In 2007, the late Congressman Jim Oberstar commented on a news report by NBC News called, GAO: Easy to Cheat on Trucker Drug Tests which detailed the growing drug abuse among truck…
Imagine driving along the highway with your family and knowing that the truck driver alongside you might be a regular cocaine user. New research suggests this scenario is happening every…
The Trucking Alliance is proud to have secured Congressman Jack Bergman (R-MI) as the only Republican to co-sponsor the bill that mandated the current Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) rule now…
The US Dept. of Transportation (DOT) prohibits commercial truck drivers, airline pilots, train engineers, and other safety-sensitive occupations from using illegal drugs, whether on-duty or off-duty. But DOT’s testing method,…
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s report on Large Truck and Bus Statistics 2022, the most frequent truck driver violations in inspections in 2021 included speeding at least…
This legislation would stop the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration from proposing a federal safety standard to limit the maximum speed of large commercial trucks in interstate commerce. This proposal…
An illicit drug habit while operating an 80,000-pound tractor trailer rig simply doesn’t mix. Substance abuse impairs perception, cognition, attention, balance, coordination, and other brain functions necessary for safe driving….
Thousands of licensed commercial truck drivers are deceiving the US government about their illegal drug use. These drivers get away with using cocaine, cannabis, opioids, heroin and drive 80,000-pound…