The debate about mandating speed limiters in trucks is on again. The American Trucking Associations and safety group Road Safe America sent a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg outlining their support for guidelines for speed limiters for policymakers...
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is asking Congress to provide needed economic relief to struggling small-business truckers by suspending the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax for one year as part of the next COVID-19 response package. OOIDA sent a...
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has created a new committee of transportation industry representatives in an effort to better safeguard the nation’s supply chain against security risks. The Surface Transportation Security Advisory Committee will advise...
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s request for a broad exemption to the ELD mandate for small-business truckers has been denied. OOIDA, which represents truck drivers and owner-operators, had requested at least a five-year exemption to the rule...
Is there such a thing as granting too big an exemption to the electronic logging rule? That’s the gist of joint comments submitted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration by a safety advocacy group composed of motor carriers and a highway-safety lobby. The...
