Trucking News - July 2010
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Walcott Truckers Jamboree to celebrate America’s truckers
07/02/2010 - 2:44:23 pm - July 8-9 marks the 31st Anniversary Walcott Truckers Jamboree, held at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest truck stop. This year’s event will have more than ...
FMCSA’s Ferro addresses time wasted at loading docks
07/02/2010 - 2:45:25 pm - The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration went to bat for truckers recently when she spoke to shippers at a meeting near Washington, DC. Anne Ferro ...
DOT lifts Boston’s daytime hazmat traffic ban
07/02/2010 - 2:46:01 pm - Beginning Thursday, July 1, hazmat trucks will be able to enter Boston during the daylight hours again. The city had outlawed daytime hazmat traffic, forcing those ...
Take note: Primary elections season right around the corner
07/02/2010 - 2:47:23 pm - Truckers out on the road across the country should keep an eye on the calendar. Primary elections are scheduled in several states in the coming weeks. Georgia will hold ...
Texting bans take effect July 1
07/02/2010 - 2:48:16 pm - The list of states where it is illegal to exercise your thumbs while driving continues to lengthen. As of Thursday, July 1, six more states will start enforcing laws that ...
July 1st laws cover heavy trucks, ticket quotas and indemnification
07/02/2010 - 2:49:08 pm - On Thursday, July 1, a variety of new state laws that affect truckers are slated to be implemented. Among them are laws that allow heavier trucks, prohibit indemnification ...
Volvo to recall more than 63,000 trucks
07/02/2010 - 2:49:59 pm - Volvo Trucks North America is recalling 63,788 tractor-trailer trucks to address potential steering problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
Lock ’em up: Oklahoma law impounds certain uninsured vehicles
07/02/2010 - 2:51:40 pm - Driving down the highway and trying to avoid wayward drivers can be a high-anxiety filled task. Concern about whether those vehicles are insured only adds to your angst ...
OOIDA vs. MN State Patrol: federal court hears motions
07/02/2010 - 2:53:10 pm - Minnesota’s fatigue inspection scheme came under scrutiny in federal court this week. A two-hour hearing took place June 30 in the U.S. District Court for the District of ...
Walcott Truckers Jamboree slated for July 8-9
07/07/2010 - 10:22:25 am - July 8-9 marks the 31st Anniversary Walcott Truckers Jamboree, held at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest truck stop. This year’s event will have more than ...
Massachusetts bill would add 400-pound APU weight exemption
07/07/2010 - 10:23:39 am - A Massachusetts bill would allow the state to join most other states in offering an incentive to reduce idling. Two more states are nearing passage of nearly identical pieces ...
July 15 UCR enforcement closing in
07/07/2010 - 10:24:21 am - Truckers have two more weeks to pay the 2010 Unified Carrier Registration program fees. Even though the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration didn’t unveil the ...
Best-laid plans – for a ramp – go awry
07/07/2010 - 10:25:35 am - In Washington state, the Department of Transportation has some egg on its face after its engineers built a Tacoma highway off ramp in the wrong spot. The Associated ...
Louisiana law bucks higher licensing fee, appeal concerns fall flat
07/07/2010 - 10:26:36 am - Multiple bills considered in the Louisiana Legislature this year were of interest to truck drivers. Among the measures approved by lawmakers is a bill to eliminate a fee ...
Turnout needed at July 9 parking meeting in Chaparral, NM
07/07/2010 - 10:27:30 am - Truckers who live in Chaparral, NM, are urging other drivers and their families to turn out to a public meeting with planning and zoning officials about truck parking on ...
Pielsticker’s Tulsa home auctioned
07/09/2010 - 3:24:20 pm - The nearly $2.5 million home owned by the president of now-defunct Arrow Trucking Co. of Tulsa, OK, was auctioned off Tuesday. While the Tulsa home appraised for nearly ...
Still time to catch Walcott Truckers Jamboree
07/09/2010 - 3:24:55 pm - The 31st Anniversary Walcott Truckers Jamboree has begun at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest truck stop, and will continue Friday, July 9. This year’s ...
FMCSA to talk medical issues with truckers in Indy, DC
07/09/2010 - 3:25:55 pm - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to talk directly with drivers about the medical certification process and will take its show on the road for two truck ...
Still hope for Arrow Trucking employees to recoup back wages
07/09/2010 - 3:26:37 pm - For months now, former drivers and employees for Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking have been waiting patiently to find out whether there will be any money left over to pay them what ...
Expedite Expo 10th Anniversary July 23-24
07/13/2010 - 9:13:05 am - The 10th annual Expedite Expo is July 23-24, 2010. The event will be held at the Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington, OH. The expo is known for its informative ...
