A potential Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration rule seeks to eliminate self-reporting of traffic violations to states, according to a Federal Register notice.
The Trump administration says the FMCSA measure clashes with its deregulation efforts, adding that the redundant info doesn’t help with safety.
“With the implementation of the exclusive electronic exchange of violations between State drivers licensing agencies (SDLAs) in 2024, self-reporting is no longer necessary,” a notice of proposed rulemaking published Friday says.
The government notes that a current rule requires CDL holders to report out-of-state convictions to their home state within 10 days of incidents.
The measure is among a range of proposals aimed at overhauling agency rules.The official release on Friday involved 18 proposed rules.
The Trump administration’s deregulation policy leans into a first-term initiative to identify two regulations to eliminate for every one introduced. In his second term, the president signed an executive order requiring agencies to cite at least 10 regulations for removal for every new one introduced.
The self-reporting measure will accept comments through July 29.
