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Unbelievable what’s happening these days.

🚨BREAKING: TRUCKING CARRIERS & SCHOOL HELD ACCOUNTABLE AFTER DEADLY INDIANA CRASH INVOLVING ILLEGAL TRUCKER🚨

After a Kyrgyzstani illegal alien plowed his big rig into a van and killed four men from a tight-knit Amish community, this is what USDOT is doing NOW:

❌🚛 KNOCKED OUT OF SERVICE: Illegal trucker’s employer, AJ Partners
�❌🚛 KNOCKED OUT OF SERVICE: Two other SHADY carriers connected to AJ Partners - Tutash Express & Sam Express

❌🚛 REVOKED CERTIFICATION: Sham school, Aydana, that helped the illegal trucker get a license

This crackdown is JUST GETTING STARTED. We will not rest until every bad actor is held ACCOUNTABLE. Thank you Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for your quick work 🇺🇸

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Safer roads, and better rates for hard working Americans.

Crackdown on truck driver English proficiency gains steam in Congress Senate Republicans introduced a companion bill to codify strict English proficiency standards for truckers, using the legislative tactic to speed up its potential passage.

Why it’s illegal (or a violation) to wake up a CDL driver during a mandatory break

When a truck driver is off-duty or in their sleeper berth during a required Hours of Service (HOS) rest period, they are legally required to remain undisturbed so they can get proper rest. Waking them up interferes with federal safety regulations and could technically put both the driver and the carrier at risk of violating FMCSA rules.

1. Federal Law: Hours of Service (49 CFR Part 395)

Under the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA):
• A driver must take a 10-hour consecutive off-duty period before driving again.
• They can use at least 7 consecutive hours of that in the sleeper berth (plus 3 more off-duty hours in any combination).

If someone — a dispatcher, shipper, receiver, mechanic, or another driver — interrupts that mandatory rest, it breaks the “consecutive” rest requirement.
That means:
• The rest period no longer counts,
• The driver’s logbook is invalid,
• And driving afterward could be considered illegal operation (violating HOS).

2. It’s a safety issue, not just paperwork

Truck drivers operate up to 80,000-pound vehicles. Fatigue is one of the leading causes of fatal crashes involving commercial trucks.
The mandatory rest rule is designed to:
• Ensure alertness,
• Prevent fatigue-related accidents, and
• Protect both the driver and the public.

Waking a driver mid-sleep — even briefly — can destroy deep REM cycles, leaving the driver exhausted and unsafe to drive, even if they technically “finish” the hours on paper.

3. Who can be held responsible

If a dispatcher, company manager, shipper, or receiver wakes up or pressures a driver to interrupt their mandatory rest:
• The driver can file a coercion complaint under 49 CFR §390.6 (Driver Coercion Rule).
• The company or individual could face civil penalties — up to $18,000+ per violation.

Moving forward is progress despite how far you go!

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Unbelievable facts.

We released this year's International Roadcheck results today. Over the three days of CVSA's International Roadcheck commercial motor vehicle inspection and enforcement initiative, CVSA-certified inspectors conducted 59,026 inspections and placed 12,456 commercial motor vehicles and 3,714 commercial motor vehicle drivers out of service. https://www.cvsa.org/news/2022-roadcheck-results/