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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Federal, News
Analysis: Reported increase in Clearinghouse drug test violations misleading
Several trucking publications recently reported a 10% surge in FMCSA-reported drug test violations from 2020 to 2021. But those numbers don’t tell the entire story.
News
Federal programs aim to attract veterans to trucking industry
Citing supply chain issues, the Defense Department highlights federal programs aimed at transitioning military veterans into trucking.
News, State
Action on ticket cameras pursued in nine states
Some state lawmakers want to constrain the use of traffic cameras to ticket and fine motorists, but other states look at adding them.
News, OOIDA
The OOIDA tour trailer pulls into Hammond, La.
Marty Ellis next takes the OOIDA tour trailer to Hammond, La., an area not only known for Cajun food but also growing strawberries.
News, State
CDL program offers Arizona inmates second chance through career in trucking
The Arizona Second Chance Centers CDL program has helped more than 400 former inmates find a second chance through a career in trucking.
Business, News
Yellow adds academies as entry-level driver training goes into effect
A day after the FMCSA’s new entry-level driver training regulations went into effect, Yellow Corp. says it will open two more academies.
News
New Jersey highway named worst truck bottleneck for fourth straight year
An interstate in New Jersey is keeping its spot as the worst truck bottleneck in the nation, with Georgia accounting for three of the top 10.
Coronavirus, News
Truck convoy to D.C. organizers set March 4 kickoff date
A truck convoy protesting vaccination mandates is scheduled to kick off its trek to Washington, D.C., on March 4 in California.
News, OOIDA, State
Money for driver training, retention center of Wisconsin effort to address supply chain issues
Legislation in Wisconsin seeks to add and retain new CDL drivers through a three-part scholarship program to address supply chain issues.
News, State
Fuel tax relief pursued in 10 states
Legislative efforts in 10 states would provide motorists and/or truck drivers relief from enacted or upcoming fuel tax increases.
