FMCSA Final Rule and ‘Dalilah’s Law’ target CDL eligibility

About this episode

The episode discusses new regulations affecting CDL eligibility for truck drivers living outside the U.S.

The U.S. government took two big steps to fix problems with truck drivers who live outside the country. One is a new rule from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Restoring Integrity to the Issuance of Non-Domiciled Commercial Drivers Licenses (CDL), which tightens rules on who can hold a commercial driver’s license. The other, Delilah’s Law, is a new Senate bill that proposes even stricter nationwide changes. The bill is named after Dalilah Coleman who was five yea...

People in this episode

Host: Matthew Leffler

Topics covered

• CDL eligibility
• truck drivers
• FMCSA
• Dalilah's Law
• government regulations

Keywords

• FMCSA
• Dalilah's Law
• commercial driver's license
• truck drivers
• non-domiciled

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Senate

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