A new book titled “Data Driven” examines how digital surveillance is upending life and work on the open road for truckers. Our conversation with author Karen Levy.
Today’s News: U.S. lawmakers continue working to avoid a rail strike
Plus, the results are in from CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver Week, and Santa needs extra helpers sorting through all his letters.
Spot market update
Load posts nosedived last week and other observations from the spot market courtesy of the experts at DAT.
Regulation fatigue
Feeling regulation fatigue? You’re hardly alone. Marty Ellis, driver of the OOIDA tour truck, tells us how drivers are feeling about the latest proposal on unique electronic identifiers.
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- The United States Postal Service is seeking volunteers to help answer letters to Santa. Click here for more information on becoming a letter adopter.
- Starting Friday, Marty Ellis and OOIDA’s tour truck, the Spirit of the American Trucker, will be at the Petro in Raphine, Va. That’s at Exit 205 on Interstates 64 and 81. Find upcoming Spirit stops here.
- Get more information about the freight market. And you can find loads at OOIDA MembersEdge.
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