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By James Jaillet, CCJ News, March 13, 2018 Truckers hauling agricultural products and livestock have received further reprieve from compliance with the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Tuesday that such haulers will have until …Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, March 8, 2018 During a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on the White House’s infrastructure proposal, several lawmakers brought up the ELD mandate. Secretary Elaine Chao’s response to calls by Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, to look into more flexi…Read More

By Dorothy Cox, TheTrucker.com, March 8, 2018 Women think of trucking and picture heavy machinery and an all-male job. Recruiting ads don’t speak to women and many females are afraid to be alone in a truck with a male trainer they don’t know. Those are a few of the obstacles to attracting more w…Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, March 1, 2018  A new survey by the OOIDA Foundation indicates the government mandate for electronic logging devices is already causing a host of problems for owner-operators. Nearly 2,000 owner-operators have been surveyed following the Dec. 18 implementation of the ELD …Read More

By James Jaillet, CCJ News, February 27, 2018 A report issued last week by the White House reiterates the Trump Administration’s stance that tolling should be a prime mechanism for boosting highway funding. The report also says that the administration doesn’t think trucking pays enough in taxes …Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, February 19, 2018 More states are drafting legislation asking federal authorities to provide truckers relief from the electronic logging device mandate or to limit funding for its enforcement. Proposals have been introduced in the legislatures of Alabama, Missouri, Idaho …Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, February 23, 2018 The freight market is booming, but the trucking industry will suffer unless companies can find enough drivers, according to American Trucking Associations Chief Economist Bob Costello. Attracting and retaining drivers will be the biggest challenge for fr…Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, February 15, 2018  New legislation introduced in Tennessee is aimed at prohibiting the use of state funds to enforce the federal Electronic Logging Device mandate. The bill was introduced on January 29 by Rep. Dale Carr [R] and would “[Prohibit] state funding from bein…Read More

By CCJ Staff, CCJ News, February 14, 2018 Silicon Valley giant Uber, whose ridesharing platform upended the taxi business a half-decade ago and who more recently has set its sights on self-driving technology and freight-matching systems, said in a recent report that it doesn’t expect truck driving…Read More

By Staff, Go By Truck News, February 2, 2018 The new federal mandate requiring electronic logging devices could result in shoppers seeing grocery prices rise. Some truckers are experiencing difficulties and delays as they switch from paper logbooks to the devices, which plug into a truck’s engine.…Read More