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Tag: cross-border trucking: Page 7
Channel 19
Driver action on sleep apnea, CSA, EOBRs, cross-border trucking
Regular readers will recall my post from last month following the first annual Truck Driver Social Media Convention, which spurred on driver advocate Frederick Schaffner to be a presence in D.C. at the November meeting of the FMCSA’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committtee. There, a large part of the discussion was devoted to standards for […]
November 23, 2011
Channel 19
Friday Channel 19 news round-up: Cross-border trucking; ‘driver shortage’; and the 1 on the 53 and the 99
Separate but not equal That separation could be diminishing when it comes to U.S. and Mexican tucking, now that a new pilot program for cross-border long haul is under way.  In the wake of the Oct. 21 border ceremony at Laredo, when the first Mexican truck crossed as part of the new cross-border pilot program, […]
October 28, 2011
Business
First Mexican truck crosses border
Mexico had approved three U.S. carriers to deliver beyond its border by Oct. 21, when the first Mexican carrier crossed into Laredo, Texas.
October 24, 2011
Business
Cross-border trucking opponents meet at border
The first Mexican carrier approved for program participation is expected to make its first delivery under the new program as early as Oct. 21.
October 19, 2011
Channel 19
R&L driver Sam Spradlin runs for Congress in Illinois
Sam Spradlin (pictured), driver on a pickup-and-delivery route for R&L Carriers, is taking some time off this month, but it’s no vacation. He’s gathering signatures needed to file to include himself on the ballot in the Republican primary for his home state’s newly redistricted 13th congressional district. He’ll be challenging 15th-district incumbent Republican Tim Johnson, who’s […]
September 15, 2011
Business
Breaking Free: The history of the owner-operator in trucking
From fighting for freedom to haul in its early days to stressing smart business practices later, Overdrive has championed the owner-operator’s concerns. Here, a history of owner-op business, from 1960-2011, with a special request for you.
September 1, 2011
Business
FMCSA groups to discuss Mexico program
A Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s advisory group and Medical Review Board will have an open meeting that will include discussions on oversight of the cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico.
August 28, 2011
Overdrive Extra
The feds’ favorite remedy: Your tax dollars
The annoying part of the logic behind buying EOBRs for Mexican carriers is how it reflects the paternalism and careless spending so rampant in Washington, D.C.
May 13, 2011
Business
Pulse
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has won no trucker fans by planning to buy electronic onboard recorders for Mexican trucks.
May 1, 2011
Business
FMCSA sends CSA warning letters to carriers
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration recently sent warning letters to 23,000 carriers that need to address areas of compliance.
March 15, 2011
Business
Congressman requests cross-border hearing
Congressman has asked House transportation and homeland security leaders for a hearing on plans for a trucking program with Mexico.
February 7, 2011
Business
U.S., Mexico begin cross-border trucking talks
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with her Mexican counterparts in Mexico.
January 31, 2011
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