One month ago, 27 State Driver Licensing Agencies (SDLAs) were closed, along with most government offices, due to COVID-19 concerns. If you wanted to obtain your commercial driver’s license (CDL) and ...

The agency agreed that it is too burdensome to require states to conduct background checks on all test examiners. Now the checks are required only when the examiner is hired. The agency agreed that it ...

Update – Tuesday, July 9: FMCSA has opened the comment period for the rule that would allow third-party CDL trainers to administer the CDL skills test to applicants they trained themselves. The ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s recent series of state-level grants will not only improve driver safety, but will also expedite the process of obtaining a commercial driver license, ...

Oct. 30—PLATTSBURGH — Facing an accelerating decline of professional truck drivers locally and nationwide, local officials on Friday called for a more streamlined process to obtain a commercial driver ...

It will soon be easier for Class B commercial driver’s license holders to upgrade to a Class A CDL. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration on Wednesday published a final rule that updates the ...

The proposed rule would give states discretion to allow qualified third-party skills trainers to also conduct the skills testing for the same individual. Jun 28, 2019 The Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...