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2 months ago

🚨Scholarship deadline alert🚨

OOIDA’s Mary Johnston Scholarship applications are due soon! Details at the link below #OOIDA #trucking
👉 https://tinyurl.com/yf2yrbw5

OOIDA

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4 months ago

👀 OOIDA is fighting for safer roads, better driver training & stronger protections for truckers. 🇺🇸
Watch EVP Lewie Pugh on Newsmax: https://bit.ly/3L5aTAR

#OOIDA #TruckerSafety #FightingForTruckers

Land Line Media

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4 months ago

Sometimes a well-intentioned bill goes a little too far. Check out latest English-proficiency compliance bill targeting truckers and what #OOIDA has to say.

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5 months ago

Barrs confirmed as FMCSA administrator For the first time in nearly two years, FMCSA has a confirmed leader. The trucking industry is supportive of the pick.

Barrs, a former Florida Highway Patrol chief, has been celebrated by #OOIDA and others for having knowledge of the #trucking industry.
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5 months ago

Truckers ‘answer the call’ to help veterans Truckers For Troops makes another donation to the Veterans Community Project. Here’s how OOIDA members are helping to support veterans.

OOIDA's Truckers For Troops program delivers again. Find out how #truckers helped support veterans in #Colorado.
#trucking #OOIDA
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5 months ago

FMCSA to truck drivers: ‘Common sense is back on the table’ “We can’t sit in an ivory tower.” FMCSA pledged more common sense at GBATS, but drivers weren’t shy about voicing frustrations.

#Truckers had the opportunity to talk with an FMCSA official, and they took it. Truck drivers spoke up about English language proficiency, hours of service, ELDs and more.
#trucking #OOIDA #GBATS
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5 months ago

Warning device request prompts disagreement among trade groups Another company wants to use flashing lights to meet federal warning device regulations for when a truck is stopped on the shoulder.

#OOIDA argues that the exemption request fails to consider all of the variables that #truckers encounter as they haul freight across the nation. #trucking
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5 months ago

When it comes to trucking advocacy, OOIDA is in it for the long haul Will Cook, a truck driver from Indiana, says that truckers need to stop the division and join the fight with OOIDA.

In an industry where associations seem to appear and disappear every year, #OOIDA has remained a constant. #trucking #truckers #truckerlife
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5 months ago

OOIDA to EPA: Clean air yes; unrealistic rules no The trucking industry is taking aim at the EPA’s endangerment finding, calling it a threat to survival. What’s at stake?

#OOIDA said that clean air is a priority for the #trucking industry. However, emission standards for #trucks must be practical, affordable and reliable.
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5 months ago

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#OOIDA supports a bill that would protect #truckers from predatory lease-purchase agreements.
#trucking #truckerlife
https://youtu.be/VHiOX2xM-a8?si=_d9CUjDFqHKwPPZJ

Land Line Media

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5 months ago

Marketing team helps OOIDA attract new members OOIDA’s marketing team is an important tool for the Association. Meet the people keeping truckers up-to-date on the group’s advocacy efforts.

OOIDA's Marketing Department has a passion to help #truckers.
#trucking #truckerlife #OOIDA
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5 months ago

Fuel surcharge critical to trucking operations A fuel surcharge is critical to certain trucking operations, particularly when the fuel market becomes unpredictable.

Fuel prices are updated daily on a Land Line resources page. A fuel surcharge calculator also is available on OOIDA’s website, along with education on how and why to use one.

#trucking #truckers #fuel #OOIDA
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5 months ago

OOIDA calls Barrs ‘right man’ to enforce English-proficiency regs Derek Barrs was nominated to lead FMCSA in March but hasn’t been confirmed. OOIDA asked the Senate to do so quickly.

Derek Barrs is waiting to be confirmed as FMCSA's administrator. #OOIDA wrote a letter of support.
#FMCSA #DOT #ELP #Brokers
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5 months ago

DOT’s Duffy: Truck drivers are ‘backbone of America’s economy’ As part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, DOT Secretary Sean Duffy met with truckers in New Jersey.

It's National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, and #DOT Secretary Sean Duffy met with #truckers on Monday.
#trucking #OOIDA
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6 months ago

Local communities unite against increase in truck size and weight We already knew plenty of trucking organizations oppose truck size and weight increases. But they’re not the only ones.

Groups representing #truckers aren't the only ones against truck size and weight increases. City and county leaders say it would be bad for their local communities.
#trucking #truckerlife #OOIDA
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6 months ago

Trucking groups unite in effort for more parking Even trucking groups that often don’t see eye to eye are telling the DOT that truck parking funding is a priority.

