FMCSA official: Clearinghouse top issue

LLN (10/11/21) – The recent Guilty By Association Truck Show included the FMCSA’s director of enforcement and compliance answering truckers’ questions. Also, if you’ve had to make an insurance claim on an old piece of equipment, you might be familiar with something called the “betterment clause.” We’ll explain what you need to know about it. And federal officials and some industrial and tech concerns are working hard to bring autonomous and electric trucks to market – or even require them. Meanwhile, a case in Louisiana has highlighted the problem with staged wrecks in trucking.

0:00 – Newscast.

10:14 – FMCSA official answers truckers questions.

25:07 – “Betterment clause” and your truck.

40:03 – Autonomous, electric trucks; staged wrecks.