HR2156 Why is it needed

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Oklahoma Senator says “Slow them Trucks down”

After a wreck in June, 2009 that killed ten people on the Will Rogers turnpike in Oklahoma, Senator Earl Garrison wants to make the trucks go slower.
The Will Rogers Turnpike is 88 miles long, running form Tulsa to the Missouri State line.
At 75 miles per hour, trucks can make the trip in about one hour and [...]

OOIDA sues Minnesota over CMV enforcement

More than six years’ worth of citations and out-of-service orders issued to truckers by the Minnesota Highway Patrol aren’t worth the paper they were written on, according to a lawsuit filed by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.
OOIDA claims that’s because the state had no authority to enforce federal regulations.
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What are these states thinking – Rest Area Closed

What are all these states thinking, when they close rest areas?
I mean yea, times are tough but do you really think to close a rest area is a good idea? What happened to safety? There is already enough accidents out on the road, due to tired drivers both cars and trucks. No where to park, what will truckers [...]

Missouri gets OK for I-70 truck-only lanes

Missouri has won federal approval to rebuild Interstate 70 across the state with lanes segregating cars from trucks.
The Federal Highway Administration’s decision gives Missouri the authorization needed to move ahead with the $4 billion project, which would be the first of its kind nationally, officials said. But money is a major hurdle.
“If we had funding today, we would start [...]

Missouri: Sierra Club questions I-70 truck lanes

Environmentalists are questioning the safety of a state plan to add truck-only lanes to Interstate 70.
While separating car and truck traffic the interstate may be a good idea, the state may be overselling the benefits of its $4.1 billion proposal, the Sierra Club’s Missouri chapter said in documents filed in response to the state’s environmental review of [...]

TRUCKS: 45 days to comment

The Skaneateles Village Board of Trustees is asking residents to be proactive — write to the state governor.
On Aug. 6, Gov. David Paterson announced the release of new trucking regulations for New York state, which would restrict large trucks from using seven highways in the Finger Lakes region as shortcuts. The revised regulations, which now have been released for public [...]

Virginia hopes to reopen rest stops

It’s a long shot, but Virginia officials are hoping that they will be able to find a way to reopen 19 closed rest stops on the state’s interstate highways in a couple of years.
The state is going to mothball until at least 2011 the 18 rest areas and one welcome center slated for closure and eventual demolition because of [...]

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