LLN (7/16/20) – OOIDA’s Todd Spencer says few of trucking’s safety regulations actually lead to safer roads, and federal regulators should drop those that don’t. Also, the FMCSA’s acting administrator extends the COVID-19 emergency declaration. A new North Carolina law ensures its fuel tax won’t drop soon; meanwhile, a dispute brews over Washington state’s transportation budget. And social media’s has become a gathering place for truckers, but how effective are those groups at actually changing things?
0:00 – Newscast.
9:44 – Spencer says drop ineffective regulations; emergency declaration extended.
24:39 – North Carolina fuel tax; Washington state transportation budget.
39:08 – Internet groups; highway bill update.