Maryland poised to boost auto liability coverage
07/13/2010 - 9:13:56 am - Truckers will be interested to know that a new law in Maryland will soon require motorists to carry more liability insurance. In place since the early 1970s, existing ...
Canada’s Roadcheck puts fewer drivers OOS
07/13/2010 - 9:14:36 am - Law enforcement in Canada put fewer commercial drivers out of service this year during the annual Roadcheck inspection blitz. The positive trend for drivers is ...
States move to limit distracted driving; New Jersey gives truckers a break
07/13/2010 - 9:15:15 am - Compliments of the federal government, truck drivers this year have already been forced to address their telecommunications habits while on the road. Stateside, more and more ...
Expedite Expo 10th Anniversary July 23-24
07/15/2010 - 1:08:02 pm - The 10th annual Expedite Expo is July 23-24, 2010. The event will be held at the Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington, OH. The expo is known for its informative ...
LA laws provide indemnity protection, penalties for hazmat haulers
07/15/2010 - 1:09:05 pm - Two new Louisiana laws are intended to level the playing field for trucking operations and to get tough with hazmat haulers found to recklessly handle shipments. Gov. ...
U.S. Roadcheck places just 4.4 percent of drivers OOS
07/15/2010 - 1:09:54 pm - For the second straight year, just 4.4 percent of commercial drivers and 20 percent of commercial vehicles were placed out of service during the annual Roadcheck inspection ...
New Georgia law covers multiple truck issues
07/15/2010 - 1:11:11 pm - Truck drivers are the focus of a new Georgia law. It addresses indemnification agreements, idling reduction and saddlemounts. Intended to help truckers, one provision ...
Illinois law tweaks red-light camera rules
07/19/2010 - 8:19:14 am - A new law in Illinois doesn’t prohibit use of red-light cameras, but it does help ensure uniformity of laws throughout the state and make it easier for drivers to appeal ...
Trucker not at fault for fatality, trooper tells TX newspaper
07/19/2010 - 8:20:08 am - A truck driver from Lufkin, TX, was not responsible for a fatal wreck this past weekend in Newton County, TX. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, ...
World’s Largest Truck Convoy 2010
07/19/2010 - 8:21:26 am - The World’s Largest Truck Convoy to benefit Special Olympics raised more than $606,000 last year with 1,500 truckers participating in 29 convoys across the U.S. and Canada ...
Hank Good presented Trucker Buddy’s 2010 Gary King Memorial Award
07/19/2010 - 8:22:35 am - The 2010 Gary King Memorial Award presented each year by Trucker Buddy International was presented to OOIDA Senior Member Henry R. Good. Good, of Monticello, NY – ...
Truckers favor off-peak deliveries in NYC
07/19/2010 - 8:23:43 am - It may seem like a no-brainer that truckers prefer to make deliveries during off-peak hours in major cities. Officials in New York City and with the federal government are not ...
Fergus Truck Show this weekend
07/21/2010 - 12:51:33 pm - Fergus, Ontario, will be abuzz with trucks and entertainment this weekend during the 25th Annual Fergus Truck Show. Organizers anticipate 75,000 people through the gates ...
Two more shipping lines won’t provide chassis
07/21/2010 - 12:52:49 pm - Port drivers wait in line every day to pick up and gain approval to use container chassis owned by major worldwide shipping lines. However, the list of ocean carriers ...
California bill would increase distracted driving penalties
07/21/2010 - 12:54:13 pm - Motorists who cannot resist the lure of communicating on their cell phone while driving down the road soon could be digging deeper into their pockets for their indiscretion ...
Trucker struggles to find off-duty parking in home town
07/21/2010 - 12:55:19 pm - In the short time that OOIDA Member Robert Putt of Chambersburg, PA, has had his 2004 Kenworth, he admits he’s had nothing but trouble finding a place to park it when he ...
Auction of Arrow Trucking’s maintenance facility nets $1.6 million
07/24/2010 - 10:18:38 am - The 26-acre maintenance facility formerly owned by Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking Co. was auctioned off with a winning bid of just over $1.6 million on Tuesday, July 20 ...
Internet Truckstop hosts open house July 24
07/24/2010 - 10:19:40 am - Internet Truckstop LLC has a new location in New Plymouth, ID, and is opening its doors to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 24. Internet Truckstop will also ...
Pennsylvania moves forward on red-light camera pursuit
07/24/2010 - 10:20:45 am - The Pennsylvania Senate recently voted to approve a bill that would allow more communities throughout the state to post red-light cameras. By a vote of 49-1, Senate ...
