Ray Martinez, the head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, has announced that he will be stepping down.
The announcement came from the DOT just about a year and a half after Martinez first took the position as FMCSA Administrator. During his short time at FMCSA, Martinez pushed through the ELD mandate and got the ball rolling on one of his flagship initiatives, HOS reform. The news of his departure comes as a surprise since HOS reform is still very much a work in progress.
In the press release put out on October 10th, the DOT stated that Martinez will be moving to a new posting within the DOT in order to be closer to his family. The New Jersey native will oversee the construction at the Volpe National Transportation Center in Massachusetts.
Since a new FMCSA Administrator will need to be nominated by the president and then confirmed by the Senate, it will likely be a while before a new official head will be named. Until then, current chief counsel for the DOT, Jim Mullen, will take over as FMCSA Deputy Administrator – and therefore acting Administrator until a new head is confirmed.
Martinez’s last day in office will be October 28th.
Source: truckinginfo, overdrive, freightwaves, ttnews
Shogun says
Remember Ray, buzzed driving is drunk driving. One more DUI and you’ve got a felony.
waynesworld says
What relation did that comment have anything to do with this article
Shogun says
Just safety first there Wayne. Don’t want Ray, who admits to having no trucking experience and yet was in charge of the FMCSA, getting his third DUI and having to go to prison. People who habitually drink and drive should be in charge, rut?
Argelio Sanchez says
🤔👍👍
Don says
Damn good research bro. I love Hippocrates being exposed. Kinda like a company hiring a former safe cracker as a security consultant. Excellent posting
Shogun says
Just safety first there Wayne. Don’t want Ray, who admits to having no trucking experience and yet was in charge of the FMCSA, getting his third DUI and having to go to prison. People who habitually drink and drive should be in charge, right
JR says
I concur with you
What does that have to do with Ray retiring
Shawn Norris says
Yep practice what you preach
Shawn Norris says
It means you rep what you sow
Alex c says
He,was,way too stupid
Jazzman says
More of those time we ( truckers ) have to deal with people making rules in my career choice that can’t even start my truck.
Proven fact !!! The eld has yet to improve safety yet these aholes in Washington sugar coat their acts to justify their job.!! As I aforementioned. They can’t even start my truck. What do they know about making trucks and hiways safer. !!! Just a big joke 😂
Sandra Hudson says
they know nothing
Shawn Norris says
Not so much of a joke as it is away to push drivers to spend more money
Jeff says
The FMCSA has already came out and said the E-logs were not safer if they would have listen to the drivers first we could’ve saved 10 years
Wayne Swicegood says
They’re just putting small guys like me out of business.
Alex c says
That’s what they want, only big companies, not small guys like us
Justin says
Don’t you guys know, after graduating from college and best job they can get is state trooper, then continue school as a trooper and get masters degree to qualify for federal position. Fast forward 10 years and that pool of dupes that never really did anything of value try to become FMCSA administrators to get into an office to wait for retirement. These tools make all the rules of the road, from their office in a city they may leave at times by private jet, flying over those annoying congested highways.
Peter Romero says
Cops putting us out of business every time they write as up for something minor we get a point against us going to put us out of business
MrYowler says
Perhaps Elaine Chao follows this example…?
Alex c says
Nope she married to chicken neck
Kc says
Now they need to resign the ELD to the grave and try another stupid technology disaster.
Douglas B Edwards says
There’s no where to park, I wish they had to live by the rules they make.
Argelio Sanchez says
🤔👍👍
Argelio Sanchez says
Hope they get a new replacement with a CDL experience individual that really knows that ELD is trash!! 🙏🙏🙏🤞
JohnT says
ELD is the best thing to happen for a company driver in the history of the DOT!!!! Keep those worker related regulations coming!!!
Santi Bailey says
Let me get this right the president appointment a drunk driver to over see trucking and transportation this is as bad as mandatory elds and limiters on the trucks not to mention the device that will take over the wheel if the driver hits a line in a different lane I think just like the senators that sponsored the bill not only don’t have a clue but have all these skeletons in the closest
James L Winekoff says
Good reddins he is one of many that believes more restrictions are better. When in fact less restrictions and more real training and I mean real training not this c dl schools that are like puppy mill. Part of the training should involve some common sense.For the ones that didn’t understand the comment about Ray common sense training is for you.
D. Mann says
Wow in spite of the mistakes that he and we all have made in the past this guy was working hard towards reform that would help Class A drivers…. and he runs into a snag I’m sure against NTSB and decides to step down. All you Hypocrites self-righteous haters really deserve what you get, I’m glad Ray stepped down, you commenters don’t deserve a guy like that on your team. He should get out of all that filth, get away from these people and go live a better life away from those throat-cutting backstabbing self-righteous demonic hypocrites.