Truck-only tax gets thumbs down

Published: Jan. 25, 2020, 1 a.m.

LLN (1/24/20) – Trucking organizations are taking a strong stand against the idea of taxing trucks only as a way to add funding for highways. Also, scientists who study transportation are asking questions about autonomous trucks, hours of service, ELDs and parking. We’ll tell you what they had to say. Truckers in California have more to say about the new independent contractor law and trucking parking. And we’ll preview an upcoming U.S. House committee hearing on funding highways.

0:00 – Newscast.

9:28 – Auto transporters, EPA initiative, meal and rest breaks.

23:49– Massachusetts CDL requirements.

38:17 – Protecting America’s infrastructure.