* Germany - Truck drivers given new minimum wage in Germany – even if they’re just passing through
-- A Number of trucking and haulage companies from Austria, Poland and Hungary are taking their case against Germany’s national minimum wage to the country’s highest court, the court said yesterday... The companies filed their complaint with the Bundesverfassungsgericht, or Federal Constitutional Court, on Tuesday... They object to the application of a national minimum wage to lorry drivers passing through the country even just for a few hours and the substantial paperwork associated with that... Germany’s new measure had required a Polish truck driver who is heading to Spain to be paid at €8.50 per hour from the moment the driver crosses the German border, before reverting to the wage paid in the driver’s home country on leaving German soil... The driver’s employer also faced administrative paperwork under the measure, and a fine if the driver were not paid accordingly... Labour Minister, Andreas Nahles, has said she did not believe Germany was violating European Union rules by applying an across-the-board minimum wage, including for transiting truckers... She said she expected a decision by Brussels between April and June. The suspension only applies for transit journeys and not to deliveries by foreign truckers in or from Germany...
(Image: AP/Press Association Images) -- Dublin, Ireland - The Journal - 13 March 2015
* Ohio / USA - Truckers say proposed law is more unnecessary regulation
-- Semi-truck drivers in Ohio would be largely prohibited from using the fast lane on many highways if a bill proposed in the House becomes law.
House Bill 100 would require vehicles weighing more than 10,000 pounds be driven in the two right-hand lanes of a freeway with three lanes of travel in the same direction, except when necessary or ordered otherwise by law enforcement.
A violation could result in a $150 fine. A similar bill last year never made it to a vote.
Ohio’s Trucking Association says a proposed law limiting truck drivers to the right two lanes of highways is just more unnecessary regulation... (Photo by CHUCK HAMLIN - State lawmakers are proposing a bill to require any vehicle weighing more than 10,000 pounds to be in the two right-hand lanes whenever there are at least three lanes headed in the same direction on a major highway. It’s aimed at semi trucks. A violation could result in a $150 fine. A similar bill last year never made it to a vote)
Dayton,OH,USA - The Dayton Daily News -12 March 2015
* Florida / USA - 'Ticketing Aggressive Cars And Trucks' campaign starts
-- You can bet the highways are busier than usual with people taking vacations on their spring breaks. The Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles is reminding you to drive carefully... The department has launched its Ticketing Aggressive Cars and Trucks (TACT) safety campaign to reduce crashes between passenger and large commercial vehicles... Beginning Firday through March 26, Florida Highway Patrol troopers will be focusing on aggressive driving...
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