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D.C. protest reached an apex inside the White House
Amid financial pressures and abysmal freight rates for many truckers, D.C. demonstrators on their 20th day enter the White House for a substantive discussion.
May 21, 2020
Business
A big 10-4 on hours flexibility, improved training standards and a good time â more from D.C.
Several bobtail trucks convoyed into our nation's capital to meet with the trucking group representatives as well as United States Senators. More on Overdrive.
October 4, 2018
Custom Rigs
10-4 D.C. event under way: Scenes from the Fredericksburg rally point preparing for the convoy downtown
Check out some of the scenes at the rally point for the 10-4 D.C. truck event. Take a look at the video footage, too. Details and more on Overdrive Online.
October 4, 2018
Voices
Report: Truckers take to D.C. streets (one Tased and arrested) and engage FMCSA, Congress on hours change, more
Grassroots groups of owner-operators and drivers returned 30-40 power units to Constitution Ave. between the White House and Washington monument yesterday, April 9, to press concerns to the public, lawmakers and regulators over the ELD mandate and hours of service flexibility. In an otherwise productive day, according to participants, one owner-op tells a story of use of force gone wrong.
April 10, 2018
Channel 19
Monday round-up: MATS hours session descends to chaos, truckers plan D.C. return
Chaos mars a Mid-America hours of service seminar conducted by FMCSA as anti-regulatory emotion boils over; and some of those participating, among others, plan to return to D.C. for demonstrations beginning April 9.
March 26, 2018
Channel 19
Grassroots efforts continue around ELD mandate, hours of service flexibility
Wednesday, January 17, a group of truckers took a meeting with United States Senator Ted Cruz in order to press concerns over the Department of Transportationâs electronic logging device mandate and the current hours of service rule.
January 19, 2018
Parking
Truck âN Park demonstration hits the ground running
I-95 Corridor Coalition Truck âN Park project coordinator Marygrace Parker realizes capacity is the biggest issue when it comes to truck parking, she says, but hopes real-time availability-info sharing can at least help mitigate the problem in the short term.
February 15, 2016
Voices
Trucker protest paled compared to one in late â60s
âHaving been thru all of the trucker shutdowns of the past nearly fifty years this one falling on its face came as no surprise.â
October 17, 2013
Overdrive Extra
Publicity of shutdown attempt says a lot about the evolution of news
The Ride for the Constitution fiasco of last weekend brings to mind the quote often associated with war reporting: âThe first casualty when war comes is truth.â Thatâs California Sen. Hiram W. Johnson, addressing the U.S. Senate in 1917. Truth was also a casualty in the free-for-all publicity surrounding the planned trucker mega-protest that peaked [âŚ]
October 15, 2013
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