News, Safety & Security
Higher truck driver pay linked to fewer crashes
A researcher’s body of work has quantified what truckers have intuitively known for decades: Better truck driver pay will lead to safer highways.
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Podcast: Efforts designed to combat highway protests
A handful of states are considering measures that are meant to deter protesters from exercising their First Amendment rights on highways.
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COVID-19, Federal, News
Report: Trump administration ‘intervened’ to approve Yellow Corp. CARES Act loan
A Congressional report reveals Trump’s administration defied recommendations from the Defense Department to deny Yellow Corporation’s massive $700 million CARES Act loan.
Federal, News, OOIDA
Speed limiters would do more harm than good, OOIDA says
Speed limiters could become a requirement for commercial motor vehicles. OOIDA says the FMCSA has the wrong idea.
News, OOIDA, State
Colorado bill would make available to owner-operators occupational accident insurance
A Colorado bill would give owner-operators the option to purchase an occupational accident insurance policy instead of workers’ compensation.
Federal, News
Buttigieg: 300,000 truckers leave industry every year
Responding to supply chain questions, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg pointed to driver retention problems in the trucking industry.
Crime & Courts, News
Woman gets probation in New Orleans staged-crash fraud scheme
A woman involved in a large New Orleans staged-crash fraud scheme has been ordered to pay $4.7 million in restitution and serve probation.
Features, Truck Shows
Time to register for Shell Rotella SuperRigs
It’s time to register for the 2022 Shell Rotella SuperRigs – set for June 9-11 in Branson, Mo. There’s $25K in cash and prizes at stake.
News
Semitruck avoids highway crash with school bus
The quick thinking of several drivers helped avert what could have been a disastrous crash involving a semitruck and a school bus.
Federal, News, OOIDA
Speed limiter proposal back again
After being shelved for years, FMCSA is breathing life back into a proposal that would require heavy-duty trucks to use speed limiters.
News, State
Pennsylvania investing in multimodal projects, including truck traffic improvements
With federal funding opening the floodgates for infrastructure projects, PennDOT is getting a head start with a $50M investment in multimodal projects.
Crime & Courts, News
Michigan man who crashed into semitruck, shot and killed by police
Frank Robles, from Roseville, Mich., reportedly crashed into a semitruck before brandishing a knife and being fatally shot by police.