Podcast: Truckers on board discuss driver training, fraud, EVs and more
Driver training, fraud, electric vehicles and AEBs were all top-of-mind when the truckers on the OOIDA Board of Directors met recently. Also, we catch up with EZ Pete Interiors to talk about what it’s like transforming a truck’s interior into a driver’s dream come true. Then, Tennessee has a new transportation plan – and it includes some lanes that will charge tolls.
10:22 – Transforming the interior of your truck
24:59 – Tolls to play a role in Tennessee highway plan
40:23 – Truckers on board discuss training, fraud, EVs and more
Links, email addresses, phone numbers and more information
- Find out more about EZ Pete Interiors online.
- Starting Saturday, May 4, Marty Ellis and the Spirit of the American Trucker will be at the Crossroads Truck Show in California, Mo. Stop in and join OOIDA for a $10 discount.
- 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.
- You can donate to the Truckers For Troops fund all year.
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Transforming the interior of your truck
Interior remodels are always an attention-getter at truck shows around the country. We caught up with EZ Pete Interiors out of Iowa to talk with its owners about how they got started and what it’s like transforming trucks into a driver’s dream come true.
Tolls to play a role in Tennessee highway plan
Tennessee has a new transportation plan – and it includes some lanes that will charge tolls. However, the current highway lanes truckers use in Tennessee will remain as they are, and using the additional lanes will be a matter of choice. Bryan Ledford of the Tennessee Department of Transportation explains what the plan is and how it would work.
Truckers on board discuss driver training, fraud, EVs and more
Driver training, rampant fraud, the push for electric vehicles and automatic emergency braking requirements. Those are some of the top issues in trucking right now – and they also were topics covered last week when the OOIDA Board of Directors met at the Association’s headquarters in Grain Valley, Mo. Bryce Mongeon of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office offers some insight into that discussion.