OOIDA, for no reason other than it benefits Mexican drayage carriers, vigorously opposes it. January 1, 2018 in Texas sees a new law that authorizes an increase in truck weights for tractor-trailers hauling intermodal shipping containers. Signed by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this year, the new law allows seven-axle combinations with a gross vehicle weight
The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected OOIDA’s lawsuit challenging the federal government’s rule mandating the use of electronic logging devices on most trucks, leaving in place the Dec. 18 deadline for carriers to put them into use. OOIDA claimed the mandate violated drivers’ Constitutional protections against warrantless searches and seizures and that the rule did
This jury verdict (below) involved a female employee shot in the head in OOIDA’s parking lot. (See links below) The “surveillance” video observing the parking lot was installed after a female employee was raped in their parking lot. I suspect this verdict was won in part because the video feeds from cameras were displayed on
The annual Brake Safety Week inspection spree will take place Sept. 7-13, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance has announced. CVSA says it expects more than 30,000 brake inspections to take place during the week, which would be a 50 percent increase from last year’s roughly 20,000 inspections. CVSA’s Brake Safety Week is part of the
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today announced a proposal to require interstate commercial truck and bus companies to use Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) in their vehicles to improve compliance with the safety rules that govern the number of hours a driver can work. The proposed rulemaking would
With improvements at the Port of Brownsville forthcoming and investments into the county’s International Bridge System setting the stage for growth, the trucking industry has weighed heavily on the minds of business-savvy officials throughout Cameron County as of late. Increasing freight and truck traffic at the bridges is a great way to pad the county’s
Eric “Bubba Bo” Boulanger has resigned as weekend host of WLW-AM’s “America’s Truckin’ Network” show after more than nine years. Boulanger signed off December 29, 2013 by saying he had worked every weekend and holiday for 9-plus years without a day off. He took over weekends after original host Dale “The Truckin’ Bozo” Sommers retired
The organizers of “Truckers to Shutdown America” later to be known as “Ride for the Constitution” seem to have been caught with their fingers in the donations cookie jar and now are scrambling for cover and pointing the finger at internet radio host Pete Santilli as the one responsible for what is alleged to be
A petition has been established asking the United State Department of Justice to investigate and prosecute those involved in organizing and soliciting donations for this past weekends “Ride For The Constitution” originally known as “Truckers to Shutdown America”. The petition demands that the USDOJ investigate and prosecute the non trucking founders of the groups, Pete
They’ve had their 15 minutes of fame. Gotten the press coverage they craved and in the process, smeared the good name of the American trucker. Now it’s time to put an end to the lunatic behavior. The late Dale Sommers, known to his listeners as “The Trucking Bozo” always warned his listeners against actions such
The non-trucking wing nuts behind the so-called “Ride for the Constitution” have released another manifesto listing their “terms”. None of the issues raised have anything to do with the Constitution of the United States, nor the Bill of Rights. The first paragraph sets the tone of this nonsensical tirade and it goes to the gutter
It’s been an interesting week following the antics of the group of anarchists who call themselves “Truckers to Shut Down America. First, their Facebook page was unpublished for allowing hateful and racists comments to be posted. Of course, that’s not the reason they gave. They claim it was because the said “God Bless America” one
In our continuing coverage of the anarchists who call themselves TRUCKERS TO SHUT DOWN AMERICA I’m posting their first manifesto for my followers and readers to digest and realize that real professional truckers of America want nothing to do with this agenda driven drivel. As you’ll read through this, you’ll see conspiracy theories brought forth
The more I’ve studied the call for a nationwide truckers shutdown on October 11 -13, 2013, the more it’s become apparent that the issues raised have absolutely nothing to do with the issues facing truckers today. Instead, it is one persons attempt to spread the conspiracy theories and lunacy of Alex Jones and others of
Some malcontents within the trucking community are at it again. Calling for a nationwide truckers strike for three days in October. What are the issues behind the strike? Hours of Service Regulations? Speed Limiters, E-Log mandates, certified Medical Examiners? None of those issue seem to matter. According to Jami Jones, managing editor of LandLineMag. The agenda of
Sergio Lagos, 44, Aurelio “Jim” Aleman, 59, and Oscar Barbosa, 50, have been arrested following the return of a six-count federal indictment charging wire fraud and conspiracy to commit wire fraud, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. The sealed indictment, returned August 27, 2013, was unsealed following the arrest of the McAllen residents today. They
It’s July 1 people, the day that some have said will turn the trucking industry on it’s ear. The new Hours of Service regulations went into effect an hour ago with immediate enforcement of the new rules expected. Two changes to the rules, first put into place in on January 1, 2004, have many truckers
[dropcap]A[/dropcap] bill filed by State Representative Sergio Muñoz Jr of Mission that would allow Mexican refrigerated carriers to operate overweight on Texas highways passed through the Texas House of Representatives on Thursday without debate. A companion bill in the Texas Senate, introduced by Senator Juan Hinojosa of McAllen has been filed and is under consideration. The
That’s right boys and girls. The dates for Roadcheck 2013 have been announced. June 4th through June 6th. CVSA describes Roadcheck as the largest targeted enforcement program on commercial vehicles in the world, with approximately 14 trucks or buses being inspected, on average, every minute from Canada to Mexico during a 72-hour period in early
If a Texas state representative has his way, truckers in Texas could be fined thousands of dollars and face revocation of their CDL’s after a second overweight violation. Claiming that Overweight dump trucks, garbage haulers and oilfield trucks (just to name a few) are destroying Texas roads by routinely running as much as 10,000 pounds
A Canadian trucker passing through Las Vegas Nevada on March 22, 2013 was discovered to be carrying 284 pounds of cocaine in his trailer with a street value of $10.9 million dollars. Rahul Grewal, 52 was stopped by Metro officers on I-15 northbound near Craig Road for a traffic violation A search of Grewal’s trailer
It’s how rumors get started. Our friend Oliver Patton at Trucking Info writes an article titled “Immigration Reform could effect truck driver pool” in which he says;
