TD196: Teamster Battles Continue, EPA Vs. Truckers, Truck Stop News, Female Trucker Survey, Lots Of Truck Safety Topics, & More Trucker Dump - A Trucking Podcast

In today’s long-overdue show, we’ve got stories on Teamster fights with Sysco and Yellow, FedEx is heading into a massive reorganization, lots of truck stop news, what’s going on with truck safety; including crash rates for new carriers, new out-of-service criteria, driver-facing cameras, drug testing, E-log violation detection, automatic emergency braking legislation pending, and the safest state for truckers (this one might surprise you). We’ll also talk about trucking’s ongoing battle against environmental standards, how female truckers feel about their job, and much more.


In the listener feedback segment, you weigh in on tire recycling, checking your brake lights, and we’ll have some follow-up on whether day cab drivers can utilize the split sleeper berth rule without having a sleeper berth.


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News Links:


Teamsters vs. Yellow, a fight neither can afford from LandLine.media


Sysco Louisville Teamsters strike ends, 1st deal signed; Indianapolis over also from FreightWaves.com


Yellow, Teamsters to hash out operational changes by reopening NMFA early from FreightWaves.com


FedEx says air network restructuring to save $700M annually from FreightWaves.com


FedEx to combine all but LTL into 1 organization from FreightWaves.com


Pilot announces new CEO, CFO, as Berkshire Hathaway takes majority ownership from CDLLife.com


Love’s to invest $1 billion upgrading locations from TheTrucker.com


Love’s Travel Stops buys EZ GO locations from TheTrucker.com


New TA truck stop opens in Oklahoma from CDLLife.com


Distracted driving in Ohio now primary offense from LandLine.media


Seven states pursue left lane changes from LandLine.media


TD66: Truckers Go Turtle Racing from AboutTruckDriving.com


FMCSA calls for renewed safety push at forum from LandLine.media


FMCSA data shows rise in crash rates among new-entrant carriers from FreightWaves.com


Study shows Michigan the safest state for truck drivers from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal)


CVSA’s 2023 Out-of-Service Criteria now in effect from TheTrucker.com


New AI monitoring system showing Groendyke 'a lot of things' prior system did not from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal)


New research confirms truckers' disdain for driver-facing cameras from OverdriveOnline.com


Technology Helps Minimize Tractor-Trailer Pairing Errors from ttnews.com (Transport Topics)


Landing and launching terminals for autonomous trucks getting closer from FreightWaves.com


White House reviewing proposal to require automatic emergency braking on big rigs from TheTrucker.com


EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks from TheTrucker.com


Rep. Nehls introduces measure to overturn EPA rule from LandLine.media


Trucking orgs tee off on Biden's zero emission plan from ccjdigital.com (Commercial Carrier Journal)


Most truckers have no interest in electric trucks, survey reveals from LandLine.media


Report: Hydrogen will emerge as zero emission solution for long-haul trucking from OverdriveOnline.com


ATRI seeks truck driver input on impacts of legalized marijuana from TheTrucker.com


Impacts of Marijuana Legalization on Trucking Operations Driver Survey from ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute)


Drug Expert Weighs In on Safety of Alcohol Versus Marijuana from ttnews.com (Transport Topics)


FMCSA provides updates on driver