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Truck Parking Inc.
Almost 90% of truck parking spaces derive from the private sector, i.e., truck stops. Meanwhile, the government continues to use its resources on studies and workshops. What exactly are both sectors doing to solve the truck parking crisis? Let’s take a look.
Today's Show
Four bills that could drain your wallet
Four bills that could drain your wallet are now before Congress, but despite the cost, would likely accomplish little to nothing in terms of their intended goals.
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Federal
Bill would mandate automatic emergency braking on new heavy-duty trucks
The Safe Roads Act would require new trucks to possess automatic emergency braking. OOIDA says the technology is still in its infancy.
Crime & Courts
Two truckers bribed Texas DPS employee to issue 215 fake CDLs
Two men have been charged for bribing a DPS employee to falsely issue more than 200 CDLs. As a result, the employee raked in tens of thousands of dollars.
OOIDA, Truck Shows
OOIDA Shift Into Success class among offerings at Aug. 22-24 GATS
In about a month, the 2019 Great American Trucking Show returns to Dallas. OOIDA will be there. Check out its free Shift Into Success class on Aug. 22.
Driver Fitness, Federal
FMCSA seeks comment on partial extension of entry-level driver training deadline
FMCSA wants more time to develop its new entry-level driver training rules to develop an electronic interface and give states time to adapt their systems.
Crime & Courts
Convincing dash cam video insufficient to dismiss Florida case
Despite dash cam video that appears to verify a trucker’s account of events of a fatal crash, a Florida appellate court ruled that’s up for a jury, not a judge, to decide.
Tolls
Pennsylvania Turnpike announces 6% toll increase for 2020
It’s that time of year: fireworks, hot dogs and the annual Pennsylvania Turnpike toll increase announcement. Tolls will go up another 6% next year.
News, Products & Services
Spot rates dip as capacity returns
Load post volume has rebounded since the week of Independence Day, and rates have softened. Reefer rates, however, seem to be slower to bounce back.
OOIDA
Cue the song “Gary, Indiana” as The Spirit rolls into town July 19-23
If not the song from “The Music Man” maybe a Jackson Five hit will be in mind as Jon Osburn, skipper of OOIDA’s touring trailer, rolls into Gary, Indiana.
Driver Fitness, Federal
MRB hints at returning apnea recommendations to handbook
Members of the FMCSA’s Medical Review Board lobbied for its 2016 sleep apnea recommendations to return to the medical examiners handbook.
Crime & Courts
Court rejects trucker’s defense: they should’ve caught his fake IDs sooner
The defendant says he was owed a speedy trial despite the facts that he used fraudulent aliases to circumvent CDL suspensions from a traffic citation.
