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The Federal Motor Carrier Safety
Administration is surveying recently
licensed truck operators as part of its
data gathering process in producing
an entry-level driver training rule.
The agency said it hopes to deter-
mine what type of entry-level training
truck operators received to obtain a
commercial driver's license and what
additional training hazmat haulers
received. FMCSA is surveying
drivers licensed within the
past three years, including mo-
torcoach and bus drivers.
FMCSA sent invitations to
roughly 82,000 CDL holders
asking for participation in the
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which the agency said should
take about 15 minutes to
complete.
FMCSA on Nov. 7
began a 60-day period for
public comment on the
survey. To comment, go to
www.regulations.gov
and
search FMCSA-2014-0388.
A driver training rule has
been in the works for more
than 20 years, with all of the
agency's several attempts be-
ing overturned in court. The
MAP-21 highway funding law
passed in 2012 required FMC-
SA to produce a rule.
The Teamsters, along with
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a lawsuit against FMCSA in
October for not having pro-
duced the rule.
FMCSA announced in Au-
gust it was exploring the pos-
sibility of producing the rule
via a negotiated rulemaking,
meaning industry stakehold-
ers would play a larger part
in the rulemaking than with
other rules.
– James Jaillet
Driver responses sought for training rule
U.S. MILITARY MEMBERS
stationed in combat zones
will receive care packages
from the Owner-Operator
Independent Drivers Associ-
ation, which raised $52,528
for its Truckers For Troops
campaign.
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