Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
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Trucking Regulation
C-suite revolving door: Is self-driving safety at risk?
Former government safety officials now have investments and profits to keep in mind as they help their companies chart a course for autonomous vehicles.
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Driver issues
$3.5 trillion spending bill — and not one penny for truck parking
The lack of federal grant money for truck parking again frustrates small-business truckers.
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Trucking Regulation
Time to lift emergency hours-of-service waiver?
Owner-operators see a downside to keeping FMCSA's emergency hours-of-service order in place.
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Driver issues
How does the Fair Labor Standards Act affect truck driver pay?
In this AskWaves, we look at the potential for a driver wage boost if a critical exemption in federal labor law were lifted.
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Infrastructure
House Democrats succeed in boosting trucking insurance to $2 million
U.S. House passes the five-year surface transportation reauthorization that boosts truck insurance requirements and mandates automatic braking on new trucks.
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Trucking Regulation
News Alert: Appeals court denies request to rehear AB5 decision
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has denied the California Trucking Association’s request to rehear the decision that lifted the injunction against California’s independent…
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Driver issues
Study calls for national truck-parking standards
Lack of standards among truck-parking notification systems puts long-haul truckers at a disadvantage, according to new research.
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Trucking Regulation
Truck broker guidance, ELD data research rolled into highway bill
Republicans deride “restrictive” policies that were retained from last year in the Democrats’ latest version of the surface transportation reauthorization bill.
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News
Safety ratings at risk for violators of proposed speed limiter law
Bipartisan legislation would limit truck speeds to no more than 70 mph.
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