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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Website. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ( FMCSA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation that regulates the trucking industry in the United States. The primary mission of the FMCSA is to reduce crashes, injuries, and fatalities involving large trucks and buses.
Anne S. Ferro. Anne S. Ferro (born 1958; Baltimore) is an American government official, currently serving as president and CEO of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrator, [3] a nonprofit organization creating model programs in motor vehicle administration, law enforcement, and highway safety. She previously served as president ...
The motor carrier safety rating is an evaluation given to an interstate commercial motor carrier (a company which employs truck or bus drivers) by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). A safety rating is determined by a compliance review, an on-site examination of motor carrier operations, such as drivers' hours of service ...
The Home Heating Emergency Assistance Through Transportation Act of 2014 ( H.R. 4076) or HHEATT Act of 2014 is an act that created an emergency exception to existing Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) regulations. [1] The exceptions allow truckers to drive for long hours if they are delivering home heating fuels, such as ...
An auto transport broker is a type of cargo broker that specializes in the shipping and transportation of vehicles. Most vehicles shipped in the U.S. are cars and trucks, but many brokers handle boats, RVs, motorcycles and other types of vehicles as well. Auto transport is classified as "specialized freight trucking" under NAICS code 484230.
Hours of service ( HOS) regulations are issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and govern the working hours of anyone operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in the United States. These regulations apply to truck drivers, commercial and intercity bus drivers, and school bus drivers who operate CMVs.
Robin Meredith Cohn Hutcheson is an American transportation official who served as administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. Early life and education [ edit ] A native of Connecticut , Hutcheson earned a bachelor's from the University of Colorado Boulder and a master's degree from the University of Utah .
Principal: the freight broker / auto transport broker. Obligee: the party requiring the bond (FMCSA) Surety: the surety company. A freight broker bond is also known as a BMC-84 surety bond, trucking surety bond, transportation broker surety bond, or property broker bond. FMCSA uses the term "property broker" instead of freight broker.