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Making Safe Deliveries to Service Stations – Webinar Event by NTTC

Getting from the loading rack to the delivery destination is the easiest part of the petroleum transport driver’s job. The challenges really start when the driver pulls into the service station or c-store. © 2011, Truck Drivers News Blog. All … Continue reading

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Technology Can’t Detect a Tired Trucker

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) responded to the announcement by U.S. Senators Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Lamar Alexander (R-TN) about a mandate for EOBRs. They plan to introduce a bill to mandate electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) for interstate commercial … Continue reading

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Bill Introduced Today For Detention Time for Truckers

WASHINGTON, DC— Today, Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-4) responded to the concerns of independent truck drivers by introducing legislation to protect drivers and improve the productivity and safety of moving goods by truck. H.R. 756 directs the U.S. Department of Transportation … Continue reading

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Truckers say EOBR Technology WILL NOT make Highways Safer

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA), which represents small business truckers and professional truckers. Today, have responded to the announcement today by the U.S. Department of Transportation proposing a rule to mandate electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs) for interstate commercial motor … Continue reading

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