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Are truckers protected from retaliation for refusing to drive in bad weather?

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Oct 29, 2021 at 07:45 PM CST
If it would be legitimately unsafe to operate, the short answer to the question in the headline here is "yes," as detailed in this adaptation of an installment in Overdrive's "Trucking Law" series. In it, attorney Paul Taylor of the Truckers Justice Center details just what protections the Surface Transportation Assistance Act offers any employee driver who refuses to drive when conditions would make it unsafe.

Oct 29, 2021 at 07:45 PM CST

If it would be legitimately unsafe to operate, the short answer to the question in the headline here is "yes," as detailed in this adaptation of an installment in Overdrive's "Trucking Law" series. In it, attorney Paul Taylor of the Truckers Justice Center details just what protections the Surface Transportation Assistance Act offers any employee driver who refuses to drive when conditions would make it unsafe.