Government regulators are now circulating among lawmakers a draft proposal to clean up the nation’s Commercial Driver License program.
The five-year plan would crack down on inefficiencies in states’ CDL testing and compliance systems, improve the exchange of commercial driver citation and conviction data, and tighten safeguards against licensing fraud.
The Federal Highway Administration’s draft executive summary offers Congress three possible funding levels for the reform program, ranging from $8 million to $11 million over the next five fiscal years.
FHWA’s Office of Motor Carrier and Highway Safety has also developed in draft form a Highway Safety Action Plan, which includes proposals related to the licensing program. At the heart of the three-year plan is an agency recommitted to enforcement and the targeting of high-risk carriers and drivers.
“The safety action plan has been circulated for comment among industry, DOT [Department of Transportation], congressional and safety partners,” said Julie Cirillo, program manager at OMCHS. “The comments received are being reviewed. The activities included in the plan are ongoing, and it is our intention that partner input will help improve the plan.”
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