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Rules & Regulations * USA - ATA Joins Coalition Call for Derivatives Market one
Arlington,VA,USA -PRNewswire/USNewswire -March 26. 2010: -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) today joined more than 75 other industry and consumer groups to advocate federal regulation of the commodity futures market. In 2008, excessive speculation in commodities pushed crude oil to $147 a barrel, exposing the trucking industry, consumers and the national economy to crippling fuel prices... ATA is a member of the Commodity Markets Oversight Coalition, which said in a letter to the U.S. Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee that policy in the commodity trading markets should aim to strengthen oversight, transparency and stability to address inadequacies in the existing derivatives markets... The Coalition that includes 16 other state trucking associations believes new legislation to reform the U.S. derivatives markets should include the following positions: ... (link here)* More groups stand against change that could ban owner-ops from ports
Washington,DC,USA -Land Line Magazine, by Charlie Morasch -March 30, 2010: -- The Teamsters and others are lobbying Congress to change the FAAAA to allow ports to ban owner-operators... In 2008, the Port of Los Angeles adopted a Clean Truck Program that will eventually allow only company truck drivers on the port, though that requirement has been delayed pending a lawsuit filed by the American Trucking Associations... Rep. Gary Miller, R-CA, joined the ATA, American Association of Port Authorities, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers in opposing the FAAAA change... OOIDA is working to protect the rights of truck drivers to make port calls without having to pay expensive fees to trucks that are licensed with port access. The Association worked with the port to create a day-pass system to allow occasional port visits by truckers after the port approved the Clean Truck Program... * Rule to limit wireless communication devices
Washington,DC,USA -The Trucker, by BARB KAMPBELL -30 March 2010: ... A proposed rule for cell phone use, has made it out of the White House Office of Management and Budget for review, and has been sent back to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration for publication soon... According to the proposed rule abstract, this rulemaking would ban text messaging and restrict the use of cell phones while operating a commercial motor vehicle. This rulemaking is in response to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration-sponsored studies that analyzed safety incidents and distracted drivers. This rulemaking would also address the National Transportation Safety Board's "Most Wanted List" of safety recommendations... (Photo The Trucker by BARB KAMPBELL: Truckers are already banned from texting while driving, and this rule is expected to be much more broad in scope)* West Virginia advances stricter truck rules
Charleston,W.VA., USA -Land Line Magazine, by Keith Goble -March 30, 2010: ... The House approve a bill that would make changes to West Virginia law concerning commercial driver’s licenses to comply with Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations... Among the changes:
- Fines for drivers found violating OOS orders would increase to $2,500. Subsequent offenses would result in $5,000 fines.
- Motor carriers would also face greater punishment. Employers convicted of knowingly allowing, requiring, permitting or authorizing a driver in OOS status to get behind the wheel would face fines between $2,750 and $25,000.
West Virginia is not alone in trying to enact harsher penalties for violating OOS penalties. A similar effort is under way in New Hampshire. Elsewhere, Indiana, New Jersey, South Dakota and Wisconsin have recently enacted changes into law...
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