Land Line Now, Aug. 20, 2020.
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The FMCSA wants public input on an OOIDA broker transparency proposal that would make brokers give load payment information to truckers.
I. Today’s news with Terry Scruton
Wildfires close roads in Colorado and California; Brake Safety week is next week; and the world’s fastest ice cream truck.
II. Broker transparency plan
The FMCSA wants public input on an OOIDA proposal to make brokers give load payment information to the truckers who carry the freight.
III. Ohio – corporate welfare and more local police
Ohio is once again considering some corporate welfare to fuel turnover in trucking as well as a plan that would put more local police on interstates. Also, OOIDA is asking truckers to speak out against plans to increase insurance requirements.
IV. Warning about upcoming protests
OOIDA takes action to warn truckers about protests; meanwhile, some want the federal Department of Transportation to enforce a law passed roughly 75 years ago. Congress wrote that law, the Hobbs Act, to protect interstate commerce.
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Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- 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.
- It’s helpful for our members to keep us apprised of conditions on the roads and any problems they encounter. If you have situations to report call OOIDA at 816-229-5791 or email Questions@OOIDA.com.
- Police are looking for information on two trucks that were stolen from the same truck stop in Louisiana.
- If you’re headed to the Glenwood Canyon area in Colorado you can find the latest road closure information due to the Grizzly Creek Fire.
- SuperRigs registration closes Friday. You can find more information and register online.
- OOIDA web conferencing Truck to Success course is scheduled for Oct. 26-28.
- Jon Osburn and the Spirit of the American Trucker are at the Petro in Clearwater, Minn., at Exit 178 off Interstate 94. You can find upcoming Spirit stops here. Jon has free face masks as well as pneumonia and shingles vaccine vouchers.
- You can find OOIDA’s complete guide to Regulatory Issues here.
- To read about legislation in a particular state, visit Land Line Magazine’s Daily News By State.
- OOIDA is asking truckers to speak out against plans to increase insurance requirements. Get the details here.
- View notices on the Bulletin Board.
- It’s never too late to share your views with lawmakers. You can do that on the Fighting for Truckers website or by calling 202-224-3121.
- You can find out what companies’ technology can no longer be used by anyone contracting with the U.S. government on the federal acquisition rule, here.
