Trucking Industry Safety News

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Transportation businesses face a host of dynamic risk issues that can significantly impact their financial and operational health. The news in this category focuses on the latest safety and security initiatives, resources and regulations and addresses topics that include fleet safety, claims administration, driver hiring and retention, risk management and compliance.

GovernmentBusinessSafety

NTSB Set to Vote on Cause of Baltimore Bridge Disaster

The vote is scheduled a day after Maryland officials more than doubled the estimated cost to replace the bridge and added two years onto the projected completion date — to 2030. 

November 18, 2025
GovernmentBusinessEquipmentSafety

Duffy Vows to Fight Court’s Pause on Non-Domiciled CDLs

"We won’t stop fighting to keep dangerous, unqualified truck drivers off the road," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X. 

November 17, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Why an Appeals Court Paused FMCSA’s Non-Domiciled CDL Order

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted an emergency stay, saying the petitioners met the “stringent requirements for a stay pending court review.”

November 17, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyLogistics

Nevada to Eliminate Nearly 1,000 Non-Domiciled CDLs

FMCSA's interim final rule limits eligibility to specific visa categories and requires states to align their CDL programs with federal standards.

November 17, 2025
BusinessTechnologySafety

Not All Bypasses are Created Equal

Program Aired: December 11, 2 p.m. ET Join us to unpack the data behind bypass technology and learn how weigh station bypass can help fleets reduce risk, improve safety plus save time and fuel.

November 17, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

FAA Lifts Order Slashing Commercial Flights

The Federal Aviation Administration said Nov. 16 it is lifting all restrictions on commercial flights that were imposed at 40 major airports during the country's longest government shutdown.

November 17, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafetyPerspective

Perspective: Safety Requires Rooting Out CDL Mills

A growing number of bad actors are posing as truck driver training schools, and the White House should be commended for taking this issue seriously, write Andrew Poliakoff and Chris Spear.

November 17, 2025
BusinessTechnologyEquipmentSafety

Cyberattack Drives Major Loss at Jaguar Land Rover

The cyberattack fallout for JLR, already under pressure from U.S. tariffs, was so severe it dented the U.K. economy and forced the government to step in with an emergency loan guarantee.

November 14, 2025
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ATA, CVSA Call for Third-Party ELD Certification

The push to strengthen ELD certification comes amid concern on the part of trucking companies, law enforcement and others about ELD tampering aimed at circumventing driver HOS limitations.

November 14, 2025
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Court Blocks New Rules Limiting Which Immigrants Can Get CDLs

The court said the federal government didn't follow proper procedure in drafting the rule and failed to “articulate a satisfactory explanation for how the rule would promote safety.”

November 14, 2025