Podcast: FMCSA gives truckers another crack at broker transparency
FMCSA is now taking more comments from truck drivers and others on a proposed regulation to tighten broker transparency rules. Also, a former truck driver looked at a problem – trucks hitting low-clearance bridges – and came up with a solution. We have the story.
09:46 – System helps you avoid ‘truck-eating bridges’
39:23 – FMCSA gives truckers another crack at broker transparency
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Contact your elected officials and stay up to date on current trucking issues at OOIDA’s Fighting For Truckers website. That’s also where you can make comments on FMCSA’s proposed broker transparency regulation.
- For more information about the GiraffeG4 Sentinel System, you can visit the company’s website.
- For more information about the Mid-America Trucking show, go to their website.
- To register to attend the show, click here.
- You can visit OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, at the TA Express in Jonesboro, Ark., Feb. 25-26. Stop in and join OOIDA for $35.
Subscribe to Land Line Now
You can subscribe to Land Line Now through your favorite podcast app. To subscribe on Spotify, go to the Land Line Now page on that app and click on “Follow.”
Catch up on the news with Scott Thompson
FMCSA reopens the comment period for its broker transparency proposal. A regional emergency related to fuel is extended for more than a dozen states. And EPA moves to strike down California’s vehicle emission rules for good.
System helps you avoid ‘truck-eating bridges’
Most truckers are familiar with at least one – and you can find them all around the country. They’re called “truck-eating bridges,” and these low-clearance crossings over highways cause all kinds of problems for people who drive trucks. So what’s a trucker to do in order to avoid these monsters? Former truck driver Frank Nugent has come up with a system that could really help. Land Line Now talks with him today.
FMCSA gives truckers another crack at broker transparency
For some time, we’ve talked about action by FMCSA to tighten rules for broker transparency. That included a chance for truckers to express their views on the topic. And while that first comment period has passed, FMCSA is now asking truckers for more input on the issue. Collin Long of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office explains.