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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is taking aim at what it refers to as the “mythical” truck driver shortage in a letter to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Lewie Pugh, OOIDA’s…
U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” Garcia (D- Ill.) has introduced legislation to ensure minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers are periodically adjusted to the inflation rate of medical costs. The proposed legislation, titled the INSURANCE Act…
A group of bipartisan legislators reintroduced the DRIVE-Safe Act to address the growing shortage of professional truck drivers in the U.S. by allowing certified commercial truck driver’s who are under 21 to cross state lines…
Fleet size directly correlates with whether a carrier has a disaster plan in place to deal with emergencies such as a long-term pandemic, according to a new trucking industry study. The study, released by the…
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) wrote to Congress in May asking for intervention to make sure that freight brokers are paying truck drivers fairly. For several weeks, truckers across the country have been demonstrating
Last month the White House honored truck drivers who continue to serve during the pandemic, calling them the “lifeblood of our economy.’’ “In the war against the virus, American truckers are the foot soldiers who…
With many small businesses across the country uncertain of how the COVID-19 outbreak will temporarily, or permanently, affect their bottom lines, the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act may offer…
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) is making it easier and less expensive for truck drivers to upgrade their commercial driver’s license from a Class B to Class A through a change to its…
Calling the plan to implement a 35-percent truck only toll increase in Indiana “ill-advised, burdensome and discriminatory,” Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, asked Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb to pump the brakes…
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) filed a petition with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) in August asking it to delay the implementation of the electronic logging devices (ELD) mandate that goes...
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