The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance plans yet another safety blitz – Brake Safety Week – and also has results from a one-day enforcement effort earlier this year. Also, it turns out that if you get into a specific kind of financial difficulty, you can set up an installment plan with the IRS. We’ll explain how. And it doesn’t appear the rate recession that freight is experiencing will improve any time soon. We’ll break down the current market conditions and spot-freight data with Brent Hutto of Truckstop.
10:14 – Another safety blitz coming up – Brake Safety Week
40:09 – Truckstop: Rate slump not going away
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Read more about Brake Safety Week from Land Line. You can also visit the CVSA website for details.
- For more information on filing your taxes, you can visit the MBA Tax and Bookkeeping Service website.
- Find more information about the freight market online.
- On Saturday, June 22, Marty Ellis and the Spirit of the American Trucker will be at the Ohio Vintage Truck Reunion in Ashland, Ohio, held at the Ashland County Fairgrounds. Stop in and join OOIDA for a $10 discount.
- It’s now even easier to contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues. Visit OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website.
- You can donate to the Truckers For Troops fund all year.
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Another safety blitz coming up – Brake Safety Week
Every year, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance conducts several safety blitzes that cover the U.S. and Canada. Recently, the Alliance announced another of its annual efforts, Brake Safety Week. And the group recently completed a one-day surprise brake safety blitz as well. Kerri Wirachowski, CVSA’s director of roadside programs, joins us to discuss the details of both.
An IRS payment plan? It is possible
Most people at some time or other in life have purchased something by making payments – an arrangement typically called an installment plan. It turns out that if you get into a specific kind of financial difficulty, you can set up an installment plan with the IRS.
Truckstop: Rate slump not going away
It doesn’t appear the rate recession that freight is experiencing will improve any time soon. We’ll break down the current market conditions and spot-freight data with Brent Hutto of Truckstop.
