ATA – Anti Trucking Association

The ATA claims to be “The Voice of the Industry that Moves America’s Freight.”
I always thought the ATA was for the truck drivers.
It was not until I really started paying attention to some things that the ATA has said did I realize they are not for the drivers.
I am convinced that ATA stands [...]

ATA – ‘Why is everybody always picking on me’

Up until a few months ago, I always thought the ATA was for the truck drivers. It was not until I really started paying attention to somethings that the ATA has said did I realize they are not for the drivers.
The ATA claims to be “The Voice of the Industry that Moves America’s Freight.” [...]

Ambulance Chasing Lawyers – Trying To Get Rich Off Trucking

This morning when I started my daily routine of searching for news articles about trucking and the drivers and the industry, one particular news article caught my attention fairly quick. It was titled “Trucking firm involved in 11-person fatal crash had poor safety rating.” The courier journal from Louisville, KY. reported that the trucking company [...]

ATA tells FMCSA to Keep Current Hours Of Service Rules

The American Trucking Association (ATA) and other trucking industry speakers sent the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Association (FMCSA) a message yesterday “The current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are working.
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Court Rules Against Clean Trucks Program

The American Trucking Association scored a potentially big victory Friday in its battle with the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports over elements of their truck replacement programs.
The U.S. Court of Appeals issued a ruling reversing a lower court decision not to block the environmental program, which the trade association said could cause significant harm [...]

Clean Truck Challenge Headed for the Top

Litigation likely to go all the way to the Supreme Court
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will hear arguments March 4 in the American Trucking Associations’ challenge to the Los Angeles-Long Beach clean-trucks plan, but litigation involving the controversial program will continue on for years regardless of what happens in the Pasadena [...]