OOIDA’s annual Truckers for Troops care package campaign set for Nov. 13-17
Truckers for Troops raises money to pack and send care packages to military members stationed in combat zones. The program will also help veteran’s facilities on the home front, including those assisting or housing wounded, disabled or homeless service members.
St. Christopher Truckers Fund offering free vaccine vouchers for drivers
Truckers can print the vouchers from the organization’s website and take them to Kroger, The Little Clinic, Walgreen’s or The Medicine Shoppe at White’s Travel Center to receive the free vaccines.
States object to OOIDA’s assertions that they can’t enforce ELD mandate
Questions are being raised by state officials about the validity of a recent legal petition filed by OOIDA. Several states responded to note that, as far as they were concerned, their regulatory code was fully up to date, including the ELD mandate.
OOIDA petitions FMCSA to withhold federal funding from 20 states for enforcement, including ELDs
The petition singles out 26 states that haven’t as yet adopted the ELD mandate, while 20 of those are out of compliance with fed regs adoption rules in general, OOIDA says. The MCSAP program granted more than $65 million in funding to those 20 states last year.
Between cynicism and hope: Readers, associations weigh in on ramifications of CSA study
While many readers were cynical about the entire project, associations from OOIDA to ATA were hopeful that the National Academies’ CSA revision recommendations would be taken seriously by the FMCSA.
Supreme Court rejects ELD appeal, ending OOIDA’s challenge options
In a win for FMCSA, the Supreme Court has declined to take up OOIDA’s challenge, leaving in place a lower court decision that upholds the rule and its Dec. 18 compliance date.