Podcast: Changes made to out-of-service criteria
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance will change its out-of-service criteria on April 1. We’ll find out what changes were made and why. Also, we’ll have a roundtable with the folks from Land Line Magazine on the week’s news, including the Truck Leasing Task Force, British Columbia’s crackdown on infrastructure crashes, speed limiter legislation and more. And changes to OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website will make it easier than ever to contact lawmakers about trucking issues.
10:00 – Changes made to out-of-service criteria
24:31 – Meeting on lease-purchase plans tops week’s news
39:55 – New version of website makes it even easier to get involved
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Tennessee DOT wants feedback on adding toll lanes to Interstate 24 in the Nashville area. You can take the survey here.
- 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.
- Marty Ellis and the Spirit of the American Trucker are at MATS in Louisville, Ky. This year’s show runs through Saturday, March 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
Two bills of interest for trucking businesses pass committees. The cargo theft problem is getting worse, according to a new report. And we’ll have a report from Day 2 of the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville.
Changes made to out-of-service criteria
The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has updated its out-of-service criteria. The changes go into effect on April 1. Kerri Wirachowsky, CVSA’s director of inspection programs, explains what changes were made and why.
Meeting on lease-purchase plans tops week’s news
From the Truck Leasing Task Force meeting at MATS and British Columbia’s crackdown on infrastructure crashes to speed limiter legislation and more, Mark Schremmer and Ryan Witkowski of Land Line Magazine join us for a roundtable discussion of the biggest stories in trucking right now.
New version of website makes it even easier to get involved
OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website just got a fresh coat of paint, along with some other updates. Jay Grimes, OOIDA director of federal affairs, joins the program to talk about the newly redesigned site, which makes it easier than ever to contact lawmakers about trucking issues.