ATA Supports Heavier Trucks And Mexican Trucks
August 5, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) strongly supports the “Safe and Efficient Transportation ACT (SETA) of 2010, S. 3705, introduced Aug. 4 by U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Herb Kohl (D-Wisc.).
The legislation will allow the operation of trucks on the Interstate Highway System with a gross weight of 97,000 pounds. Current [...]
Heavier Weights – Safer, More Fuel Savings, Environmentally Friendly
July 6, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
What are these people thinking? The Safe and Efficient Transportation Act is a bill to allow a state to authorize the operation of a vehicle with a maximum gross weight (including enforcement tolerances) in excess of certain federal weight limitations on Interstate Highway System (IHS) routes in the state if:
(1) the vehicle is equipped [...]
Sleep Apnea and Trucking be Prepared
May 14, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · 1 Comment
Recently a two day sleep apnea conference was held in Baltimore, MD. and those in attendance say that sleep apnea is a serious safety concern in trucking. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) started a campaign last summer to bring awareness to the trucking industry about Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA).
“Last summer we recommended that all [...]
Heavier Weights for Same Money and Safety Concern
March 26, 2010 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
There are two bills that need to be discussed that are parts of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization Act.
One of the bills will allow the gross weight to be increased from “eighty thousand” pounds to “ninety seven thousand” pounds. Is this something that really needs to be discussed? The way the roads and bridges are [...]
Trucking Schools, Students and Heavier Trucks
November 23, 2009 by Truckdrivernews · 4 Comments
Student truck drivers. Are they ready to haul “heavy” loads? Are student truck drivers being properly trained to drive trucks?
What is the purpose of truck driving schools? And are trucking schools really preparing new drivers for the trucking industry?
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Do you really want heavier Trucks?
July 22, 2009 by Truckdrivernews · 2 Comments
I just wonder who went out and found those 1000 people and surveyed them? Because, they must have asked 1000 people who will benefit from getting their pockets lined a little more. They say, this will cut back on the trucks that are on the road. What they don’t tell you is, that the trucking [...]
Trucking groups back higher weight
June 8, 2009 by Truckdrivernews · Leave a Comment
More than 100 associations and companies — including Kraft Foods, MillerCoors and International Paper — today, June 8, officially launched the Coalition for Transportation Productivity (www.transportationproductivity.org), urging Congress to responsibly raise the federal vehicle weight limit on U.S. interstates.
CTP supports the Safe and Efficient Transportation Act of 2009 (H.R. 1799), which would increase the interstate [...]
