Could you have avoided a wreck you were in? The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is proposing changes to its Crash Preventability Determination Program. Also, a University of Dayton study shows that cable barriers have been effective at preventing crossover wrecks. Then, truckers are reporting a new problem with some carrier rating services used by brokers. And a legislative effort in Pennsylvania would address concerns over lawsuit abuse in the state.
0:00 – FMCSA looks to expand crash preventability program
10:06– Study: Cable barriers are preventing crossovers
25:00 – Carrier rating service trend could harm truckers
39:51 – Pennsylvania lawmakers want action on lawsuit abuse
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- To read about state legislation, visit Land Line Magazine’s Daily News by State.
- OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, will be at the Kwik Star in Stuart, Iowa, Dec. 3-5. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
- 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.
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FMCSA looks to expand crash preventability program
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has had a busy day, with multiple notices going out. Two in particular caught Land Line’s attention: one related to proposed changes to the Crash Preventability Determination Program and one denying an exemption request for the use of pulsing lights. Jami Jones of Land Line Magazine joins Land Line Now to break down how the two developments have potentially wider implications for truckers.
Study – Cable barriers are preventing crossovers
As you travel across the country, you probably have seen them – three or four parallel steel cables running along the highway in the median, secured by a series of short posts. It turns out those cable barriers are saving lives – and a university researcher has the numbers to prove it. Deogratias Eustace, the director of the University of Dayton Transportation Engineering Lab, explains.
Carrier rating service trend could harm truckers
The folks in OOIDA’s Compliance Department have run into a trend that could potentially spell trouble for people who are on their own authority – and it involves some carrier rating services used by brokers. Meanwhile, the Association has received a number of calls asking what to do when a load is rejected. Land Line Now talks with Tom Crowley and Aron Lynch of OOIDA’s Compliance Department.
Pennsylvania lawmakers want action on lawsuit abuse
A legislative effort in Pennsylvania would address concerns over lawsuit abuse in the state – something several other states have tackled, as well. Meanwhile, lawmakers in West Virginia are calling on the federal government to raise the fuel tax.
