Verified developments affecting drivers’ work, safety, licensing, pay, equipment, and travel.
FMCSA's six-month NRII transition exemption allowing paper medical certificates to serve as proof for up to 60 days expires October 11, while the agency still recommends keeping the paper certificate as a backup.
Preliminary BLS establishment data show seasonally adjusted truck-transportation employment rose by 2,600 in September to 1.4731 million, about 800 jobs above September 2025.
Drivers towing any trailer, operating an RV or using a vehicle rated or weighing 10,000 pounds or more must now complete Wyoming's annual WY‑22 Safe Pass self-certification before crossing Teton Pass.
Missouri Executive Order 26-19 temporarily allows qualifying agricultural highway vehicles to use dyed diesel and permits specified six-axle combinations up to 90,000 pounds off the Interstate system through October 30.
IRS Notice 2026-60 keeps the transportation-industry meal and incidental expense rate at $80 in the continental United States and $86 outside it for qualifying travel beginning October 1.
Alabama's Highway Safety and Fairness Act is now effective, adding state penalties tied to commercial-driver English proficiency, foreign-CDL documentation and false foreign licenses.
FMCSA and state agencies report that a September 26 overnight operation in four southeastern states placed 78 drivers and 25 vehicles out of service; the two primary releases disagree on the total number of inspections.
Harbinger says FedEx placed a binding order worth more than $300 million for 2,000 medium-duty electric trucks planned for delivery by the end of 2027.
CBP's voluntary two-year test starts October 23 and asks up to nine participating truck carriers to file limited export data 24 hours before departure, followed by a complete manifest before the final U.S. port.
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