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POLL: Under-21 interstate drivers -- OK or not?
Weigh in here with your thoughts on whether an option -- with limits or not -- is a good or bad idea, and find further reading on efforts to introduce similar programs via regulatory pilot programs and prior legislation.
March 23, 2021
Business
Comment period for FMCSA pilot program for under-21 interstate truckers ends next week
Drivers and interested parties can now comment on the proposal through Aug. 14. The proposal would expand the current under-21 program for military-trained drivers to drivers under the age of 21 that were not trained to drive trucks in the military.
August 9, 2019
Overdrive Extra
18-20-year-old interstate drivers? Answering FMCSAâs questions
Owner-op Clifford Petersen on the federal under-21 interstate CDL pilot program idea, with answers to the questions FMCSA asked in the recent request for comment: âIf you want your opinion heard or recorded, the comment period is open through mid-July.â âŚ
June 5, 2019
Business
Alabama lawmakers lower intrastate driving age from 21 to 18
Before the passing of the bill, Alabama was one of only two states (the other being Hawaii) to require drivers to be 21 to obtain a commercial driverâs license to drive intrastate. Truckers under the age of 21 will still be restricted from hauling hazmat and/or oversized loads.
May 16, 2019
Channel 19
Cabotage across the pond: How deregulatory moves in the EU sparked backlash
And: More intel following last weekâs report on cabotage-related violations and what some watchers see as U.S. employers gaming the international-hauls and visa system for profit from less expensive drivers, particularly in big intrastate markets along the Southern border.
November 7, 2018
Channel 19
Wisconsin intrastate ELD mandate not adopted, may implement on delayed timeline
The June-published map of statesâ adoption plans for the ELD mandate for intrastate operations included Wisconsin on the list of those likely to adopt on the same enforcement timeline as the interstate rule, but reps there now say a delay for intrastate operations is likely.
September 6, 2017
Electronic Logging Devices
Florida legislature eyeing December 2018 ELD deadline for intrastate carriers, California uncertain
Floridaâs move for its sizable intrastate market follows that of Texas, which adopted a December 2019 date for the ELD requirements for intrastate carriers. California Highway Patrol reps, meanwhile, note theyâre yet uncertain on an intrastate ELD mandate there.
May 8, 2017
Channel 19
âZero highway deathsâ goal needs general public target
Regulatorsâ ultimate goal pondered, in light of the laundry list of highway-bill recommendations the MCSAC delivered to Congress two weeks back.
February 24, 2014
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