Use the Internet to research different agencies that regulat

Use the Internet to research different agencies that regulate the transportation industry. Select a regulatory agency and discuss how it specifically impacts the transportation industry.

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Agencies that regulate the transportation industry:-

Occupational Safety and Health Administration(OSHA):- With jurisdiction on the off-highway unloading and loading such as the marine terminals

Department of Transportation( DOT):- Focuses on the interstate highway driving.

Environmental Proetction Agency(EPA):- Looks over the natural environment as well as the pollution prevention policies and programs

Commercial Driving Licensing(CDL):-Looks into the road-worthines of the vehicles and the hours that transport services should be availed.

Federal Aviation Administration(FAA):- Used in regulating the flight crews as well as the safety aspects of the crews on the ground.

Selected Agency is the Commercial Driving Licensing( CDL):-

The CDL has positively impacted the transport industry by ensuring that all drivers attains sufficient training and educations in regarding to transporting whether cargo or people. As such reducing on transportation difficulties associated with lack of training and education.

Other than that, through the agency there has been a clear provision of the traffic violations that the drivers should not engage themselves with to ensure safety and security in the event of transportation. Failure to respect the policies and get engaged with the violations the agency takes up the license such that the driver can hardly take part in transporting people of goods. As such, there is reduction of violations in the transportation industry.

Further, the agency outlines the hours that drivers should be engaged in making transportation so as to avoid cases of overtime which increases the cases of accidents due to exhausted drivers who can lack sense of concentration while driving hence being engaged in accidents.

Lastly, the agency situates that only road worthy vehicles are used in transporting goods and people. This is a crucial aspect for the transportation industry as it lowers on the cases of accidents resulting from the use of unroad worth vehicles. It helps in reducing both noise and air pollution associated with unroad worthy vehicles.