There are more questions than answers about California’s AB5 law. Enforcement may be just around the corner. So with that in mind, California officials are trying to clear up some of the confusion about how it’ll affect the trucking industry. Bryce Mongeon of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office explains what we learned from a recent webinar dedicated to the controversial law.
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California officials are trying to clear up some of the confusion about how AB5 will affect the trucking industry. Bryce Mongeon of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office explains what we learned from a recent webinar dedicated to the controversial law. Also, spot market loads into the U.S. from Canada have dropped 20% compared with this time last year. Dean Croke of DAT discusses that and more on the freight trends in the spot market. And it’s well known that truckers are not supposed to text while out on the road. But Marty Ellis says that apparently, some brokers didn’t get the memo.
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FMCSA extends its COVID-19 emergency declaration again. OOIDA issues a nationwide Call to Action on California’s AB5 law. And two separate truck crashes have the internet doing what it often does best – coming up with puns.
Spot market soft on the border
Spot market loads into the U.S. from Canada have dropped 20% compared with this time last year. Dean Croke of DAT discusses that and more on the freight trends in the spot market.
Brokers and texting
It’s well known that truckers are not supposed to text while out on the road. But Marty Ellis says that apparently, some brokers didn’t get the memo.
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- Starting Thursday, Marty Ellis and OOIDA’s Tour Truck, the Spirit of the American Trucker, will be at the TA Express in Steele, N.D. That’s at Exit 200 on Interstate 94. Find upcoming Spirit stops here.
- Get more information about the freight market. And you can find loads at OOIDA MembersEdge.
- Remember, it’s never too late to contact your lawmakers. You can do that via the Fighting for Truckers website or by calling 202-224-3121.
- Find out how to listen to Land Line Now on TNC Radio.
- You can donate to the Truckers for Troops fund all year.
- OOIDA has an online resource to provide access to information needed to operate in the coronavirus pandemic. Click on the COVID-19 menu at the top of the page on the Land Line Media website.
- You can support the OOIDA Mary Johnston Scholarship by sending a tax-deductible donations to: OOIDA Foundation Inc., 1 NW OOIDA Dr., Grain Valley, MO 64029.
- The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has updated its emergency declarations website, CVSAemergencydeclarations.org.
- A reminder that you can use paper logs for up to eight days while you’re having issues with your ELD. But after that, you need to request an extension by sending an email to ELD-Extension@dot.gov.