The Department of Transportation’s operating agencies have announced their random drug and alcohol testing rates for 2025. The rates are the same as 2024, except that PHMSA has increased its random ...

For the first time, beginning Jan. 1, truck drivers being administered random pre-employment and post-accident drug tests will be screened for four additional synthetic opioids, the highly addictive ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has published a notice announcing the 2026 DOT random drug testing rates, and truck drivers will see no changes from the last five years. The 2026 random drug ...

The Department of Transportation announced Tuesday that the minimum random drug and alcohol testing rate for safety-sensitive employees will remain unchanged in 2025 from 2024 for most agencies. For ...

This story appears in the Aug. 23 print edition of Transport Topics. The U.S. Department of Transportation said it is adding new tests for transportation workers to detect the designer drug “ecstasy,” ...

The Trucking Law segment is a monthly feature on Overdrive, in which we pose commonly asked questions from truckers and owner-operators to legal experts. In this installment, attorney Paul Taylor ...

The Department of Transportation has issued guidance on drug and alcohol testing for federally regulated transportation workers, as fleets and commercial drivers may face challenges complying with ...