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Jan 20, 2022

LLN (1/19/22) – Recent research makes a case for hair testing – but Andrew King of the OOIDA Foundation says the study is flawed, and he tells us why. Also, OOIDA life member Carmen Anderson tells us about a recent White House listening session that aims to get more women into trucking. Check those ELDs – some will essentially turn into bricks starting next month as providers phase out 3G service. And Democrats are trying to make changes to how the filibuster is used in the U.S. Senate. However, the current rules may have benefitted truckers on several occasions.

0:00 – Newscast.

09:43 – Hair testing; women in trucking.

23:55 – ELDs face 3G shutdown.

38:34 – Filibuster – it’s helped truckers.