October 6th, 2022
FMCSA Seeks Answers on Truck ELDs

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to improve the clarity of existing regulations on electronic logging devices. The agency also wants to address some technical specification issues in response to trucking industry concerns. What FMCSA is apparently trying to avoid are rambling responses or general debate about the need for ELDs or comments on current hours of service rules.

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October 3rd, 2022
Registration Open for ‘Truck to Success,’ Sponsored by PrePass

Register for “Truck to Success,” sponsored by PrePass. This three-day, in-depth training program provides step-by-step guidance from the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association. The OOIDA Foundation, the educational and research affiliate of OOIDA, is offering this seminar on Oct. 25-27, 2022. You can attend either in person at the Courtyard by Marriott in Blue Springs, Missouri, or online via Zoom.

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September 30th, 2022
Take the Survey: What Are Your Top Trucking Industry Concerns?

Time is running out to take the American Transportation Research Institute’s 2022 Top Industry Issues Survey. The annual survey asks trucking industry stakeholders to rank the top issues of concern for the industry along with potential strategies for addressing each issue. Now in its 18th year, ATRI’s annual analysis not only ranks the issues overall but also provides insights into how critical topics are ranked differently by motor carriers and professional drivers.  The report also allows stakeholders to monitor issues over time to better understand which issues are rising or falling.

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September 26th, 2022
Truckers to Pay Lower UCR Fees in 2023

One would think that the trucking industry would welcome an FMCSA announcement of reduced UCR fees, but this year’s decision was surprisingly contentious. The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association challenged several aspects of the UCR board’s decision-making process. OOIDA sits as a voting member on that board.

Blog, Regulations
September 23rd, 2022
Welcome FMCSA Administrator Hutcheson

As administrator, Hutcheson leads approximately 1,100 agency employees, 900 of whom work in the four regional service centers and the division offices in each state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. President Biden earlier nominated Meera Joshi to head up FMCSA, but she withdrew her nomination in late 2021 to take a position with the New York City Mayor’s Office.

Blog, Regulations
September 21st, 2022
What Law Enforcement Officers Think About Trucks

Motor carriers and truck drivers may feel that law enforcement singles them out while other seemingly unsafe operators continue down the road. And truckers would be right – commercial motor vehicles are the largest objects in the traffic stream, often like that towering weed amid the smaller plants.

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