Women In Trucking honors female drivers at ‘Salute to Women Behind the Wheel’

The Women In Trucking (WIT) Association’s “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel” brought together nearly 300 female professional drivers at the Mid-America Trucking Show in Louisville, KY last Saturday, March 27.
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Truck Drivers the Time For Action is Now

Congressman Peter DeFazio (OR) is asking his fellow lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to sign their names to a letter that calls for the Obama Administration to renegotiate NAFTA trucking provisions with Mexico.
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FMCSA Orders Tierra Santa Inc to Cease All Operations Immediately

Following an emergency request by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA).

The United States District Court for the Central District of California on Saturday ordered the owner of Tierra Santa Inc, the illegal bus company involved in a March 5 fatal crash near Phoenix, Arizona, to immediately cease all interstate [...]

ATA Chairmen Tells FMCSA That HOS Rules are Safe

The American Trucking Associations (ATA) told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that the trucking industry has seen a large decline in the truck-involved fatality rate since the current Hours of Service (HOS) rules took effect.

The continually improving safety figures illustrate the real-world benefits of the current rules, which are based on a decade [...]

Current HOS Rules are Working but Need More Flexibility

Representatives from affiliates and member companies of the American Trucking Associations (ATA) and other trucking industry speakers told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today that the current Hours of Service (HOS) rules are working but need flexibility in the sleeper berth provision.
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Public hearings for Hours of Service scheduled by FMCSA

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced today that they will be holding four listening sessions.

To gather information and comments on the rule-making proposal on hours-of-service requirements.
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FMCSA tells Arrow Trucking get trucks and trailers and loads secured

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued an emergency order to Arrow Trucking to make sure that all the trucks, and trailers, and the loads were secured.
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Anne Ferro to speak at “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel”

Anne Ferro will be the featured speaker at the Women In Trucking Association’s “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel,” to be held March 27, 2010 at the Mid-American Trucking Show in Louisville, KY. The “Salute to the Women Behind the Wheel” advances one of the missions of the association, which is to celebrate success.
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