Small-fleet summit keynoter Lewie Pugh from OOIDA reveals the secrets of success to thriving as an owner-operator in a down market.
Federal regulators are rolling out a rule proposal as a first step to potential new and costly requirements aimed at reducing truck crash fatalities.
Truck safety advocates and labor are at odds with big business over a request to loosen regulations for driverless trucks.
The White House is reviewing a proposal setting mandatory hair-test guidelines that would be used to screen truck drivers for illegal drugs.
A bicameral effort to expand parking for truckers builds on progress made in the previous session of Congress.
Truck broker lobby group asserts FMCSA is being negligent on safety while entertaining private contract issues that should be decided in the marketplace.
When asked to select statements that applied to them, 35% of self-identified owner-operators checked, “If the market does not rebound materially by the end of 2023, I will leave the industry.”
AskWaves looks into why the trucking industry is resisting a proposal to tighten the scope and duration of temporary federal exemptions for motor carriers.
Congress and the Biden administration will aim to advance trucking policy despite the potential gridlock of divided government.
The nation’s top truck safety regulator argues her hands are tied when it comes to approving a drug-test exemption.
The EPA’s new tailpipe emissions standard raises implementation concerns from engine makers — and cost concerns from truckers.
U.S. lawmakers are proposing a requirement that restrooms at commercial buildings and ports be available to truck drivers.
New standards aimed at dramatically reducing pollution from trucks come at the wrong time for the economy, according to carriers and drivers.
FMCSA’s unique ID proposal for trucks has safety group support but overwhelming opposition from the rest of the trucking industry.
“If this legislation were to pass, the big carriers would be able to pressure shippers and receivers to load their drivers who are on the clock sitting at the loading dock,” Lewie Pugh, OOIDA executive vice president, said.
Driver-facing cameras are seen as intrusive and an invasion of privacy in the truck-driving community. Yet fleets are rapidly adopting them.
A proposal to allow regulators to review hair tests to screen truck drivers for drugs faces strong opposition from large groups of truckers.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has ruled — again — that UPS has not shown it can maintain safety levels if it were exempted from new driver-training requirements.
A federal appeals court upheld the FMCSA’s hours-of-service rules by rejecting a challenge filed by safety groups alleging the 2020 changes make the roads less safe.
Public comments reveal most truckers believe a proposal to require engines to have speed limiters will make roads less safe.
