Land Line Now, July 2, 2025

OOIDA has long called for hours-of-service flexibility. The DOT has a plan for two pilot programs to test changes to the hours-of-service regulations. But will they do the job? Also, those programs are part of a DOT plan to improve truckers’ lives. We’ll get into the details. Then, in 2011, we discovered electronic highway signs warning of “zombies ahead.” We’ll explain what really happened. And in 2010, the maker of the steel used in the World Trade Center brought back some of it for a memorial – and 28 truckers carried it home.

0:00 – Hours of service: What does the DOT want to change?

09:55 – A deeper look at the DOT’s trucking plan

24:15 – Zombies ahead? Signs say yes

38:43 – A look back: Convoy brings World Trade Center steel home