Trucking News - July 2011
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Oregon adopts statewide idling rule
07/05/2011 - 12:18:17 pm - A new law in Oregon is intended to crack down on unnecessary idling of trucks. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2012. Gov. John Kitzhaber signed into law a bill to set a ...
Texas OKs higher speeds, wipeout of Trans-Texas Corridor
07/05/2011 - 12:19:32 pm - A new Texas law effectively puts a tombstone on a once-ballyhooed proposed superhighway. Perhaps more notably, the new law also authorizes the fastest speeds in the nation ...
Truckers Jamboree in Walcott: July 14, 15
07/05/2011 - 12:20:33 pm - Since its inception in 1979, the Truckers Jamboree in Walcott, IA, has been celebrating America’s truckers. When you get off I-80 on Exit 284 and pull into the Iowa 80 Truck ...
Drivers scramble for parking as 63 rest areas close in MN
07/05/2011 - 12:22:36 pm - Truck drivers parked at 63 state-run safety rest areas in Minnesota received harsh wake-up calls the past two days after they were forced to leave their parking spaces and ...
Lawmaker seeks repeal of commercialization ban at rest areas
07/09/2011 - 9:05:55 pm - One U.S. senator has unveiled his proposal, calling for the lifting of the federal ban that restricts commercialization at interstate rest areas. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, ...
Is trucking industry slowing down? One analyst says not really
07/09/2011 - 9:07:03 pm - According to the American Trucking Associations, the total tonnage of freight hauled by truck fell by more than 2 percent from April to May. Those figures are collected from ...
Truckers Jamboree in Walcott: July 14, 15
07/09/2011 - 9:08:04 pm - Since its inception in 1979, the Truckers Jamboree in Walcott, IA, has been celebrating America’s truckers. When you get off I-80 on Exit 284 and pull into the Iowa 80 Truck ...
Get it while it’s hot: Kansas has diesel grant cash
07/12/2011 - 4:20:54 pm - Kansas truck owners can apply now for diesel grants between $5,000 and $100,000. Between now and Aug. 15, the state of Kansas is accepting applications for its diesel ...
States push to reduce ‘distracted driving’ continues
07/12/2011 - 4:22:06 pm - Efforts at statehouses to rein in use of hand-held devices while driving have received a lot of attention for the past several years. With no end in sight, more states are ...
Chrome Shop Mafia truck show in Joplin Sept. 30-Oct. 1
07/12/2011 - 4:22:45 pm - The third annual “Guilty By Association Truck Show and Customer Expo” will be held Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1, at 4 State Trucks – home of the Chrome Shop ...
Judge rejects petition to reopen rest areas in MN
07/15/2011 - 12:28:37 pm - Late Monday, July 11, a Minnesota Chief District Judge rejected the Minnesota Trucking Association’s petition to reopen the state’s safety rest areas during the shutdown, ...
Wisconsin opens up diesel idling reduction grant program
07/15/2011 - 12:29:37 pm - Dozens of OOIDA members have obtained grants through Wisconsin’s diesel emission reduction programs, and it looks as if trucking businesses will have another crack at grants ...
TSA report: Criminals hijacked 10,000 Mexican truckloads in 2010
07/15/2011 - 12:30:38 pm - Fresh off the recent announcement that the U.S. and Mexico will expand cross-border trucking comes startling figures that show the saturation of organized crime in Mexico and ...
New York ramps up texting while driving enforcement
07/15/2011 - 12:32:05 pm - In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Tuesday, July 12, to toughen the state’s rule on texting while driving. A congressional effort is also underway to ban ...
Expedite Expo on the calendar for July 22-23
07/21/2011 - 10:55:05 am - The 11th annual Expedite Expo is America’s largest expedited trucking show. With more than 100 exhibits and a wide range of events and entertainment, the event is scheduled ...
TSA report: Criminals hijacked 10,000 Mexican truckloads in 2010
07/21/2011 - 10:56:09 am - Fresh off the recent announcement that the U.S. and Mexico will expand cross-border trucking comes startling figures that show the saturation of organized crime in Mexico and ...
Shiny show trucks rolling into Fergus this weekend
07/21/2011 - 10:57:21 am - Since 1986, this event has been rocking Fergus, Ontario. The 2011 Fergus Truck Show runs this Friday, July 22, through Sunday, July 24. Visitors can enjoy a trade show, ...
