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Business

Court denies FMCSA’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit against CSA’s DataQ’s system

A bid by FMCSA to dismiss a lawsuit brought against it and its CSA program’s DataQ’s appeals process has been denied. The suit centers on FMCSA’s use of violations against drivers and carriers after citations were dismissed in court.

March 12, 2015

Business

Day of reckoning: Health insurance/tax decisions weighed by owner-operators

As health insurance tax penalties hit many owner-operators, the prospect of paying double next year could change the decision on coverage; meanwhile, the King v. Burwell challenge to the ACA gets under way.

March 4, 2015

Business

Obamacare deadline in 4 days — ripple effects in operator pay on the way?

The mandate to have health insurance could put trucking’s independent contractor model in jeopardy. More on looming ACA deadline here.

February 11, 2015

Business

OOIDA: Small biz regulatory bill good for owner-operators, small fleets

A bill making its way through Congress currently — most recently clearing the U.S. House — is being lauded by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association as a win for owner-operators and other small trucking companies.

February 9, 2015

Business

Responding to apnea/med cert situation, OOIDA crowd-sources doc reviews

The D.O.T. Doc review and search site is live — it’s intended to grow into a resource drivers can use to share their experiences with each other relative to medical examiners around the nation.

January 30, 2015

Parking

Parking shortage hits the mainstream

A Wall Street Journal story last week took on the issue of the difficulties faced by truckers finding a safe parking spot in widespread congested areas around the nation.

January 27, 2015

Business

OOIDA’s Truckers for Troops raises $52k for care packages

OOIDA says it raised $52,528 this year in its Truckers For Troops campaign. The money will be used to pack and send care packages to U.S. military members stationed in combat zones.

November 20, 2014

Hours of Service

80 percent of public oppose overturning current hours rule, trucking questions study

Safety groups are pushing a new study that shows 80 percent of the American public wants Congress to leave the 2013 hours-of-service rule in place and to abandon efforts to suspend the rule. Trucking groups, however, say the results of the study are “misleading” and “harmful.”

October 17, 2014

Business

Trucking Moves America Forward close to reaching funds goal

The campaign has surpassed 80 percent of its $1 million fundraising goal, TMAF announced at the ATA conference earlier this week.

October 9, 2014

Channel 19

OOIDA’s new NCRME survey; Benefits of apnea treatment for one operator

Independent owner-operator Joe Bielucki’s sleep apnea story — results following his preemptive strike of sorts relative to the condition two years ago.

September 8, 2014

Business

Coalition of trucking groups calls for removal of public CSA scores

Ten trucking groups sent a letter to the DOT pleading for the public scores in the CSA program to be removed from public view, pointing to research that says the scores are not a reliable predictor of safety.

August 26, 2014

Voices

Trucking far from ‘under-regulated’: Reactions to CNBC’s ‘Collision course’ series

The CNBC series itself wondered why there is not a “national outcry” for more trucking regulations. As reader Dianne Vranesic put it quite simply, “‘Under-regulated’? Are you kidding?”

August 1, 2014