2024 Facts for Drivers OCR - Copy_9-9.pdf

1986 The Commercial Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 created nationwide testing and qualification standards for issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses, or CDLs. 1988 Rules requiring drug testing were added to the safety regulations. Rules for alcohol testing were implemented in 1994. 1990 ‘The numb...

1986 The Commercial Vehicle Safety Act of 1986 created nationwide testing and qualification standards for issuance of commercial drivers’ licenses, or CDLs. 1988 Rules requiring drug testing were added to the safety regulations. Rules for alcohol testing were implemented in 1994. 1990 ‘The number of motor carriers authorized by the DOT doubled to more than 40,000 active carriers when compared to 1980. During the 1980's, the flexibility created by deregulation led to the development of the pust-in-tume (JIT) logistics model. Under this model, manu- facturers and retailers were able to lower inventory levels, lowering overhead. Also during the 1980's, trucking increased tts share of U.S. freight movement. Asa result, nearly every good consumed in the U.S. moves on a truck sometime during its life cycle. That has led to trucking hauling over 72 percent of all freight transported in the U.S. 1991 ‘The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA, pronounced “Ice Tea”) did away with “bingo cards” (authority registration cards) and established nationwide standards for truck sizes and weights. 1994 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, Canada, and the United States went into effect, expanding international trade among the three countries. Part of NAFTA involved making it easier to conduct cross-border trucking opera- tions. As a result of this, the NAFTA Trucking Demonstration Project ran from 2007 to 2009. This program allowed Mexico-based carriers to operate in the U.S. In 2011, the program was restarted under a “Concept Document.” The current program was later formalized as