If any vehicle and the driver is involved in a crash, it can greatly affect your moving business. Understanding the data and working out who is to blame for the accident isn’t always easy. The problem the FMCSA is trying to resolve is reporting on these accidents. They argue that if you can’t agree on a system which is fair and doesn’t harm a business, then this information shouldn’t be available to the general public.

As part of the MAP-21 requirements, the government needed to put together a committee to look at the training provided to new drivers in commercial vehicles and ensure that the training was meeting the requirements. The new committee is called the Entry-level driver Training Advisory Committee. They hold the knowledge that can ensure that systems and training packages improve, leading to an improvement on the roads and highways.

A new development in the Hours of Service rule is underway. A study has been called by Congress to look into a related ruling that was passed in 2013. The questions that are being studied include any safety aspects, health of the driver, and the possibility of fatigue. At the conclusion to this study, then the ruling will go back into effect. Depending on the outcome of the study, there may or may not be any changes which will need to occur before this is reinstated.

It is important that every truck driver is qualified to a certain level before they should be allowed to drive on the public highways. With more and more items transported across America, it is even more important that these basic skills are required by law to prevent unqualified, or poorly qualified, truck drivers from taking to the roads.

It is important that the FMCSA ensures that businesses know and understand the rules in regard to the safe use of vehicles on the roads. If moving businesses are able to understand what they need to do to improve their safety record, they are more likely to act on the information rather than being confused and letting things slide.

It is important that any information that is held by governing bodies is correct and accurately recorded because some information can effect a person’s ability to work in certain fields. This is why the FMCSA is asking for states to provide the State Commercial Driver’s License Program Plan to ensure accuracy and find areas for improvement is records of commercial drivers.