Senate bill would put more freight on trains
07/24/2010 - 10:21:35 am - Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, has filed a bill to prioritize and fund freight rail, ports and multimodal infrastructure with grants. Lautenberg, who chairs the Senate ...
Medical regs: driver attendance thin at first FMCSA listening session
07/24/2010 - 10:22:27 am - may have been a small gathering that attended FMCSA’s “road show” to talk about upcoming medical regulations, but OOIDA members were represented well. FMCSA held ...
Truck shows coming up in August
07/27/2010 - 7:51:19 am - The Great Salt Lake Truck Show is celebrating its 21st anniversary on Aug. 12-14 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT. This event benefits the National Kidney Foundation. For ...
Oklahoma law changes left turn rule
07/27/2010 - 7:52:53 am - Gov. Brad Henry signed into law a bill that is intended to make travel through Oklahoma intersections less daunting. For decades, Oklahoma law has allowed vehicles to ...
Nevada panel pushes air pressure checks
07/27/2010 - 7:57:56 am - More vehicles traveling Nevada roadways would have their tires operating at maximum efficiency under a push being made by state lawmakers. A legislative subcommittee ...
Kentucky police seeking leads in hit-and-run
07/29/2010 - 2:35:31 pm - It has been more than two months since Bob Luther was struck and killed on the side of the highway in Kentucky. Luther was eastbound on Interstate 64 near Exit 137 ...
Five Arizona rest areas open this week
07/29/2010 - 2:36:15 pm - The Arizona Department of Transportation reopened three rest areas on Monday, July 26. Sacaton and Ehrenberg on Interstate 10, as well as southbound Canoa Ranch along I-19, ...
California moves closer to stricter truck rules
07/29/2010 - 2:37:03 pm - Nearing passage at the California statehouse is a bill that is intended to make anyone who violates out-of-service orders pay a steep price. The Senate Transportation ...
HOS proposed rule goes to White House
07/29/2010 - 2:37:53 pm - The journey toward a new hours-of-service regulation is moving along as planned with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sending its proposed HOS regs to the White ...
Sen. Murray pushes administration to resume cross-border trucking
07/29/2010 - 2:38:52 pm - An amendment slipped into the transportation appropriations bill is seeking to force the administration to put together a plan to resume the cross-border trucking program and ...
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07/02/2010 - 2:44:23 pm - July 8-9 marks the 31st Anniversary Walcott Truckers Jamboree, held at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest truck stop. This year’s event will have more than ...
FMCSA’s Ferro addresses time wasted at loading docks
07/02/2010 - 2:45:25 pm - The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration went to bat for truckers recently when she spoke to shippers at a meeting near Washington, DC. Anne Ferro ...
DOT lifts Boston’s daytime hazmat traffic ban
07/02/2010 - 2:46:01 pm - Beginning Thursday, July 1, hazmat trucks will be able to enter Boston during the daylight hours again. The city had outlawed daytime hazmat traffic, forcing those ...
Take note: Primary elections season right around the corner
07/02/2010 - 2:47:23 pm - Truckers out on the road across the country should keep an eye on the calendar. Primary elections are scheduled in several states in the coming weeks. Georgia will hold ...
Texting bans take effect July 1
07/02/2010 - 2:48:16 pm - The list of states where it is illegal to exercise your thumbs while driving continues to lengthen. As of Thursday, July 1, six more states will start enforcing laws that ...
July 1st laws cover heavy trucks, ticket quotas and indemnification
07/02/2010 - 2:49:08 pm - On Thursday, July 1, a variety of new state laws that affect truckers are slated to be implemented. Among them are laws that allow heavier trucks, prohibit indemnification ...
Volvo to recall more than 63,000 trucks
07/02/2010 - 2:49:59 pm - Volvo Trucks North America is recalling 63,788 tractor-trailer trucks to address potential steering problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ...
Lock ’em up: Oklahoma law impounds certain uninsured vehicles
07/02/2010 - 2:51:40 pm - Driving down the highway and trying to avoid wayward drivers can be a high-anxiety filled task. Concern about whether those vehicles are insured only adds to your angst ...
OOIDA vs. MN State Patrol: federal court hears motions
07/02/2010 - 2:53:10 pm - Minnesota’s fatigue inspection scheme came under scrutiny in federal court this week. A two-hour hearing took place June 30 in the U.S. District Court for the District of ...
Walcott Truckers Jamboree slated for July 8-9
07/07/2010 - 10:22:25 am - July 8-9 marks the 31st Anniversary Walcott Truckers Jamboree, held at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest truck stop. This year’s event will have more than ...
