Driver pay, training on 2022 agenda

LLN (1/6/22) – The year 2022 is already shaping up to be a busy one, with driver training, a study of driver pay, efforts to include more women in trucking, and more all getting underway. Also, a Tennessee lawmaker wants to give truckers relief at the pump; a Missouri effort would reverse a recent fuel tax increase; and toll increases are set for seven bridges in the San Francisco area. And the FMCSA wants information from the public and interested organizations about its upcoming pilot program for interstate truckers under 21 years of age. So what are they asking for specifically, and why does it matter?

0:00 – Newscast.

09:43 – Driver training, driver compensation, more women in trucking.

23:55 – State fuel tax and toll action.

38:34 – Under 21 pilot program.