May 29, 2021

LLN (5/28/21) – Marty Ellis is getting ready for his first really big truck show, but in the meantime, he’s hearing from truckers worried about the PRO Act and thinking about getting their own authority, while he offers some advice on lease-purchase plans. Also, driving to the same places and seeing the same things...

May 28, 2021

LLN (5/27/21) – The FMCSA has extended the pandemic-related emergency waivers for hours of service and CDLs and delayed some changes to the certified medical examiner system. Also, Colorado’s state Senate has give its OK to an effort to spend nearly $4 billion dollars on transportation, while Missouri’s effort to...

May 27, 2021

LLN (5/6/21) – Truck parking continues to be a national crisis for the industry. But solutions are possible, and some are trying to do their part to be part of those solutions – among them, the National League of Cities. Also, the word of the week is: carrots. We’ll explain why it’s about to be a busy time for...

May 26, 2021

LLN (5/25/21) – An Illinois congressman wants to increase your insurance requirements by more than 500%. OOIDA has issued a call to action, and we’ll have the details. Also, we recently covered the story of a compliance officer in Maine who was checking on an OOIDA member’s paper logs and asked for the...

May 25, 2021

LLN (5/24/21) – A plan to toll nine bridges in Pennsylvania has sparked anger and a legislative effort to reverse it. We’ll talk with one of the people whose organization been involved in the fight against the proposal. Also, OOIDA has been among the groups fighting the bridge proposal and other tolling plans in...