This Month in Trucking History – November 2018
Nov. 19, 1981
The film “Road Games” was released. Starring Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis, the movie is about a truck driver in pursuit of a serial killer.
Nov. 14, 2003
FMCSA Administrator Annette Sandberg visited the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association. OOIDA was celebrating its 30th anniversary and the expansion of its Grain Valley, Mo., headquarters.
Nov. 19, 2013
The OOIDA Foundation released a survey of its members that found truck drivers considered themselves to be more fatigued and more stressed while having less flexibility, making less money and having more difficulties finding safe places to park since the new hours-of-service regulations went into effect three months prior.
Nov. 30, 2015
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration published a final rule that gave the agency the ability to take enforcement action on those who coerce drivers into violating the federal regulations. The rule went into effect in January 2016.