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Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association<\/strong><\/h5>\n

1 OOIDA Drive, Grain Valley, MO\u00a0 64029<\/strong>
\nWeb Site:<\/strong>\u00a0www.www.ooida.com<\/a><\/em>
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Contact:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>Norita Taylor,\u00a0norita_taylor@ooida.com<\/a>
\nHeadquarters<\/strong>: (816) 229-5791<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

For Immediate Release<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

OOIDA to Senators: Congress Contributes to Dysfunction in Trucking<\/h3>\n

It\u2019s time to listen to small-business and professional truckers<\/h4>\n

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association delivered a blunt message at a Congressional hearing today on behalf of the nation\u2019s truck drivers: It\u2019s time to listen to the hard-working men and women that drive for a living.<\/p>\n

OOIDA Executive Vice President Lewie Pugh voiced concerns of truckers as the only witness who has worked as a truck driver at the\u00a0\u201cKeep on Truckin\u2019: Stakeholder Perspectives on Trucking in America\u201d<\/a>\u00a0hearing before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Transportation and Safety.\u00a0 Pugh was a trucker and small-business operator for nearly 23 years with roughly 2.5 million miles of safe driving before joining OOIDA staff in 2017.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you ask most drivers what Congress has done recently to improve the profession, the answer is nothing,\u201d said Pugh. \u201cWashington has allowed trucking policy to be overly influenced by executives looking to maximize profits, activists who\u2019d like to regulate truckers to oblivion, state and local governments who view truckers as rolling piggybanks and self-proclaimed \u201cexperts\u201d who don\u2019t even know what the inside of a truck looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n

OOIDA\u2019s\u00a0full testimony<\/a>\u00a0included suggestions on which policies Congress should enact and which ones they should reject if they are truly interested in improving highway safety and the working conditions for small-business truckers and professional drivers.<\/p>\n

As Congress considers the next highway bill, OOIDA recommended several ways that the Committee could make a positive difference such as repealing the failed ELD mandate and the overtime exemption for drivers in the Fair Labor Standards Act, providing dedicated funding for new truck parking capacity and fixing the nation\u2019s crumbling infrastructure. The Association urged the Committee to abandon meaningless, unproven and unsafe proposals such as requiring speed limiters, mandating front and side underride guards, raising insurance minimums and allowing under-21 drivers to engage in interstate commerce.<\/p>\n

OOIDA thanks Subcommittee Chair Deb Fischer (R-NE) for holding the hearing which focused on stakeholder perspectives regarding the state of the trucking industry, truck safety issues and the current regulatory environment. Senator Fischer is one of the few Members of Congress who has routinely engaged the trucking industry on\u00a0policy matters. Other witnesses testifying included representatives from the American Trucking Associations, the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, the Livestock Marketing Association and the Truck Safety Coalition.<\/p>\n

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The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association is leading a coalition of dozens of influential trade associations to oppose four burdensome, costly, and unsafe trucking mandates.\u00a0Today the coalition sent a\u00a0letter\u00a0to Congress urging them to reject those proposals as they work on the next surface transportation reauthorization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":357,"featured_media":2301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[370,457,456,143,455,71,240,458,459],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOOIDA to Senators: Congress Contributes to Dysfunction in Trucking - OOIDA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"OOIDA recognizes the urgency of improving our nation\u2019s infrastructure and looks forward to working closely with lawmakers to make sure a plan is put in place that does not burden small-business truckers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ooida.com\/2020\/ooida-to-senators-congress-contributes-to-dysfunction-in-trucking\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OOIDA to Senators: Congress Contributes to Dysfunction in Trucking - 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