck, bus drivers

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Nov 29, 2011

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood released on Nov. 23 a rule specifically prohibiting interstate truck and bus drivers from using hand-held cell phones while operating their vehicles. The joint rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ...