Women truck drivers

Trailer side-guard rule likely delayed until at least October 2024

googletag.cmd.push(function() { var gptSlot = googletag.defineSlot(‘/21776187881/FW-Responsive-Main_Content-Slot1’, [[728, 90], [468, 60], [300, 100], [320, 50]], ‘div-gpt-ad-b1-i-fw-ad-4’).defineSizeMapping(gptSizeMaps.banner1).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).addService(googletag.pubads());
gptAdSlots.push(gptSlot);
});

googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display(‘div-gpt-ad-b1-i-fw-ad-4’); });

WASHINGTON — A proposed rule to mandate equipment aimed at preventing deaths in collisions between...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/trailer-side-guard-rule-likely-delayed-until-at-least-october-2024

Advisers to FMCSA waver on support for trucker overtime pay

WASHINGTON — Advocates for getting more women into trucking weakened their stance on an overtime pay exemption as they hammered out a report to be submitted to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The change was made on Monday during the final meeting of the Women of Trucking Advisory Board (WOTAB), which was chartered last year by the secretary of transportation and charged with “reviewing and reporting on policies that provide education, training, mentorship, or outreach to women...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/advisers-to-fmcsa-waver-on-support-for-trucker-overtime-pay

Women in Trucking Association names Top Women to Watch in Transportation

The Women in Trucking Association listed the 2022 Top Women to Watch in Transportation.

The Women in Trucking Association (WIT) on Monday released a list of the 84 Top Women to Watch in Transportation.

The editorial staff of WIT’s Redefining the Road magazine selected the individuals based on their career accomplishments and efforts to promote gender diversity in the past 12 to 18 months.

“This year, we were impressed with the number of nominations we received for highly-qualified and outstanding women who have excelled in a male-dominant industry,” Brian Everett, group editorial...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/women-in-trucking-association-names-top-women-to-watch-in-transportation

Women In Trucking names 3 Driver of the Year finalists

The Women in Trucking Association announced finalists for the Driver of the Year award.

The Women In Trucking Association (WIT) narrowed its nominees for the 2022 Driver of the Year award to three finalists on Tuesday, International Women’s Day.

This third-annual award is sponsored by Walmart Transportation and recognizes “outstanding female professional drivers who lead the industry in safety standards while actively enhancing the public image of the trucking industry,” a release said.

The 2022 finalists are Peggy Arnold, Francis Hernandez and Courtney Ohlandt.

Peggy Arnold

Arnold...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/women-in-trucking-names-3-driver-of-the-year-finalists

GSCW chat: FMCSA head discusses key priorities for trucking in 2022

This fireside chat recap is from Day 3 of FreightWaves’ Global Supply Chain Week.

FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Top FMCSA priorities in 2022.

DETAILS: The Biden administration’s Trucking Action Plan and the National Roadway Safety Strategy will be a top focus for regulators this year. In this fireside chat, Robin Hutcheson, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration deputy administrator, discusses how these initiatives will affect the trucking industry.

SPEAKER: Robin Hutcheson, acting administrator, FMCSA

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/gscw-chat-fmcsa-head-discusses-key-priorities-for-trucking-in-2022

Buttigieg prioritizing truck driver pay

If anything positive has come out of the supply chain crisis, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg wants truckers to know it is a renewed appreciation for them — and that they should be compensated accordingly.

“Industry estimates that there’s a gap of about 80,000 truck drivers right now relative to what we need,” Buttigieg said in a keynote address Wednesday at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meeting in Washington, citing data from the American Trucking Associations.

“But...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/buttigieg-prioritizing-truck-driver-pay

+ More