More truck parking is a necessity. Pretty much every #trucking group is saying so.
#truckers #OOIDA
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6 months ago

So, you want to run your own trucking company? You want to start a trucking company. Are you aware of all the roadblocks along the way? Sign up for OOIDA’s Truck To Success.

You love #trucking, but is being an owner-operator the next step? Let #OOIDA help you decide.
#truckers #truckerlife
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6 months ago

International to test autonomous fleet operations Autonomous vehicle deployment and testing has ramped up in recent weeks, with much of this activity centered in Texas.

#OOIDA has been vocal about the federal government needing to create rules regarding #autonomous technology.
#trucking #truckers
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6 months ago

Trucking groups unite in effort for more parking Even trucking groups that often don’t see eye to eye are telling the DOT that truck parking funding is a priority.

“Frankly, #truckers are sick and tired of some lawmakers ignoring their pressing safety needs while funding other pet projects ..." - #OOIDA President Todd Spencer
#trucking #truckerlife
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6 months ago

FMCSA to test OOIDA’s hours-of-service proposals OOIDA asked FMCSA for two hours-of-service provisions. FMCSA will put both to the test through pilot programs.

#Truckers says they need more flexibility within the hours-of-service regulations. FMCSA plans to test the theory.
#trucking #truckerlife #OOIDA
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6 months ago

OOIDA says industry needs to improve for current, future truck drivers In June, a panel of trucking experts came together to discuss where the industry will find its next crop of truck drivers.

Future #truckers want better working conditions, #OOIDA says.
#trucking #truckerlife
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Ken McLeod

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6 months ago

“AVs won’t replace everyone next year – but they can hollow out the job if we let contracts, insurance and patchwork permits turn human drivers into the shock absorber for robotic experiments"

Feels appropriate for Labor Day, even though #OOIDA is a group of independent contractors

Land Line Media

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6 months ago

OOIDA’s 2008 comments on English proficiency still apply OOIDA has long told FMCSA that a English proficiency compliance is a critical safety issue. These comments came in 2008.

Nearly two decades after filing its 2008 comments to FMCSA, #OOIDA continues to advocate for measures that will keep unsafe drivers out of the driver’s seat.
#trucking #truckers #CDL
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6 months ago

Increasing truck weights bad for roads and truckers, opponents say Many organizations oppose efforts to increase truck weights. Find out why these groups believe it would be problematic.

“Increasing size and weight is all cost and no benefit for truckers." - #OOIDA
#truckers #trucking
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6 months ago

The threat of autonomous vehicles Guidelines for autonomous vehicles have recently been updated at the federal level. How can truckers protect their business interests?

Until the rules protect human #truckers first, autonomy is just another way to squeeze the people who keep freight moving, the #OOIDA Foundation said in a “Trucker Truths” email.

#trucking #autonomous
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6 months ago

Truckers’ message delivered Truckers often wonder if anyone is actually listening to their concerns. However, the DOT recently released a “Pro-Trucker Package.”

The “Pro-Trucker Package” takes steps toward addressing such #OOIDA big-ticket items as expanding truck parking, stopping a speed limiter mandate and providing hours-of-service flexibility.
#trucking #truckers
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Land Line Media

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6 months ago

What is Congress doing to make sure autonomous vehicles are safe? Autonomous trucks and other automated vehicles have already been deployed on roads across the nation. But what is Congress doing to ensure public safety?

Even if #driverless technology can operate safely, what has been done to ensure that a bad actor doesn’t seize control of the vehicle?
#truckers #cybersecurity #OOIDA

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6 months ago

Truckers tell EPA regulatory rollback could put trucking ‘back on track’ OOIDA is backing EPA’s plan to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding, calling years of truck emission rules costly and impractical for drivers.

“These rules have put #truckers out of work, hurt small-business competitiveness and discouraged owner-operators from purchasing new equipment." - #OOIDA Executive VP Lewie Pugh
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6 months ago

Administration to halt work visas for truck drivers, Rubio says Nine days after a fatal truck crash in Florida, Secretary of State Marco Rubio made an announcement regarding work visas for truck drivers.

Rubio’s announcement follows recent letters from the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association asking for the immediate suspension of states issuing non-domiciled #CDLs.
#trucking #truckers #OOIDA
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6 months ago

Hours-of-service exemption comments are in The deadline to comment about an hours-of-service exemption request has passed. What did industry stakeholders have to say?

Should the National Propane Gas Association receive a winter hours-of-service exemption? Find out what some industry stakeholders had to say.
#trucking #truckers #truckerlife #OOIDA
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