02.10.2023 - By Land Line Now News Team
LLN (2/9/23) – A group of U.S. senators is seeking to stop an upcoming U.S. EPA regulation regarding emissions from large trucks. Meanwhile, the FMCSA is proposing a change to the rules regarding emergency declarations. Also, the life expectancy of a truck driver is a statistic that’s been brought up over the years in various publications, but is what we’ve heard correct? Land Line Magazine Managing Editor Jami Jones discussed the information and how it’s been a decades’ long fight to correct it. And nine states are considering changes to fuel tax, with some looking at lowering the rate, others at canceling automatic increases and still others suspending the tax. 0:00 – Newscast. 09:43 – Life expectancy. 24:34 – EPA emissions regulations. 39:17 – State fuel tax changes.