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“Idle Less, Save More” * USA - OOIDA to give small business truckers’ perspective on idling
Ill,USA -Land Line Magazine (Grain Valley,Mo), by Clarissa Kell-Holland -8 May 2007: -- OOIDA Regulatory Affairs Specialist Joe Rajkovacz has been asked to give the trucking industry’s perspective on idling at this year’s Tri-State Idle Reduction Conference in Illinois... Rajkovacz said many small-business truckers – approximately 75 percent – do not have any anti-idling technology equipment on their trucks, according to a 2006 member profile survey by the OOIDA Foundation... “It’s not that small-business truckers don’t want this technology – it’s a cost issue for them,” he said. “There needs to be more assistance programs for owner-operators, such as low-interest loans, grants or self-sustaining programs to help truckers purchase anti-idling equipment.”... Of the more than 4.5 million commercial trucks on the highways, more than 95 percent are controlled by entities with 20 or fewer trucks, according to statistics provided by the American Transportation Research Institute...
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