* DC - US trucking industry wins one battle in Congress, loses another
-- The U.S. trucking industry won one battle, but lost another in Congress this week. Lawmakers in the House of Representatives passed legislation that cleared the way for teenage truck drivers after killing an effort to increase current limits on truck weight... The lower chamber rejected an amendment to a $325 billion highway bill that would have eliminated language lowering the minimum age for truck drivers from 21 to 18. That bill passed Thursday with the language lowering the minium driver age intact... Opponents of lowering the driving age, however, argued that the proposal to lower the minimum age needs more evidence that teenage drivers are just as safe as their older counterparts. They called for further review from the U.S. Department of Transportation... Industry enthusiasm for the language lowering the minimum age for drivers came after an upset earlier in the week when lawmakers rejected an amendment to the $325 billion, six-year highway bill that would have ostensibly increased weight restrictions for trucks on the road. The proposal was rejected in a House floor vote Tuesday... The amendment would have allowed states to decide whether they want to increase the current limit of 80,000 pounds for cargo trucks to 91,000 pounds so long as trucks have an additional sixth axle...
Washington, DC, USA - J.O.C., by Reynolds Hutchins - Nov 05, 2015Labels: rules and regulations, trucking industry news US
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