A $305 billion highway bill passed by Congress in December lowered the minimum age for interstate commercial truck drivers from 21 to 18, but only for veterans and current military members and reservists. The bill rejected a proposal to lower …
An article last month in The Kansas City Star highlighted the trucking industry’s recent efforts to loosen restrictions on trucking companies and their drivers. In Rules for big rigs spark big spending, Brian Joseph of Fair Warning, a nonprofit …
Last month the U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan amendment proposed by Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to prevent a federal mandate that would force states to allow large commercial trucks to pull double 33-foot trailers. The …
According to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, large (gross vehicle weight rating greater than 10,000 pounds) commercial trucks account for approximately 5% of all accidents, but nearly 12% of fatal accidents. And deadly truck accidents are on the …