New Oregon laws cover truck issues
07/21/2011 - 10:59:05 am - Oregon has some notable new rules that truckers need to know. New laws cover indemnification clauses, idling, medical certification and driving through roundabouts. One ...
Arizona’s new ‘move over’ rule applies to all vehicles
07/25/2011 - 1:28:29 pm - Starting Wednesday, July 20, a new law in Arizona provides the same protection for all travelers that are provided for emergency personnel parked along roadsides in the state ...
Minnesota ends shutdown; truckers await opening of rest areas
07/25/2011 - 1:29:23 pm - It’s one for the history books. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton put his signature on a new budget today, marking the nation’s longest state government shutdown in 10 years. The ...
New York mandates front-end mirrors for certain trucks
07/25/2011 - 1:32:40 pm - Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that is intended to eliminate blind spots for truck drivers traveling in New York City. Starting Jan. 18, 2012, large trucks ...
NAST 2011 season officially in gear
07/28/2011 - 4:07:21 pm - Cabela’s in Dundee, MI, June 3-5, was the place to be for fans and participants in the National Association of Show Trucks. They started the 2011 season with the eighth ...
Rest areas reopen in Minnesota
07/28/2011 - 4:08:43 pm - All but one of the state’s 83 Class I, Class II and Class III rest areas have reopened in Minnesota. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Transportation ...
Pilot Flying J reopens travel plaza in El Paso
07/28/2011 - 4:10:44 pm - A recently remodeled Flying J Travel Plaza reopened in El Paso, TX. The travel plaza is located on I-10, Exit 37 at 1301 North Horizon Blvd. and features full amenities for ...
Truckers urged to report human trafficking
07/28/2011 - 4:11:47 pm - A raid this past week in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has led to the arrest of more than 1,000 people believed to be involved in the human and sex trafficking ...
Wisconsin adopts indemnification protection
07/28/2011 - 4:13:07 pm - Truck drivers in Wisconsin now are protected from an unfair clause in motor carrier contracts. Intended to level the playing field for truckers, Gov. Scott Walker ...
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07/05/2011 - 12:18:17 pm - A new law in Oregon is intended to crack down on unnecessary idling of trucks. It takes effect Jan. 1, 2012. Gov. John Kitzhaber signed into law a bill to set a ...
Texas OKs higher speeds, wipeout of Trans-Texas Corridor
07/05/2011 - 12:19:32 pm - A new Texas law effectively puts a tombstone on a once-ballyhooed proposed superhighway. Perhaps more notably, the new law also authorizes the fastest speeds in the nation ...
Truckers Jamboree in Walcott: July 14, 15
07/05/2011 - 12:20:33 pm - Since its inception in 1979, the Truckers Jamboree in Walcott, IA, has been celebrating America’s truckers. When you get off I-80 on Exit 284 and pull into the Iowa 80 Truck ...
Drivers scramble for parking as 63 rest areas close in MN
07/05/2011 - 12:22:36 pm - Truck drivers parked at 63 state-run safety rest areas in Minnesota received harsh wake-up calls the past two days after they were forced to leave their parking spaces and ...
Lawmaker seeks repeal of commercialization ban at rest areas
07/09/2011 - 9:05:55 pm - One U.S. senator has unveiled his proposal, calling for the lifting of the federal ban that restricts commercialization at interstate rest areas. U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, ...
Is trucking industry slowing down? One analyst says not really
07/09/2011 - 9:07:03 pm - According to the American Trucking Associations, the total tonnage of freight hauled by truck fell by more than 2 percent from April to May. Those figures are collected from ...
Truckers Jamboree in Walcott: July 14, 15
07/09/2011 - 9:08:04 pm - Since its inception in 1979, the Truckers Jamboree in Walcott, IA, has been celebrating America’s truckers. When you get off I-80 on Exit 284 and pull into the Iowa 80 Truck ...
Get it while it’s hot: Kansas has diesel grant cash
07/12/2011 - 4:20:54 pm - Kansas truck owners can apply now for diesel grants between $5,000 and $100,000. Between now and Aug. 15, the state of Kansas is accepting applications for its diesel ...
States push to reduce ‘distracted driving’ continues
07/12/2011 - 4:22:06 pm - Efforts at statehouses to rein in use of hand-held devices while driving have received a lot of attention for the past several years. With no end in sight, more states are ...
