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FMCSA raises fines; EPA tests cleared

Published: Aug. 9, 2019, midnight

LLN (8/8/19) –FMCSA raises fines for several offenses. Also, a new report clears the EPA of wrongdoing in testing glider kits. Later this month, FMCSA will be at the Great American Trucking Show in Dallas. Three states change laws to ease rules for truck platooning, while a push is underway to enforce rules for truck passengers. Louisiana gets a shot in the arm for state infrastructure, and a new Oklahoma law would end trains blocking traffic. We have information about upcoming truck shows. And a program that allows you to have some accidents that are not your fault removed from your CSA scores is likely to be extended.

0:00-10:10 – Newscast.

10:10-24:59 – Fines up; EPA cleared in glider tests; FMCSA at GATS.

24:59 -39:14 – Truck platoons; Louisiana road funds; Oklahoma trains.

39:14-49:07 – Truck passenger rules; Crash Preventability Program.