If you get your own authority, there are a few things you’re going to go through that you need to be aware of. One of them is the new entrant safety audit. We’ll discuss what you need to have ready and what’s involved. Also, the introduction of electric trucks into the industry will spell a lot of changes throughout trucking. One example: the tire selection process will look different. And a bill in Maine would make it to where snow and ice would have to be removed from atop certain vehicles on the state’s highways. But large trucks are not among the vehicles covered.
9:43 – Getting ready for the new entrant safety audit.
24:03 – Tires and electric trucks.
38:47 – Snow and ice removal bill.
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Learn more about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- Marty Ellis and the Spirit of the American Trucker are at the Petro in McCalla, Ala. That’s at Exit 100 off Interstates 20 and 59. Stop in to join or renew OOIDA membership for two years at $50. Find upcoming Spirit stops here.
- For questions about commercial vehicle tires, you can go to the Michelin Commercial Truck Tire website.
- 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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Catch up on the news with Scott Thompson
The EPA appears ready to give California more power in setting emissions regulations. Two of the nation’s biggest carriers are merging. And OOIDA issues a stark warning about autonomous trucks.
Getting ready for the new entrant safety audit
If you get your own authority, there are a few things you’re going to go through that you need to be aware of. And one of them is the new entrant safety audit. We’ll discuss what you need to have ready and what’s involved with Jim Jefferson and Aron Lynch of OOIDA’s Business Services Department.
Tires and electric trucks
The introduction of electric trucks into the industry will spell a lot of changes throughout trucking. One example: the tire selection process will look different. So too will performance expectations. Andy McCulloch of Michelin joins us to go over what we do know – and what we don’t yet know about the connection between electric trucks and tires.
Snow and ice removal bill
And finally: A bill in Maine would make it to where snow and ice would have to be removed from atop certain vehicles on the state’s highways. And large trucks are not among the vehicles covered. Meanwhile, a long battle in the state of Pennsylvania continues as yet another bill would give local law enforcement departments the right to use speed radar.
