Podcast: Creating the most pro-trucker highway bill ever
Provisions on size and weight, ELDs, retention and more could form the core of what might be the most pro-trucker highway bill ever. Then, Trina Skywalker and Lisa Waske of OOIDA’s Truck Insurance Department discuss leasing on and your insurance. Also, for 35 years, truckers have put together the largest benefit convoy in trucking – the Mother’s Day Convoy benefitting the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
10:01 – Creating the most pro-trucker highway bill ever
24:27 – Leasing on and your insurance
39:25 – Mother’s Day Convoy gets ready for another big event
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- You have until April 28 to submit comments on Colorado Huntsman Transport’s hours-of-service exemption request.
- Get all the details here on this year’s Make-A-Wish Mother’s Day convoy.
- You can visit OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, at the Mid-America Trucking Show, March 27-29. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
- Contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues at OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website.
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Catch up on the news with Ashley Blackford
It was a busy day at the Mid America Trucking Show in Louisville. A company that transports prisoners is asking for an hours-of-service exemption. And a trucker in Colorado drug a 300-pound boulder through a city’s downtown.
Creating the most pro-trucker highway bill ever
A debate over truck size and weight was one of the main topics of discussion during U.S. House hearing this week. That hearing also included a debate over the driver shortage myth, as well as talk about electronic logging devices, and even a shout out to Land Line Magazine during the questioning. OOIDA Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh was there to represent small-business truckers and make sure the message of safety was heard loud and clear, as the Association works to get the most pro-trucker highway bill ever passed.
Leasing on and your insurance
A lot of questions around insurance can often pop up when you lease on to a motor carrier. We sit down with Trina Skywalker and Lisa Waske of OOIDA’s Truck Insurance Department to discuss what is typically covered and what you should add on to your policy.
Mother’s Day Convoy gets ready for another big event
For 35 years, truckers have gathered in Lancaster County, Pa., and put together what has become the largest benefit convoy in trucking – the Mother’s Day Convoy benefitting the Make-a-Wish Foundation. Ryan Witkowski of Land Line Magazine chats with one of the organizers to find out what they have planned for this year’s event.