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OOIDA holding ninth Truckers for Troops campaign Nov. 9-13

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association will launch its ninth Truckers for Troops care package campaign Nov. 9-13.

November 3, 2015

TIA, OOIDA support proposed language change to eliminate highway bill ‘poison pill’ for Unrated carriers

The proposed change, to be considered this week during House highway bill debate, notably excludes the thousands of Conditional rated carriers operating amid increasing difficulty obtaining a review after correcting problems.

November 2, 2015

This chart, from July 2014 reporting on the current safety rating system, shows that since the advent of the CSA program, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has become much less likely to issue ratings. Of reviews of U.S. carriers in the then most recent complete fiscal year, 2013, about 76 percent of reviews that could have resulted in a safety rating actually did so. Compare that to the final pre-CSA year of 2010, when the percentage of ratable reviews was 87 percent. (Full FY 2014 numbers showed the trend stabilizing, with 75 percent of all reviews resulting in a safety rating; and, once again, more Conditional ratings were issued than Satisfactory ones.) Furthermore, the overall number of intensive carrier reviews – the kind that result in safety ratings – in 2010 was twice as high as the number conducted in 2013. That’s because the agency has shifted away from the traditional compliance review to greater reliance on more focused reviews and away from a safety-rating approach. Transportation attorney Hank Seaton has contended FMCSA has shifted accountability for determining carrier safety “from itself onto the shippers and brokers,” an attempt to “strong-arm the public” into doing the agency’s job.

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Court presses OOIDA on ‘unconstitutionality’ of Calif. emissions regs during oral arguments

The court overseeing the OOIDA’s lawsuit against California and its stringent emissions regulations heard oral arguments last week in the case, and, per one report, OOIDA faced tough questions about its suit and the evidence used to support it.

October 27, 2015

EPA, NHTSA officials to hear from truckers on emissions/fuel-efficiency regs at GATS

The officials will hear from truckers in a public hearing on the “Phase 2” proposal to accelerate fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas emissions standards for 2018-’27 model year trailers and 2021-’27 trucks.

August 24, 2015

Electronic Logging Devices

ELD mandate poised to begin two-year countdown

The latest U.S. Department of Transportation projection still shows a Sept. 30 release of the final rule that would require the vast majority of interstate carriers to use electronic logging devices. Tom Cuthbertson, Omnitracs vice president, believes that date is reliable, given a prior projection had moved the date farther out, only to be followed […]

August 19, 2015

Omnitracs ELD timeline graphic

OOIDA campaigning against speed limiter rule with online petition

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has posted an online petition against the DOT’s upcoming rule to mandate use of speed limiters on heavy trucks.

August 18, 2015

Truck prices the main focus of first public hearing on next round of federal emissions standards

Representatives of truck dealers and owner-operators lamented their concerns about the impact on truck prices that the proposed next phase of emissions and fuel economy standards will have. A second hearing will be held this month.

August 7, 2015

Western Star gives OOIDA brand new Western Star, truck to debut at GATS

Western Star presented the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association last week with a new 5700 XE to pull its Spirit of the American Trucker display trailer to shows and other events.

July 13, 2015

The Western Star 5700 XE used in the key presentation at the Walcott Truckers Jamboree.

At least 30 hours behind the wheel: Pre-CDL driver-training rulemaking committee issues ‘consensus’ recommendation

Two dissenting votes on the committee — from NASTC and ATA — open the door for FMCSA to not pursue an training rulemaking, but signs suggest that they will.

June 17, 2015

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As speed limiter rule nears, OOIDA and ATA butt heads over regulating truck speeds

With a proposed rule to mandate the use of speed limiters on heavy trucks looming in the coming months, two of the trucking industry’s biggest lobbying groups reiterated last week their stances on the rulemaking.

April 27, 2015

Kenworth offering rebate on Icon 900 to OOIDA members

Kenworth Truck Company is offering a $1,000 rebate on qualifying purchases of the new Kenworth Icon 900 to members of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) during 2015.

April 23, 2015

Broker group’s bond exemption request denied

FMCSA: “Granting an exemption to all brokers and freight forwarders would flout a clear and recent congressional directive and statement of the public interest,”

March 30, 2015

Broker bond filing poll results

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