Federal, News
Buttigieg updates Senate on NHTSA’s impaired-driving rulemaking
A rulemaking aimed at taking impaired drivers off the road received more than 18,000 comments, DOT Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
Listen Now
Podcast: A private approach to truck parking
Trent Cameron, CEO and co-founder of Outpost, shares his company’s ambitious plan to dot the nation with private truck parking lots.
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Citizen Driver Marty Ellis leads by example
For 2017 Citizen Driver Marty Ellis, being recognized for his professionalism and community service in trucking is a surreal experience.
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Hansen sets great example for grandson
OOIDA life member Idella Hansen was honored with the Citizen Driver Award on May 20, 2017, in North Little Rock, Ark.
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Me and Muggsy: Macaw serves as trucker’s highway companion
Larry Leckrone gets lots of attention as he travels the highways, thanks to his vintage Kenworth C523 and his 36-year-old macaw named Muggsy.
Federal, News
OOIDA asks Chao to include truckers on automation committee
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is asking Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao to reopen the nominating process for a federal committee tasked with addressing automation within the transportation industry. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s federal advisory committee on automation has 25 members from the realms of manufacturing, politics, education, retail, insurance and Silicon Valley. But […]
Opinion
Driver-facing cameras: There’s a downside for carriers
The entire trucking industry is stampeding to driver-facing cameras, right? Maybe not.
Opinion
New gadgets move us closer to a world of ‘RoboTruckers’
The latest gadgets for drivers have vests that track heart rates, driver-facing cameras that monitor their eyes, and GPS-activated jeans that tell them which way to turn. Staff Writer Mark Schremmer asks if it’s gone too far.
Opinion
Reminder – In New Zealand, even dogs get on-road driver training
The return of a viral video from a few years back showing dogs driving cars by themselves is surreal reminder that FMCSA’s driver training statute, while a step in the right direction, is still woefully inadequate.
Truck Parking
Trucker’s ‘oasis’ proposal in British Columbia withdrawn
A “trucker’s oasis” in Surrey, British Columbia, has been killed. The company has withdrawn its application for the 77-acre truck parking facility.
Opinion
New ATA honcho calls speed limiter mandate ‘flawed’
You already know OOIDA staunchly opposes a speed limiter mandate, but now the new head of the American Trucking Associations has issued a statement calling the plan “flawed” and saying the lobbying group won’t support the proposal as it is written.
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DOT official’s day in the cab an eye-opening experience
Truckers and the people who regulate them don’t always have to have an adversarial relationship. A recent ride-along between OOIDA Life Member Tilden Curl and a transportation department official in his home state of Washington proved illuminating for both parties.
