Organizations, industry segments and companies are coming out of the woodwork asking for exemptions to the upcoming requirement for truckers to have an electronic logging devices. Terry Scruton gets an ELD update from OOIDA Manager of Federal Affairs Jay Grimes.

A bill introduced earlier this week in the U.S. House would delay the deadline to install an electronic logging device by two years. Mark Reddig discusses the ins and outs, as well as the ultimate goal, with OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

OOIDA has issued a national Call to Action, asking truckers to call their members of the U.S. House and ask them to co-sponsor H.R. 3282, a bill that would delay the ELD mandate two years.

Typical summer pattern of declining van rates in July. However, flatbed volumes didn’t slip as expected. Mary McKenna talks with Peggy Dorf of DAT, a company that provides market information for owner operators, carriers, brokers and shippers.

Every day, we tick closer to the FMCSA’s drop dead for the ELD mandate. However, momentum is building in Congress and elsewhere to delay the mandate. Mark Reddig gets an update from OOIDA Executive Vice President Todd Spencer.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.

Owner-operators typically start their careers as company drivers. But how do you tell when the time is right for you to make that transition? Terry Scruton gets some answers from John Ewing of the Truckers Helper.

Heavy action is expected in Congress this week, including a ban on state meal and rest break requirements and an ELD exemption for livestock and bee haulers – along with a sympathetic note for everyone else. Mark Reddig discusses that and more about the week ahead with Jay Grimes of OOIDA’s Washington, D.C., office.

Our daily newscast from Marcia Campbell’s "All Nighter" on WSM 650 AM, "The Legend," a clear-channel station out of Nashville, TN.