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News Digest DOT 59-16

 

FMCSA Announces Availability of its 2016 Pocket Guide to Large Truck and Bus Statistics.  The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA)...

Press Release

DOT Bans E-Cigarettes From Checked Baggage

Charging the devices and/or batteries on board an aircraft also prohibited

WASHINGTONIn its continuing efforts to improve transportation safety, the U.S....