FMCSA News

Feds Idle Charter Bus Company

Federal regulators have ordered a Twin Cities charter bus company off the road. The order is part of a crackdown on bus crashes by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. On Eagles Wings Charters, of Lakeville, has been shut down …

Illegal Utah Bus Company Shut Down

Utah-based passenger carrier Serv-A-Bus, LLC, USDOT No. 1161287, has been declared an imminent hazard to public safety and has been ordered to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate passenger transportation operations, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor …

Medically Impaired Commercial Bus Driver Declared an Imminent Hazard

Connecticut-licensed motorcoach driver Terence W. Slowther has been deemed an imminent hazard to public safety and has been ordered not to operate any commercial motor vehicle in interstate commerce, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety …

Worst Bus Operators to Be Targeted Under Toughened U.S. Rules

Frustrated by unsafe truck and bus operators that evade U.S. orders to get off the road, U.S. regulators are assuming new powers to punish companies and executives that most flagrantly flout safety rules. Regulations to be posted today will enable …

Feds Publish List of 52 Bus Companies That Have Been Shut Down

Federal bus safety regulators announced that they have shut down 52 companies in what they describe as a major nationwide crackdown on unsafe carriers. Here is a state-by-state list of 49 companies that were shut down by the U.S. Department …

FMCSA Orders Phoenix-Based Bus Company Shut Down

Safety investigators for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have ordered Phoenix-based Autobuses Rayon, Inc., USDOT No. 2011920, to immediately cease all passenger transportation operations after finding that the company was endangering the traveling public …

Bus Safety Hazards Found Overlooked by U.S. Until Deaths

U.S. bus regulators are overlooking or not catching serious safety hazards before fatal crashes and need to change their auditing practices, the National Transportation Safety Board said. The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration repeatedly has known about deficiencies before …

FMCSA Shuts Down North Carolina Trucking Company

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered a Cherryville, N.C.-based trucking company, owned by Rocky Lee Brown and doing business as Moonlight Express, USDOT No. 2403330, to immediately cease operations, declaring the company to …

Texas Trucking Company Ordered to Cease Operations

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered Laredo, Texas-based REDCO Transport, Ltd., USDOT No. 1670585, to immediately cease its trucking operations, declaring the company to be an imminent hazard to public safety. REDCO operates …

FMCSA Launches Nationwide Two-Week Bus Inspection Strike Force

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has begun a two-week strike force of passenger bus safety inspections across the country, part of the agency’s Motorcoach Safety Initiative to remove high-risk buses and drivers from our …