Podcast: Graves may accelerate issues like truck parking
Sam Graves will remain chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, which will have big implications for a number of trucking issues. Also, what are traffic ticket services, how do these membership-style clubs work and how do you make sure they get the job done? Road Law explains. And a so-called truck-eating bridge dubbed the Can Opener that’s located in Delaware, Ohio, is showing up on Google Maps as a historic site.
10:06 – The truth behind traffic ticket services
25:00 – Truck-eating bridge gets historic status on Google
39:51 – Graves may accelerate issues like truck parking
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- You can order the Shell Rotella SuperRigs Calendar online.
- Learn more about the OOIDA Safe Driving Award Program.
- Visit the Road Law website for more information on how its attorneys can help you.
- The OOIDA Foundation is accepting applications for the OOIDA Mary Johnston Scholarship. Click here for details and to apply. The deadline is Feb. 1.
- Visit OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, at Sapp Bros. in Harrisonville, Mo., Dec. 18-20. 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.
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The truth behind traffic ticket services
When you get a ticket, you may be tempted to reach out to a traffic ticket service to handle the legwork for you. Attorneys Jeff McConnell and James Mennella of Road Law discuss what these membership-type clubs are, how they work and how you can ensure they’ll take care of everything.
Truck-eating bridge gets historic status on Google
Land Line Now has reported many times on so-called truck-eating bridges. But recently, we learned of yet another. This one is dubbed the Can Opener and is located in the town of Delaware, Ohio, just north of Columbus. It’s a little different than others in that it’s been named a historic site. Lee Yoakum, the town’s community affairs director, joins the show.
Graves may accelerate issues like truck parking
Land Line Now reported recently that Sam Graves of Missouri will return as the chair of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee – perhaps the most influential committee in Congress in terms of trucking issues. So what will that decision mean for the issues important to you – like truck parking?