BEWARE: Commercial Drivers of Truck Classifications 6, 7 & 8 Using a Mobile Telephone.

The final rule, in effect now, prohibits commercial drivers of Truck Classifications 6, 7 & 8 from using a hand-held mobile telephone while operating a commercial truck or bus.

Civil penalties include: up to $2,750 for drivers for any violation, up to $11,000 for employers, as well as disqualification of a CMV driver license for violations of the Act.

Read it for yourself:

Vol. 76, No. 232 / Friday, December 2, 2011 / Rules and Regulations.

[Docket No. PHMSA–2010–0227(HM–256A)]

RIN 2126–AB29

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

49 CFR Parts 383, 384, 390, 391, and

392

[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0096]

RIN 2137–AE65

Drivers of CMVs: Restricting the Use of

Cellular Phones

AGENCIES:

Administration (FMCSA) and Pipeline

and Hazardous Materials Safety

Administration (PHMSA), DOT.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Pipeline and Hazardous Materials

Safety Administration

49 CFR Part 177

ACTION: Final rule.Federal Motor Carrier Safety

We can help you with legal and legitimate solutions:

Our Wide-Area Digital Radio Network with its unique  Talk - Text - Track  capabilities improves safety and is DOT compliant. It can minimize distracted driver issues and can reduce litigation exposure.

For more information, click on the link above named "Wide-Area Digital Radio Network".

Restrictions on the use of cellular phones by drivers of CMVs...

We've had several requests for an update on the DOT’s recent “restriction of use” rules.  Here is a link to a slide deck referencing the information and how MotoTrbo is exempt from these restrictions and can in fact be utilized as a benefit to owners of transportation companies.   http://bit.ly/xMGSgn

You have the solution: A MOTOTRBO Commercial System!
• DOT Regulation compliant
• Minimizes distracted driver issues
• Reduces litigation exposure
• Improves safety

Contact us at RCS Communications for more information
on our MotoTRBO System. We call it:

(You can read the document at http://bit.ly/wLJZt4)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Motor Carrier Safety

Administration

49 CFR Parts 383, 384, 390, 391, and

392
[Docket No. FMCSA–2010–0096]

AGENCY

Administration (FMCSA), DOT.: Federal Motor Carrier Safety

RIN 2126–AB29

Drivers of CMVs: Restricting the Use of

Cellular Phones