Verified developments affecting drivers’ work, safety, licensing, pay, equipment, and travel.
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey directed state agencies to deprioritize dyed-diesel checks during commercial-vehicle inspections for 120 days while keeping safety inspections in place.
California's Chapter 349 requires pricing records for medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission models in specified state incentive programs beginning January 1, 2027.
Enhanced state-review requirements are now active in DataQs, adding three independent review stages and deadlines for disputes over inspection and crash data.
A temporary federal waiver lets eligible interstate fuel haulers drive up to 16 hours in a 24-hour period through December 16, subject to specified rest, licensing, safety-rating and reporting conditions.
FMCSA says phishing messages are steering carriers to four fraudulent websites that imitate its Motus registration system. The agency directs users to motus.dot.gov and says suspicious messages should be reported rather than opened.
A temporary Iowa proclamation waives permits for specified harvest-related loads up to 90,000 pounds on non-interstate routes through October 10, while axle and posted limits still apply.
A federal appeals panel heard arguments over FMCSA's pause on California issuing or renewing non-domiciled CDLs; the hearing did not itself decide the case.
Federal wildfire-relief HOS relief remains available through October 11, and Nebraska has reissued a separate state order addressing hours of service and over-dimension restrictions for qualifying relief operations.
FMCSA says registrants with biennial updates due on or after June 1, 2026 will receive more time and will not have USDOT numbers inactivated for missing those updates during the temporary relief period.
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