Podcast: Trucker’s lawsuit over CBD wins at Supreme Court
A trucker, fired after a positive drug test, took his case against a CBD supplement company all the way to the Supreme Court – and won. Also, in an effort to make the next highway bill benefit truckers, OOIDA’s executive vice president testified to a subcommittee in Washington, D.C. Then, we’ll update you on the transportation secretary’s testimony to the Senate, a proposed regulatory rollback and what happened at MATS. And plenty of people are skeptical about the safety of autonomous trucks. Now, several states are taking a closer look at the issue.
0:00 – Trucker’s lawsuit over CBD wins at Supreme Court
10:12 – OOIDA’s Pugh describes what’s needed to make the highway bill pro-trucker
24:48 – Trump administration regulatory rollback is on
39:32 – States take a closer look at autonomous trucks
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- For more news in specific states, visit Land Line Magazine’s Daily News by State webpage.
- You can visit OOIDA’s tour truck, Spirit of the American Trucker, at the Petro in Glade Spring, Va., April 4-6. 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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Trucker’s lawsuit over CBD wins at Supreme Court
A truck driver, fired after a positive drug test, took his case against a CBD supplement company all the way to the Supreme Court – and won. Tyson Fisher of Land Line Magazine joins the show to walk us through what happened and the cautionary tale it provides.
OOIDA’s Pugh describes what’s needed to make the highway bill pro-trucker
In an effort to make the next highway bill one that will benefit truckers, OOIDA’s executive vice president gave testimony at a subcommittee hearing in Washington, D.C. We sit down with Lewie Pugh to discuss the hearing and what issues took center stage.
Trump administration regulatory rollback is on
From Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s testimony before a Senate committee and the Trump administration’s bid to take a hatchet to regulations to a recap of what we learned at the Mid-America Trucking Show, Jay Grimes of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office explains what’s going on in our nation’s capital.
States take a closer look at autonomous trucks
Plenty of people are skeptical about the safety of autonomous trucks. Now, several states have decided to take a closer look at the issue. Land Line’s state legislative expert, Keith Goble, covers that – plus a lawsuit reform bill passed by the Georgia House of Representatives.