Equipment
Business
Regulations
Life
Custom Rigs
Gear
Tag: Jason's Law: Page 3
Parking
National truck-parking driver survey launched
Here find out how to take the survey, created by Hope Rivenburg in part in concert with driver advocates Allen and Donna Smith of Truth About Trucking and aimed at educating the DOT on parking needs.
May 15, 2013
Channel 19
When trucks are âan eyesore and a nuisanceâ
Itâs happened again: A city councilmanâs idea to ban truck parking within town borders shows evidence of what drivers and other advocates are up against in the battle to improve parking availability in less-served areas.
February 19, 2013
Parking
Minnesota to use cameras at truck stops, rest areas to help truckers find parking
The Minnesota DOT announced a testing program at a rest area in which cameras in the parking lot will find and notify truckers of available parking.
January 23, 2013
Business
Kari Fisher of Missing Truck Driver Alert Network honored
Kari Fisher, founder of the Missing Truck Driver Alert Network, recognized with the Jason Rivenburg Making a Difference Award at the Truck Driver Social Media Convention.
October 28, 2012
Channel 19
Truck parking push not over with Jasonâs Law
Following the cheers that went up around the trucking community for the âJasonâs Lawâ truck parking legislationâs inclusion in the MAP-21 highway bill in June, owner-operators like Overdrive reader William McKelvie put a quick lid on the possibility of any resulting driver complacency relative to the parking problem. âWhile everyone has jumped on the proverbial [âŚ]
July 17, 2012
Business
Obama signs highway bill mandating recorders
In addition to mandating electronic onboard recorders, it includes a âJasonâs Lawâ truck parking provision and other key points that affect trucking.
July 6, 2012
Channel 19
Some good news: Jasonâs Law in the highway bill
In all the hubbub over the mandate for electronic onboard recorders included in the highway-bill language, itâs perhaps been easy to overlook some of better results for truckers and advocates, chief among them other language in the bill that, if it ultimately passes (as expected), brings to fruition nearly four yearsâ worth of advocacy that [âŚ]
June 29, 2012
Channel 19
Stiff wind to pay the toll: The 2011 Channel 19 year in review
What better way to start the new year than with a look back on the previous? I did it last year, after all, so letâs make it a tradition, how bout? The Chinese Year of the Rabbit saw all manner of issues hopping in and out of the national on-highway spotlight, bookended by a proposed [âŚ]
January 1, 2012
Business
LogBook
Highway bill includes truck parking elements, court orders release of truck stop tiger, owner-operator finalists named, medical certificate changes start Jan. 30, driver shortage to worsen says FTR and more industry news items are featured.
December 1, 2011
Channel 19
Jasonâs Law: Time for action is now
Yesterday, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works unanimously approved a two-year transportation authorization bill (S. 1813, or MAP-21) extending current funding levels and making other enhancements that could lead, said Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer, to new jobs. Of chief interest for trucking advocates is the inclusion in this bill of Jasonâs Law, intended [âŚ]
November 10, 2011
Business
âJasonâs Lawâ part of transportation bill
Expanded truck parking is a component of the Environment and Public Works committee bill passed on to the full Senate.
November 9, 2011
Channel 19
Freewheelinâs top 10 trucking songs after 1985
With Overdriveâs September 50th anniversary issue hard on the way, and considering folks at the Great American Trucking Show got a sneak peak at the 50 top technical milestones John Baxter and oiur editorial crew put together, I thought Iâd offer up a little for you. Youâll recall our all-time top ten trucking songs, of [âŚ]
August 31, 2011
Previous Page
Page 3 of 5
Next Page