Chrome Shop Mafia truck show in Joplin Sept. 30-Oct. 1
07/12/2011 - 4:22:45 pm - The third annual “Guilty By Association Truck Show and Customer Expo” will be held Friday, Sept. 30, and Saturday, Oct. 1, at 4 State Trucks – home of the Chrome Shop ...
Judge rejects petition to reopen rest areas in MN
07/15/2011 - 12:28:37 pm - Late Monday, July 11, a Minnesota Chief District Judge rejected the Minnesota Trucking Association’s petition to reopen the state’s safety rest areas during the shutdown, ...
Wisconsin opens up diesel idling reduction grant program
07/15/2011 - 12:29:37 pm - Dozens of OOIDA members have obtained grants through Wisconsin’s diesel emission reduction programs, and it looks as if trucking businesses will have another crack at grants ...
TSA report: Criminals hijacked 10,000 Mexican truckloads in 2010
07/15/2011 - 12:30:38 pm - Fresh off the recent announcement that the U.S. and Mexico will expand cross-border trucking comes startling figures that show the saturation of organized crime in Mexico and ...
New York ramps up texting while driving enforcement
07/15/2011 - 12:32:05 pm - In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill into law Tuesday, July 12, to toughen the state’s rule on texting while driving. A congressional effort is also underway to ban ...
Expedite Expo on the calendar for July 22-23
07/21/2011 - 10:55:05 am - The 11th annual Expedite Expo is America’s largest expedited trucking show. With more than 100 exhibits and a wide range of events and entertainment, the event is scheduled ...
TSA report: Criminals hijacked 10,000 Mexican truckloads in 2010
07/21/2011 - 10:56:09 am - Fresh off the recent announcement that the U.S. and Mexico will expand cross-border trucking comes startling figures that show the saturation of organized crime in Mexico and ...
Shiny show trucks rolling into Fergus this weekend
07/21/2011 - 10:57:21 am - Since 1986, this event has been rocking Fergus, Ontario. The 2011 Fergus Truck Show runs this Friday, July 22, through Sunday, July 24. Visitors can enjoy a trade show, ...
New Oregon laws cover truck issues
07/21/2011 - 10:59:05 am - Oregon has some notable new rules that truckers need to know. New laws cover indemnification clauses, idling, medical certification and driving through roundabouts. One ...
Arizona’s new ‘move over’ rule applies to all vehicles
07/25/2011 - 1:28:29 pm - Starting Wednesday, July 20, a new law in Arizona provides the same protection for all travelers that are provided for emergency personnel parked along roadsides in the state ...
Minnesota ends shutdown; truckers await opening of rest areas
07/25/2011 - 1:29:23 pm - It’s one for the history books. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton put his signature on a new budget today, marking the nation’s longest state government shutdown in 10 years. The ...
New York mandates front-end mirrors for certain trucks
07/25/2011 - 1:32:40 pm - Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that is intended to eliminate blind spots for truck drivers traveling in New York City. Starting Jan. 18, 2012, large trucks ...
NAST 2011 season officially in gear
07/28/2011 - 4:07:21 pm - Cabela’s in Dundee, MI, June 3-5, was the place to be for fans and participants in the National Association of Show Trucks. They started the 2011 season with the eighth ...
Rest areas reopen in Minnesota
07/28/2011 - 4:08:43 pm - All but one of the state’s 83 Class I, Class II and Class III rest areas have reopened in Minnesota. Officials with the Minnesota Department of Transportation ...
Pilot Flying J reopens travel plaza in El Paso
07/28/2011 - 4:10:44 pm - A recently remodeled Flying J Travel Plaza reopened in El Paso, TX. The travel plaza is located on I-10, Exit 37 at 1301 North Horizon Blvd. and features full amenities for ...
Truckers urged to report human trafficking
07/28/2011 - 4:11:47 pm - A raid this past week in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez has led to the arrest of more than 1,000 people believed to be involved in the human and sex trafficking ...
Wisconsin adopts indemnification protection
07/28/2011 - 4:13:07 pm - Truck drivers in Wisconsin now are protected from an unfair clause in motor carrier contracts. Intended to level the playing field for truckers, Gov. Scott Walker ...
