Two members of the Advisory Committee on Underride Protection express concern about the group’s lack of consensus and unwillingness to consider worries about a mandate. Also, change is coming to the freight market, but it’s coming slowly. Brent Hutto of Truckstop shares the latest data from the market.
10:22 – Committee members dismayed by underride reports
40:23 – Change is a-coming to the freight market
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Find more information about the freight market online.
- OOIDA tour truck driver Marty Ellis and the Spirit of the American Trucker will be at the Shiawassee County Truck Show in Corunna, Mich., Aug. 2-3. 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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Committee members dismayed by underride reports
The Advisory Committee on Underride Protection finished up its work with two reports to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is considering a side underride mandate. There were two reports, because proponents of a mandate and those wary of one failed to find common ground. Today, Land Line Now catches up with two members of the committee who were among those expressing concerns: OOIDA Board Member Doug Smith and Jeff Bennett of Utility Trailer.
Change is a-coming to the freight market
As the Greek philosopher Heraclitus once reportedly said, the only constant in life is change. And the same holds true some 2,500 years later. Change is coming to the freight market, but it’s coming slowly. Brent Hutto of Truckstop shares the latest data from the market, including the changes that could end up helping you make a little extra dough.
