Trucker Makes “Jaw-Dropping” Admission to FMCSA Leaders

Sep 19, 2019 at 08:59 AM CST
Washington D.C. – He did not plan to say it, but after a safety advocate urged regulators to tighten restrictions on truckers even more, fifteen-year trucking veteran and founder of the United States Transportation Alliance (USTA), Mike Landis, felt he had to respond. Landis did so by making a “jaw-dropping” admission to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) officials at Tuesday’s public listening session regarding the Agency’s proposed changes to hours of service (HOS) regulations. Click HERE to read the full recap of the listening session. After more than a dozen commenters over nearly a 2-hour period had weighed in at yesterday’s HOS public listening session, things were beginning to wind down.

Sep 19, 2019 at 08:59 AM CST

Washington D.C. – He did not plan to say it, but after a safety advocate urged regulators to tighten restrictions on truckers even more, fifteen-year trucking veteran and founder of the United States Transportation Alliance (USTA), Mike Landis, felt he had to respond. Landis did so by making a “jaw-dropping” admission to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) officials at Tuesday’s public listening session regarding the Agency’s proposed changes to hours of service (HOS) regulations. Click HERE to read the full recap of the listening session. After more than a dozen commenters over nearly a 2-hour period had weighed in at yesterday’s HOS public listening session, things were beginning to wind down.