Massachusetts bill would add 400-pound APU weight exemption
07/07/2010 - 10:23:39 am - A Massachusetts bill would allow the state to join most other states in offering an incentive to reduce idling. Two more states are nearing passage of nearly identical pieces ...
July 15 UCR enforcement closing in
07/07/2010 - 10:24:21 am - Truckers have two more weeks to pay the 2010 Unified Carrier Registration program fees. Even though the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration didn’t unveil the ...
Best-laid plans – for a ramp – go awry
07/07/2010 - 10:25:35 am - In Washington state, the Department of Transportation has some egg on its face after its engineers built a Tacoma highway off ramp in the wrong spot. The Associated ...
Louisiana law bucks higher licensing fee, appeal concerns fall flat
07/07/2010 - 10:26:36 am - Multiple bills considered in the Louisiana Legislature this year were of interest to truck drivers. Among the measures approved by lawmakers is a bill to eliminate a fee ...
Turnout needed at July 9 parking meeting in Chaparral, NM
07/07/2010 - 10:27:30 am - Truckers who live in Chaparral, NM, are urging other drivers and their families to turn out to a public meeting with planning and zoning officials about truck parking on ...
Pielsticker’s Tulsa home auctioned
07/09/2010 - 3:24:20 pm - The nearly $2.5 million home owned by the president of now-defunct Arrow Trucking Co. of Tulsa, OK, was auctioned off Tuesday. While the Tulsa home appraised for nearly ...
Still time to catch Walcott Truckers Jamboree
07/09/2010 - 3:24:55 pm - The 31st Anniversary Walcott Truckers Jamboree has begun at the Iowa 80 Truckstop, the world’s largest truck stop, and will continue Friday, July 9. This year’s ...
FMCSA to talk medical issues with truckers in Indy, DC
07/09/2010 - 3:25:55 pm - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration wants to talk directly with drivers about the medical certification process and will take its show on the road for two truck ...
Still hope for Arrow Trucking employees to recoup back wages
07/09/2010 - 3:26:37 pm - For months now, former drivers and employees for Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking have been waiting patiently to find out whether there will be any money left over to pay them what ...
Expedite Expo 10th Anniversary July 23-24
07/13/2010 - 9:13:05 am - The 10th annual Expedite Expo is July 23-24, 2010. The event will be held at the Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington, OH. The expo is known for its informative ...
Maryland poised to boost auto liability coverage
07/13/2010 - 9:13:56 am - Truckers will be interested to know that a new law in Maryland will soon require motorists to carry more liability insurance. In place since the early 1970s, existing ...
Canada’s Roadcheck puts fewer drivers OOS
07/13/2010 - 9:14:36 am - Law enforcement in Canada put fewer commercial drivers out of service this year during the annual Roadcheck inspection blitz. The positive trend for drivers is ...
States move to limit distracted driving; New Jersey gives truckers a break
07/13/2010 - 9:15:15 am - Compliments of the federal government, truck drivers this year have already been forced to address their telecommunications habits while on the road. Stateside, more and more ...
Expedite Expo 10th Anniversary July 23-24
07/15/2010 - 1:08:02 pm - The 10th annual Expedite Expo is July 23-24, 2010. The event will be held at the Roberts Convention Centre in Wilmington, OH. The expo is known for its informative ...
LA laws provide indemnity protection, penalties for hazmat haulers
07/15/2010 - 1:09:05 pm - Two new Louisiana laws are intended to level the playing field for trucking operations and to get tough with hazmat haulers found to recklessly handle shipments. Gov. ...
U.S. Roadcheck places just 4.4 percent of drivers OOS
07/15/2010 - 1:09:54 pm - For the second straight year, just 4.4 percent of commercial drivers and 20 percent of commercial vehicles were placed out of service during the annual Roadcheck inspection ...
New Georgia law covers multiple truck issues
07/15/2010 - 1:11:11 pm - Truck drivers are the focus of a new Georgia law. It addresses indemnification agreements, idling reduction and saddlemounts. Intended to help truckers, one provision ...
Illinois law tweaks red-light camera rules
07/19/2010 - 8:19:14 am - A new law in Illinois doesn’t prohibit use of red-light cameras, but it does help ensure uniformity of laws throughout the state and make it easier for drivers to appeal ...
Trucker not at fault for fatality, trooper tells TX newspaper
07/19/2010 - 8:20:08 am - A truck driver from Lufkin, TX, was not responsible for a fatal wreck this past weekend in Newton County, TX. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, ...
World’s Largest Truck Convoy 2010
07/19/2010 - 8:21:26 am - The World’s Largest Truck Convoy to benefit Special Olympics raised more than $606,000 last year with 1,500 truckers participating in 29 convoys across the U.S. and Canada ...
