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  • Predatory lease purchases and double brokering challenges

    Thomas Wasson - Loaded and Rolling Host - FreightWaves - Chattanooga, TN


    FMCSA predatory truck leasing task force

    - where the large carrier folks at?

    - what makes it predatory

    - how is it normally done?

    - SiriusXM drivers talk about it

    Double brokering challenges

    - was not really something I noticed until becoming a broker

    - large carriers typically work with only a handful of trusted brokers

    - Why does it happen and what can folks do about it? .

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    10 min
  • Scheduling Standards Consortium builds towards release

    Grace Sharkey - SiriusXM Radio Host - FreightWaves - Lansing, MI


    Topic: Scheduling Standards Consortium builds towards release

    1. The consortium is growing - for those that don’t know, what is the consortium and who is in it?

    2. Who is looking to become part of this group?

    3. What will be the effect of a new API they want to build?

    4. How feasible is it?

    5. Is this one step of a larger goal?

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      11 min
    6. Top Story - Reaction to new emissions rule and Congressman aims to stop speed limiter rule

      John Gallagher - Washington Correspondent - FreightWaves - Washington DC

      Topic: Reaction to new emissions rule

      1. What was the reaction?

      2. How strong was it?

      3. Will there be more hearings on this in the future?

        Topic: Congressman aims to stop speed limiter rule

        1. What is the issue here?

        2. One of the arguments is that it would harm the agricultural and livestock industries

        3. Brecheen cited a 2005 study that found that interactions among vehicles traveling 10 mph below the posted speed limit were 227% higher than among vehicles moving at traffic speed. Such interactions lead to more crashes, said Todd Spencer, president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, which supports Brecheen’s bill.

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          10 min

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