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Effort to increase your insurance costs
Todd Spencer speaks out on a bill that would increase your insurance costs. Also, OOIDA takes its Pennsylvania Turnpike lawsuit back to court.
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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.
Opinion
116-hour toilet breaks, sideshow crash mobs and third-party parties
None of these things is a good idea, yet here we are.
Federal
FMCSA to ban commercial drivers convicted of human trafficking
Commercial drivers convicted of human trafficking will be permanently banned from operating a commercial motor vehicle, the FMCSA announced. Hold on, though. OOIDA says commercial drivers shouldn’t be singled out. Why not all government licenses?
OOIDA
New Truckers Advantage fuel card offers bigger savings than before
Some customers are saving up to 53 cents per gallon of diesel fuel by taking advantage of the discounts available with OOIDA’s Truckers Advantage fuel card.
