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New Jersey offers clarification on minimum insurance law
A New Jersey law that requires motor carriers in the state to carry at least $1.5 million in liability insurance takes effect in July.
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Podcast: Bill would mandate drivers in autonomous trucks
A California bill mandating drivers in autonomous trucks is making another run at passage in California – despite a veto last year.
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Rhode Island bill attempts to nix truck contract clause
For the fourth time in as many years, Rhode Island state lawmakers are pushing for changes that would end the inclusion of an unfair clause in trucking contracts. House Speaker Pro Tem Brian Patrick Kennedy, D-Hopkinton, and four more House lawmakers have introduced a bill to prohibit indemnification clauses in trucking contracts. The clauses are […]
News, Safety & Security
Explosion leads to hazmat indictments for Montana truck company
The owner of a Montana trucking company has been indicted on 14 various federal charges, including eight hazardous material transport violations, for lying about insurance coverage for hazardous materials following an explosion that injured several people, according to federal court documents. On Feb. 6, 2012, Donald Wood and his Baker, Mont.-based trucking company, Woody’s Trucking, […]
Opinion
State of the Union falls short on infrastructure
President Donald Trump issued his first State of the Union address on Tuesday and covered a variety of topics. However, Trump glossed over one important policy issue that Americans have been waiting for and he promised during his campaign and his inaugural speech to deliver within the first 100 days: infrastructure. Trump spent nearly 90 […]
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DAT Solutions: Spot freight slows but steady
Spot truckload rates on DAT MembersEdge dipped for the third straight week as the number of load posts fell 3 percent and truck posts were up 8 percent. That’s a normal pattern heading into February. But slow and steady can still win the race. Rates are higher than at any point in 2017 and load-to-truck […]
News, Safety & Security
Truck stops named in sex trafficking lawsuit
An unnamed woman has filed a lawsuit against a website, as well as several Houston-area hotels and truck stops, alleging that the companies benefited from her being sexually exploited. The plaintiff, referred to as Jane Doe No. 1, filed the civil case against Backpage.com, Hyatt Hotels Corp., Love’s Travel Stops and Country Stores, Pilot Travel […]
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Comment on OOIDA’s ELD exemption before midnight EST Feb. 1
Drivers and the public have only a limited amount of time left to share their thoughts on a proposal that would exempt small trucking businesses with a history of safe operation from the electronic logging device mandate. The deadline to file comments on an ELD exemption request put forth by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association […]
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OOIDA pens letter to Senate opposing underride guard bill
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate in December dubbed Stop Underrides Act of 2017 could add another mandate for truckers: underride guards. In a letter to Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is calling for a stop to the Stop Underrides Act. Senate bill S2219 and mirrored […]
News, State
Colorado road funding effort clears Senate committee
A major initiative at the Colorado statehouse to help get transportation work done has taken its first step toward possible passage. The GOP-controlled Senate Transportation Committee voted along party lines to advance the major transportation effort of the session. Sponsored by Republican Sens. Randy Baumgardner of Hot Sulphur Springs and John Cooke of Greeley, SB1 […]
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FMCSA mulls extending exemption for Old Dominion, other fleets using PeopleNet ELDs
Having already granted a limited waiver to Old Dominion and other similarly-situated motor carriers until March 18, FMCSA is now considering an exemption request that would last until Dec. 18 of this year. In its petition, Thomasville, N.C.-based Old Dominion notes that it was “an early adopter” of automatic on board recording devices in its fleet of […]
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More than 54,000 U.S. bridges deemed ‘structurally deficient’ in report
Of the more than 600,000 bridges across the nation, more than 54,000 are considered “structurally deficient,” according to American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s annual deficient bridge report. Approximately one-third of bridges need repairs. ARTBA’s report calculated that motorists cross these structurally deficient bridges 174 million times each day. According to the report, there are […]
