Werner: Let trainees drive unsupervised

LLN (8/19/21) – Werner wants to let some trainees drive without a trainer in the jump seat. Also, a federal agency investigates Tesla’s Autopilot, while a coalition sues over recent hours of service changes. Texas voters will decide whether counties can issue transportation bonds, while several cities and counties there have lined up highway-related ballot questions. Some in the private sector and federal government are crying “driver shortage” to justify their own goals. And we’ll examine what security warnings truckers may see as we approach the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

0:00 – Newscast.

10:14 – CLP exemption request; autopilot investigation; hours of service lawsuit.

25:03 – Texas transportation bonds, ballot issues.

39:58 – ‘Driver shortage’; Security warnings.