As they become more popular, are hybrid and electric vehicles paying their fair share for roads? Nine states are taking up the issue. Also, the new entrant safety audit is something that every motor carrier goes through at some point. But the key is having everything in order so you can get through it successfully. We’ll get some advice. And when it comes to minor traffic tickets is it better to just pay it and move on, or to fight it? Today, Jeff McConnell and James Mennella, the attorneys with Road Law, offer up the answer to that question and more.
9:43 – The ins and outs of the new entrant safety audit.
24:03 – When to fight and when to pay.
38:47 – Getting electric cars to pay their fair share.
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Learn more about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- Starting Friday, Marty Ellis and OOIDA’s tour truck, the Spirit of the American Trucker, will be at the Midwest Pride in Your Ride truck show. That takes place at the Tri-State Raceway in Earlville, Iowa. Stop in to join or renew OOIDA membership for two years at $50. Find upcoming Spirit stops here.
- You can get more information from Road Law here.
- To read about state legislation, visit Land Line Magazine’s Daily News by State.
- Remember, it’s never too late to contact your lawmakers.
- You can donate to the Truckers for Troops fund all year.
- Find out how to listen to Land Line Now on TNC Radio.
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The ins and outs of the new entrant safety audit
The new entrant safety audit is something that every motor carrier goes through at some point. But the key is having everything in order so you can get through it successfully. We’ll get some advice on that front from Tom Crowley, Jim Jefferson and Bailey Askew of OOIDA’s Business Services Department.
When to fight and when to pay
When it comes to minor traffic tickets is it better to just pay it and move on, or to fight it? Today, Jeff McConnell and James Mennella, the attorneys with Road Law, offer up the answer to that question and more.
Getting electric cars to pay their fair share
Are hybrid and electric vehicles paying their fair share for roads? It’s a question a lot of people have asked as alternative fueled cars increase in popularity and take a bigger and bigger share of vehicles on the road. Now, lawmakers in nine states are taking up the issue.