Hank Good presented Trucker Buddy’s 2010 Gary King Memorial Award
07/19/2010 - 8:22:35 am - The 2010 Gary King Memorial Award presented each year by Trucker Buddy International was presented to OOIDA Senior Member Henry R. Good. Good, of Monticello, NY – ...
Truckers favor off-peak deliveries in NYC
07/19/2010 - 8:23:43 am - It may seem like a no-brainer that truckers prefer to make deliveries during off-peak hours in major cities. Officials in New York City and with the federal government are not ...
Fergus Truck Show this weekend
07/21/2010 - 12:51:33 pm - Fergus, Ontario, will be abuzz with trucks and entertainment this weekend during the 25th Annual Fergus Truck Show. Organizers anticipate 75,000 people through the gates ...
Two more shipping lines won’t provide chassis
07/21/2010 - 12:52:49 pm - Port drivers wait in line every day to pick up and gain approval to use container chassis owned by major worldwide shipping lines. However, the list of ocean carriers ...
California bill would increase distracted driving penalties
07/21/2010 - 12:54:13 pm - Motorists who cannot resist the lure of communicating on their cell phone while driving down the road soon could be digging deeper into their pockets for their indiscretion ...
Trucker struggles to find off-duty parking in home town
07/21/2010 - 12:55:19 pm - In the short time that OOIDA Member Robert Putt of Chambersburg, PA, has had his 2004 Kenworth, he admits he’s had nothing but trouble finding a place to park it when he ...
Auction of Arrow Trucking’s maintenance facility nets $1.6 million
07/24/2010 - 10:18:38 am - The 26-acre maintenance facility formerly owned by Tulsa-based Arrow Trucking Co. was auctioned off with a winning bid of just over $1.6 million on Tuesday, July 20 ...
Internet Truckstop hosts open house July 24
07/24/2010 - 10:19:40 am - Internet Truckstop LLC has a new location in New Plymouth, ID, and is opening its doors to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, July 24. Internet Truckstop will also ...
Pennsylvania moves forward on red-light camera pursuit
07/24/2010 - 10:20:45 am - The Pennsylvania Senate recently voted to approve a bill that would allow more communities throughout the state to post red-light cameras. By a vote of 49-1, Senate ...
Senate bill would put more freight on trains
07/24/2010 - 10:21:35 am - Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-NJ, has filed a bill to prioritize and fund freight rail, ports and multimodal infrastructure with grants. Lautenberg, who chairs the Senate ...
Medical regs: driver attendance thin at first FMCSA listening session
07/24/2010 - 10:22:27 am - may have been a small gathering that attended FMCSA’s “road show” to talk about upcoming medical regulations, but OOIDA members were represented well. FMCSA held ...
Truck shows coming up in August
07/27/2010 - 7:51:19 am - The Great Salt Lake Truck Show is celebrating its 21st anniversary on Aug. 12-14 at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, UT. This event benefits the National Kidney Foundation. For ...
Oklahoma law changes left turn rule
07/27/2010 - 7:52:53 am - Gov. Brad Henry signed into law a bill that is intended to make travel through Oklahoma intersections less daunting. For decades, Oklahoma law has allowed vehicles to ...
Nevada panel pushes air pressure checks
07/27/2010 - 7:57:56 am - More vehicles traveling Nevada roadways would have their tires operating at maximum efficiency under a push being made by state lawmakers. A legislative subcommittee ...
Kentucky police seeking leads in hit-and-run
07/29/2010 - 2:35:31 pm - It has been more than two months since Bob Luther was struck and killed on the side of the highway in Kentucky. Luther was eastbound on Interstate 64 near Exit 137 ...
Five Arizona rest areas open this week
07/29/2010 - 2:36:15 pm - The Arizona Department of Transportation reopened three rest areas on Monday, July 26. Sacaton and Ehrenberg on Interstate 10, as well as southbound Canoa Ranch along I-19, ...
California moves closer to stricter truck rules
07/29/2010 - 2:37:03 pm - Nearing passage at the California statehouse is a bill that is intended to make anyone who violates out-of-service orders pay a steep price. The Senate Transportation ...
HOS proposed rule goes to White House
07/29/2010 - 2:37:53 pm - The journey toward a new hours-of-service regulation is moving along as planned with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration sending its proposed HOS regs to the White ...
Sen. Murray pushes administration to resume cross-border trucking
07/29/2010 - 2:38:52 pm - An amendment slipped into the transportation appropriations bill is seeking to force the administration to put together a plan to resume the cross-border trucking program and ...
