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We’ll have preliminary results of a survey about how ELDs are affecting truck drivers. Also on today’s show: a way to keep information on places truckers regularly visit; a new Land Line Magazine feature on parking; some calls to our listener comment line; and the latest on the EPA and glider kits.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 24:52 – How ELDs are affecting truckers

24:52 – 40:10 – Tracking places you visit; truck parking

40:10 – 50:22 – Update on EPA, glider kits

We’ll have some maintenance advice for the poor, humble and often overlooked trailer. Also today: California takes aim at shippers that use port trucking companies who exploit truckers; potential new CDL training requirements; the Pennsylvania attorney general’s Twitter diss to truckers; and a new version of the infrastructure plan – complete with a proposal to save the highway trust fund.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 24:52 – Trailer maintenance

24:52 – 39:49 – Calif. port proposal; CDL training rules; Pa. AG

39:49 – 50:00 – Infrastructure plan proposes higher fuel taxes

OOIDA’s new president is a trucker who sold his rig and went to work representing others in his profession. But how did he get into it in the first place? We’ll have that, plus: what truckers are saying about ELDs, agricultural haulers and the CSA system; and a court action blocking relief for makers of glider kits.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 24:52 – Todd Spencer

24:52 – 39:43 – ELDs, agricultural haulers and the CSA system

39:43 – 49:57 – The latest on glider kits

Truckers need to prepare their truck – and themselves – for problems cause by hot weather. We’ll have that, plus: What truckers are saying about rough roads, parking problems, road construction and more; and Congressional pressure about an EPA study of glider kits.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 24:52 – Hot weather prep

24:52 – 39:43 – Rough roads, parking problems and more – the Spirit report

39:43 – 49:54 – EPA/glider kit update

What does the EPA’s recent decision on glider kits mean to you? We’ll have that, plus: an upcoming listening session on automated vehicles; a pilot program for interstate truckers under age 21; an effort to overturn increased fuel tax and other fees to pay for road work in California; information about upcoming truck shows; the growing problem of fraudulent brokers; and CVSA’s Operation Safe Driver next week.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 24:52 – Glider kits; automated vehicles; under 21 drivers

24:52 – 39:43 – California fuel tax; upcoming truck shows

39:43 – 49:54 – Fraudulent brokers; Operation Safe Driver

What can you do about back pain? We’ll have the answer, plus: a trucker tries to get action in Pennsylvania on non-consensual towing; the latest on the California split speed limit; OOIDA’s Call to Action on an ELD Exemption bill; and a closer look at the EPA’s recent decision concerning glider kits.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 24:52 – Coping with back pain

24:52 – 39:43 – towing update; Calif. split speed

39:43 – 49:54 – Deeper look at glider kit decision

A religious group is offering truckers a place to park. We’ll find out why, plus have information about: insurance requirements for oversized and overweight loads; a town in Kentucky fining truckers because loading docks didn’t pay a city fee; the latest on the TWIC Card; and EPA giving glider kit makers a little breathing room.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 24:52 – Christian truckers parking facility

24:52 – 39:43 – Oversize/overweight insurance requirements

39:43 – 49:55 – Updates on TWIC, glider kits and more

We’ll tell you about an anthem written about the Mack Anthem truck. Also on today’s program: a look at insurance requirements for oilfield and logging operations; and a requesting for an investigation into possible collusion between a large truck maker and staff at EPA involving glider kits.

0:00 – 10:10 – Newscast

10:10 – 25:29 – Mack Anthem

25:29 – 40:20 – Oilfield, logging truck insurance

40:20 – 50:32 – Congressman seeks investigation of EPA

Between oil prices, trade wars and jobs reports the economy is being pulled in many directions. We’ll have that, plus: San Francisco-are voters deciding whether to raise bridge tolls; a transportation sales tax vote in Georgia; the Senate version of a transportation spending bill; and a Canadian ruling on glider kits.

0:00-9:26 – Newscast

9:26-23:36 – Economic Update

23:36-38:27 – Bay-area bridge tolls; Georgia tax vote

38:27-48:41 – Senate spending bill; Canada on glider kits

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

Three members of Congress are trying to smooth the process for the EPA as it tries to drop glider kits from emissions regulations. Mark Reddig gets an update from Nile Elam of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office. 

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

Truckers are sometimes viewed as kids playing with big toys. Well, now kids of all ages can play with their own Mack truck thanks to the folks at Lego. Terry Scruton has the story. Plus, he’ll take a look at what EPA administrator Scott Pruitt had to say about glider kits at a recent congressional hearing.

Several important trucking issues, including Hours of Service, Electronic Logging Devices and glider kits, are seeing action in our nation’s capital. Mark Reddig gets an update from OOIDA Director of Government Affairs Mike Matousek.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

Recently, two of OOIDA’s top leaders, Todd Spencer and Lewie Pugh, traveled to our nation’s capital. While there, they met with the new administrator of FMCSA, two members of Congress with big impact on transportation policy, and with congressional staff trying to understand an important trucking issue. Mark Reddig talks with them about their visit – and why it was important.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

From first impressions at MATS to language on glider kits in the omnibus spending bill passed by congress last week, there’s lots happening in the trucking world and in DC this week. Terry Scruton gets the latest from Nile Elam of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.

Two U.S. Senators are putting the heat on the EPA over the agency’s decision to end emissions regulations of glider kits. Mark Reddig discusses what they said, plus an FMCSA presentation on ELDs, with Nile Elam of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.