Truck speed limiters

Election-year politics cuts into small-trucker priorities

Legislation and regulation affecting trucking is downshifting as the election year moves into full swing, but the most prominent lobby representing truck owner-operators is keeping the pressure on lawmakers and the administration to do right by its members.

“The unfortunate reality is that this particular Congress is totally engaged in election season, and rather than focusing on some of the issues we would like to see them focus on, they’re pretty much engaged in doing what they think they need...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/election-year-politics-cuts-into-small-trucker-priorities

FMCSA pushes back rulemaking on truck speed limiters to May

WASHINGTON — The federal government’s controversial truck speed limiter rule has been delayed once again and is now set to be published in May.

Originally scheduled to roll out by mid-2023, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration pushed the date back to Dec. 29 of last year.

But according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s latest significant rulemaking report, the speed limiter rule will not be out for another five months — or possibly longer.

The rule would require that trucks...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-pushes-back-rulemaking-on-truck-speed-limiters-to-may

FMCSA Administrator Robin Hutcheson to resign

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Robin Hutcheson. Credit: FMCSA

Robin Hutcheson is resigning from her post as head of the Federal...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/fmcsa-administrator-robin-hutcheson-to-resign

Republicans pan truck speed limiter proposal at House hearing

WASHINGTON — House Republicans used a hearing meant to discuss implementation of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure law to push back against an upcoming proposed regulation to mandate speed limiters on trucks.

One of the biggest concerns surfacing in the three-and-a-half-hour House Transportation and Infrastructure highway subcommittee hearing on Wednesday related to the ethics of the speed limiter rulemaking process.

U.S. Rep. Troy Nehls, R-Texas, questioned Federal Motor Carrier Safety...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/republicans-pan-truck-speed-limiter-proposal-at-house-hearing

OOIDA calls long delay in truck broker rate transparency rule ‘BS’

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WASHINGTON — After years of waiting and prodding from small-business truckers, federal regulators...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ooida-calls-long-delay-in-truck-broker-rate-transparency-rule-bs

Capitol Hill panel debates truck speed limiters, broker fraud

WASHINGTON — At a Capitol Hill hearing on regulations that keep the trucking industry from efficiently moving the nation’s freight, owner-operator representatives testified that the biggest impediment may be a speed limiter regulation yet to be rolled out.

“All kinds of studies show that when all traffic flows at the same speed, it’s much safer for everyone,” Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, told the highway subcommittee of the House...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/capitol-hill-panel-debates-truck-speed-limiters-broker-fraud

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