In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has eased the standards related to commercial learner’s permit holders and obtaining a commercial driver’s license ...

This story appears in the May 16 print edition of Transport Topics. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration last week published a rule setting new national standards for commercial learner’s ...

New Prime, part of national fleet Prime Inc. (No. 15 on the CCJ Top 250), is the latest fleet to request an exemption to allow drivers with a commercial learner’s permit who have passed the CDL skills ...

More than one-third of state driver’s license agencies continue to face moderate to significant delays in conducting commercial learner permit knowledge tests, commercial driver license skills tests ...

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is issuing regulatory guidance to clarify that states can choose to accept out-of-state commercial learner’s permit (CLP) applications and administer ...

The Top 250 fleet's CLP holders who have passed the CDL skills test will be allowed to continue operating without a CDL holder in the front seat. Plus, more trucking news.

The FMCSA has made it easier for those looking to obtain a commercial driver's license in an action that could help get more drivers into the pipeline faster. The new rule, announced on Dec. 21, and ...

CRST Expedited (No. 23 in the CCJ Top 250) has been granted an exemption that will allow its commercial learner’s permit holders to drive in team operations without a CDL holder in the front seat at ...

During the waiver period, CPL holders will no longer need to have a CDL holder in the front seat as long as they are somewhere within the cab. In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Federal Motor ...