As part of their “Knock Out Bad Regs” campaign, the Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) is asking truckers to let them know which trucking regulations hurt their business the most.
Launched on March 23rd at the Mid-America Trucking Show, OOIDA’s latest pro-trucker push is aimed at holding the Trump Administration and Republican-controlled Congress to their promise to reduce regulations which hurt small businesses.
“We are concerned that the promise to reduce regulations will instead turn into an effort by policy makers in Washington D.C. to add even more burdensome regulations,” said Executive Vice President of OOIDA, Todd Spencer. “Congress should be working to eliminate costly regulations like ELD’s and speed limiters rather than adding more rules and red tape.”
Truckers can take the survey here, which asks which regulations they feel are hurting their business and allows the regulations to be ranked in order of which they feel strongest about. On the list are:
- ELD Mandate
- Speed Limiter Mandate
- Hours-of-Service Split Sleeper Berth Restriction
- Hours-of-Service Rest Break Provision
- Hours-of-Service 14-Hour Clock Provision
- EPA Emission Rules
- Sleep Apnea Testing/Guidance
- Fair Labor Standards Act
- Unified Carrier Registration System
- Beyond Compliance
- DOT Annual Inspections
- Diabetes Waiver Program
- Self-Insured Carriers
- Certified Medical Examiner Registry
There is also a space for truckers to let OOIDA know if there are any other regulations they feel strongly about.
OOIDA isn’t just asking for input, putting it a study, and then writing a letter however. A large part of their campaign is giving truckers the tools they need to influence lawmakers on their own.
On the website dedicated to the campaign, FightingforTruckers.com, OOIDA makes it easy to look up and contact your local representatives about trucking issues.
“Our members have always been highly engaged in the process,” said Spencer. “But there is an urgent need to increase the volume going forward.”
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OOIDA should have or make a dept for port truckers for which all of the above apply. We are on the road along side our counterpart (OTR) drivers. ELD – Will be a game changer and time equals money. Try sitting at the ports two to five hours in any give day; and the simply answer is mismanagement. They (port management) have manage to utilize the owner / operator model which translate into a Free Labor Force for them verse their union labor. Action can be taken if O/O would please wake up and be responsible to our ever changing industry.
Speed limiters, the lower speed costs me more in fiel trying to get up a hill not mention pit my life at risk do to the mich faster cars speeding by creating more of a road rage situation. Cheaper freight being paid by zip code to zip code instead of actuall miles. Rear facing cameras are a distraction and invasion of a driver. So many companies are eager to pit wrongful information on cas and dack reports instead of saying how can we train a driver better or have trailer lots adjusted to the hight and length of a trailer. Wider dock areas morre parking areas that dont charge for parking with restrooms
Bad link for the survey. Redirects to questionpro com home page.
Thanks for the heads-up. Fixed.
I have a magic 1 rule replacement for ALL of the problems with hours
of service industry wide. All they have to do is mandate ALL truckers
get payed by the hour, overtime after 8 hours, double time after 10
hours, triple time after 12 hours and 10xpay over 14 hours and get rid of
all other regulations and strictly enforce it. Problems solved.
do away with the 30 minute break, one of the dumbest rules ever to come out of Washington, DC. Try to find a place to park for 30 minutes after the sun goes down in most places is impossible. Actually, if you put the old rules in place from the 90s would be a better idea, was alot easier.
I would start first with a 14 hour rule as even though you may still have time in your 11 hour rule you are chasing the clock especially with ELD’s to be parked before the flag goes up. In my opinion, this makes him dangerous and forces the driver to take unnecessary risks in order not to be in violation.
Secondly, sleep apnea – there are three types of FDA recognized treatments for sleep apnea… Give the driver a choice of treatment also, just because you may have a large neck does not automatically mean you have sleep apnea.
Third – if you are no longer driving a truck but wish to keep your CDL active, go back to where you are not required to renew your medical card until you’re ready to go back behind the wheel.
Drama who needs it!
DAC report.
Werner terminated me after a female there placed negative information on my report.
I was a student trying to start a career in trucking and now I am here with a $5,000.00 tuition and can’t pay it back as I now work at a $12/hr. Job. I am unable to obtain employment in the trucking industry anywhere!!
So please get tired of the DAC REPORT. IT’S HURTING A LOT OF US POTENTIAL TRUCKERS. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP US??!!! Thank you.
When I did Safety & Compliance, I hated DAC. I had DAC shoved down my throat by my boss ‘cos a DAC sales rep sailed in one day (I worked second shift, so I hardly ever saw or was involved in these deals) and showed the bosses the nifty sales propaganda and all the glossy brochures (including the $3.50 rebate for every termination you register with DAC). Much to my bosses’ dislike, I still faxed/sent the JJKeller employment history forms and telephoned the previous employers, and got better results. Oh, by the way, a few years later, I was given the gate…the reason…”change in the way we do things” and “we’re going in a different direction”. I got a job (that I really liked) within a month at a HVAC company (which was an industry I had never ever been in) and stayed there for 6 years ’til they closed down.
Allow a driver to work 14 hrs in 24 hrs.Not necessarily 14 in a row.If a customer keeps us on a door for 4hrs and I sleep for 3,I should be able to count that as sleep time.
The biggest problems I see on the road is having to sacrifice so much time just to find a place to park,slow trucks blocking lanes,and obviously cell phones mostly by 4 wheelers.Not to mention when a customer keeps you on the dock until you run out of time and then tells you to leave.