LLN (10/3/19) – How does the Canadian ELD mandate stack up against the U.S. rule? A new Delaware law allows the use of height monitoring systems to catch oversize vehicles, while a Pennsylvania effort would allow electric trucks to be a bit heavier. We’ll have information about upcoming truck shows. And some of the people who design autonomous vehicles don’t want them in their neighborhoods, while Tesla has another automation problem.
0:00-10:10 – Newscast.
10:10-24:14 – Canadian ELD mandate vs. U.S. rules.
24:14-38:43 – Delaware oversize vehicle warnings; Pennsylvania electric trucks.
38:43-48:22 – More autonomous vehicle problems.
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Newscast
- Gary Kaufman of St. Charles, Mo., has been recognized by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association for 29 years of safe, accident-free driving as part of the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- Learn more about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- If you’d like to join OOIDA, you can do it right now at a discount. Just call the Membership Department at 816-229-5791, and mention our show. Any new member will get a ten percent discount on the cost of membership.
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How does the Canadian ELD mandate stack up to the U.S. mandate? Terry Scruton gets the latest from Adam Kleinschmidt of OOIDA’s Business Services Department and OOIDA Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh following their recent visit to the fall meeting of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.
- View OOIDA’s complete guide to Regulatory Issues.
- If you have questions you would like answered you can call our Listener Comment Line at 800-324-6856.
- Read more from Land Line Magazine:
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A new law in Delaware permits the use of height monitoring systems. And a bill in Pennsylvania could potentially increase the weight limit for electric trucks. Mary McKenna gets the details from Land Line Magazine’s Keith Goble.
- Read more from Land Line Magazine: New Delaware law permits use of truck height monitoring systems.
- You can also read Pennsylvania bill would increase electric truck weight.
- To read about legislation in a particular state, visit Land Line Magazine’s Daily News By State
Mark Reddig and Mary McKenna bring us important notices from the Land Line Now Community Bulletin Board.
- View notices on the Bulletin Board.
Segment 4
If you don’t want people testing driverless cars in your neighborhood, you’re not alone. It turns out the people in Silicon Valley who make the things don’t want it in their neighborhoods either. Mark Reddig covers that – and another problem with yet another Tesla automated system – with Bryce Mongeon of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.
- You can read the full articles Mark and Bryce talked about here:
- It’s never too late to share your views with lawmakers. You can do that on the Fighting for Truckers website.
- To call members of Congress, dial 202-224-3121.
- Read OOIDA’s Guide to Contacting Lawmakers.
- And read other related content from Land Line Magazine:
