Land Line Now, June 21, 2024

Land Line Now

FMCSA hosted a healthy debate between those in trucking calling for greater protections, and those in towing listing their concerns. The OOIDA Foundation’s latest report backs up what you likely feel – but also offers some insight into how to make things better. Also, FMCSA is tackling predatory towing and predatory lease-purchase agreements, and that process has begun already through a set of public meetings. And OOIDA tour truck driver Marty Ellis is talking about some serious topics, including how to reinvent or rebrand yourself or your business, the importance of trust and trusting the wrong GPS.

0:00 – FMCSA holds public meeting on predatory towing, healthy debate ensues

10:14 – Latest report shows freight market still in a slump

25:09 – FMCSA tackles predatory towing, lease-purchase

40:09 – The trick to reinventing yourself