Is the under-21 pilot program for interstate trucking meeting its goals? We’ll find out what the Congressional Research Service says. Also, OOIDA is working to dispel the driver shortage myth, increase truck parking and encourage lawmakers to show their support for the industry. And a small eastern Tennessee town cut off by flooding from Hurricane Helene has found a unique way to reconnect – one involving semitrailers.
10:21 – OOIDA tackles driver shortage myth, truck parking and more
24:52 – Small town reconnects with the world in a unique way
39:51 – Is the under-21 pilot program really working?
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- OOIDA is teaming up with Wreaths Across America to help honor U.S. military veterans.
- Learn more about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- OOIDA’s tour truck, The Spirit of the American Trucker, will be at the TA in Denmark, Tenn., Nov. 5-6. 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.
- You can donate to the Truckers For Troops fund all year.
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OOIDA tackles driver shortage myth, truck parking and more
OOIDA fights for the rights of all truckers, and one of the ways it does that is by advocating for its 150,000 members. Land Line Now speaks with the Association’s public relations director about recent headlines in trucking news and how OOIDA is working to dispel the driver shortage myth, increase truck parking and encourage lawmakers to show their support for the industry.
Small town reconnects with the world in a unique way
It’s said that people are most creative when dealing with a crisis. That’s certainly true for the residents of a small eastern Tennessee town cut off by flooding from Hurricane Helene. They found a creative way to reconnect with the world, and it involves semitrailers. Storm chaser Aaron Rigsby tells Land Line Now about the problem they faced and how they solved it.
Is the under-21 pilot program really working?
Is the pilot program to bring people under 21 years of age into interstate trucking meeting its goals? That’s the question that the Congressional Research Service is trying to answer in an interim report that’s just come out. Bryce Mongeon of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office offers some details.
