The Biden administration has just released new emission regulations for cars and other light- and medium-duty vehicles. But heavy-vehicle regulations are soon to follow. And a city councilman discusses efforts to stop the truck strikes at the “truck-eating bridge” in Kansas City, Mo. Also, Marty Ellis has noticed some changes in how detours are handled, and he doesn’t think they’re good.
10:00 – Coming soon: Even tighter emission rules
24:31 – City works to solve ‘truck-eating bridge’
39:55 – There’s a better way to handle detours
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Learn more about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- OOIDA has revamped its Fighting For Truckers It’s now even easier to contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues.
- Kansas City, Mo., has a “truck-eating bridge.” You can check it out on Facebook.
- Marty Ellis and the Spirit of the American Trucker are at MATS in Louisville, Ky. This year’s show runs Thursday through Saturday, March 21-23. Stop in and join OOIDA for a $10 discount.
- You can donate to the Truckers For Troops fund all year.
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Catch up on the news with Scott Thompson
The Mid-America Trucking Show is underway. FMCSA’s Truck Leasing Task Force gets public feedback about lease-purchase agreements. And a new survey says truck drivers worked more last year to make up for poor market conditions.
Coming soon: Even tighter emission rules
The Biden administration has just released new emission regulations for cars and other light- and medium-duty vehicles. But heavy-vehicle regulations are soon to follow. Also, we’ll cover some of the education seminars scheduled for the Mid-America Trucking Show.
City works to solve ‘truck-eating bridge’
Sitting in Kansas City, Mo., is a bridge with a bad reputation. Locals call it the “truck-eating bridge,” and like many similar bridges around the country, it suffers from numerous truck strikes, despite plenty of warning. It’s in the district of City Councilman Crispin Rea, who talks with us about how he worked with others in the city government to slow down the series of strikes.
There’s a better way to handle detours
Marty Ellis has noticed some changes in how detours are handled, and he doesn’t think they’re good; meanwhile, he’ll go over some signs that people are going too fast in truck stop parking lots.
