The US Supreme Court will not hear OOIDA’s lawsuit against the DOT’s ELD mandate, effectively ending the court bid to overturn the impeding regulation. The Supreme Court’s June 12 decision…
US Supreme Court Declines to Hear Lawsuit Against ELDs Read more...
It will be still be quite awhile before autonomous vehicles become an active part of the trucking industry; and even then, the technology won’t replace truck drivers, says the president…
Association Boss: Autonomous Vehicles Won’t Replace Drivers Read more...
American Trucking Associations (ATA) president and CEO Chris Spear wrote a letter to the Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Tom Price this week calling for the federal government to quickly…
ATA Wants Washington to Set Hair Testing Standards Read more...
The US DOT says its study regarding the 34-hour restart of the hours of service rule failed to “explicitly identify a net benefit” from two suspended provisions. The acknowledgement effectively…
DOT Study Concludes ‘No Net Benefit’ Found in 34-Hour Restart Provisions Read more...
American Trucking Associations CEO Chris Spear says widespread acceptance of autonomous technology is still 20 to 25 years away, but until then the trucking industry needs to take a seat…
Trucking Groups Gear Up for Autonomous Technology Read more...
The US Dept. of Transportation asked for public input to determine the setting in the proposed heavy-duty truck speed limiter mandate, with a majority of fleets favouring 65 mph, reports…
ATA Doesn’t Support Speed Limiter Rule as Currently Proposed Read more...
Special legislation to fix the legislative glitch that threatened use of a 34-hour restart as part of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers passed the Senate by a 63-36 vote…
Congress Completes HOS Fix Read more...
Autonomous vehicles, including commercial trucks, are already a reality, but the trucking industry must have a “seat at the table … to develop a [policy] framework without stymying innovation,” Chris…
ATA Boss: Trucking Must Have Role in Creating Autonomous-Driving Policy Read more...
The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) says due to lower fuel prices, the trucking industry’s operational costs declined in 2015. And, for the first time, driver costs represent a higher…
Labour Costs Surpass Fuel Costs, says ATRI Read more...
