INDIANA TRUCKING COMPANY FOUND TO BE IMMINENT HAZARD
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recently declared U & D Service, Inc. of Indianapolis, Indiana, an imminent hazard and ordered it to immediately cease all operations for violating numerous federal commercial driver's license (CDL) and English proficiency requirements.
FMCSA conducted an extensive review of the company's operations and found "the company was using drivers who did not possess valid CDLs, or read and speak the English language sufficiently to safely operate a commercial vehicle on our nation's roads." According to a FMCSA press release it may take further "enforcement action against the non-CDL-holding drivers, including civil penalties and/or driver disqualifications." A copy of the imminent hazard out-of-service order can be viewed at FMCSA's website.
U & D Service, Inc. is a motor carrier engaged in interstate commerce and is therefore subject to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations ("FMCSRs"), 49 C.F.R. Parts 350-399, as well as the Orders of the United States Department of Transportation and FMCSA. (See 49 U.S.C. §§ 506, 507, 13501,31133 and 31136). At all times, U & D Service, Inc. was required to comply, and to ensure its drivers complied, with the FMCSRs. 49 C.F.R. § 390.11. The term "interstate commerce" means that U & D Service, Inc. engaged in trade, traffic or transportation that took its operators out of the state of Indiana. As a result, drivers in many States, including Illinois, may have been put at risk by U & D Service, Inc.'s hazardous behavior.
Per federal law, commercial and semi-truck drivers must have a valid commercial driver's license, and meet specific standards of English proficiency so that they can operate safely on roads throughout the United States.
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