News
FMCSA launches 2024’s Operation Protect Your Move
FMCSA is continuing efforts to protect the public from scams involving household goods. A 2023 initiative found more than 1,000 violations.
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Podcast: FHWA grants meant to replace trucks at ports
Ports across the country might see quite a few new, lower-emission trucks due to a series of grants from the Federal Highway Administration.
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Opinion
Driverless trucks tech echoes the big tech frenzy of two decades ago
Many companies ballyhoo the age of driverless trucks these days, but this isn’t the first tech frenzy the trucking industry has seen.
News, OOIDA
The OOIDA tour trailer rolls into Battle Creek, Mich.
Starting Monday, Marty Ellis takes the OOIDA tour trailer to Battle Creek, Mich. Then he’s got some Midwest Pride in Your Ride plans.
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.