2004 Special Reports Archive


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December 2004

December 9, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Pike strike takes a hike – toll takers are back

December 13, 2004
SPECIAL SURVEY
: Men’s Health mag to truckers -- Offer your driving savvy to four-wheelers

December 22, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Truckload of nickels, driver missing; FBI seeks information

December 23, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:
Hazmat background checks: Oregon will use third party contractor

December 29, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:
OOIDA calls on TSA to protect truckers’ privacy

December 30, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:
Norfolk bomb scare was a hoax

 

November 2004

November 9, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Illinois Senate votes to override veto, end split speed limit

November 16, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Illinois House reverses course, upholds veto; split speeds to stay

November 24, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Giant spending bill avoids last minute snafu; lawmakers head home for turkey
SPECIAL REPORT: TSA delays fingerprinting for some hazmat drivers – again

 

October 2004

October 11, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Ohio reveals plan to lure trucks to turnpike

October 12, 2004
SPECIAL INTERVIEW: President Bush and Sen. Kerry on trucking issues

October 27, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Transportation-related initiatives on November ballot

 

September 2004

September 1, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: OOIDA’s case against Ledar in hands of judge

September 15, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Ivan bearing down on U.S. Gulf Coast

September 16, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Gulf coast braces for 'Ivan the Terrible'

September 17, 2004
LL EXCLUSIVE: Kidnapped girl found thanks to trucker’s tip

September 17, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:
Amendment would require Mexican trucks to meet U.S. safety standards

September 22, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Huge House majority OKs Olver amendment

September 23, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Appeals court rules against Allied Holdings’ compulsory arbitration clause in OOIDA class action suit

September 24, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: The Olver Amendment — what’s next on the Hill?

 

August 2004

August 2, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Terrorist Alert in New Jersey, New York and Washington, DC; trucks restricted

August 5, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Court resolves issues in OOIDA’s favor in lawsuit against Swift

August 6, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: California official wants feds to require truck stoppers after latest effort to require them fails

August 27, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Illinois proposes dramatic increase in truck rates on Tollway

August 30, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: FMCSA asks to leave current HOS in effect while agency corrects courts’ concerns

August 31, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: OOIDA to truckers: Get out of the cab and into the voting booth

 

July 2004

July 1, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Trucker strike continues – latest action seen in Savannah

July 2, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Trucker strike continues

SPECIAL REPORT:
FMCSA links high driver turnover rate to crash incidents

SPECIAL REPORT:
Issue of tolling interstates gathering steam

July 8, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: OOIDA files class action complaint against DAC

July 15, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Federal judge rules against C.R. England in OOIDA case

July 16, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: U.S. District Court chucks FMCSA’s HOS rules: Says they are ‘arbitrary and capricious’

July 16, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: U.S. Appeals Court chucks FMCSA’s HOS rules; says drivers’ health the deciding factor

July20, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: TSA asks truckers to keep watch as political conventions – and potential terrorist threats - approach

July26, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Courts deliver favorable opinions for OOIDA in three class-action suits

 

June 2004

June 2, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Tanker trucks and gas canisters stolen in Texas

SPECIAL FEATURE:
June Safety Month – It has taken on an entirely new meaning for ‘Uglypuppy’

June 3, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Idling reduction – They’re finally getting serious ... and real

June 4, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Final transportation bill conferees named – effort to defeat Section 1609 begins

June 8, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Supreme Court on Mexican trucks – come on in

June 9, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Court denies Landstar motion to dismiss OOIDA case

June 24, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:  Now is the time to be heard on toll roads

June 25, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Effort at nation’s ports to center on adequate surcharge
SPECIAL REPORT: State road funding – Where will it come from?

June 28, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Trucker strikes under way at U.S. ports

SPECIAL REPORT:
Effort at nation's ports to center on adequate surcharge

June 29, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Truckers strike at several ports; action likely to last through holiday weekend

 

May 2004

May 4, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Truckers protest at Oakland port

May 5, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: California facing possible fuel crisis after pipeline rupture

SPECIAL REPORT:
Trucking protest centers on Oakland port

May 7, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Strike update – Deal thwarted in California; protests begin in Virginia
SPECIAL REPORT: Watching the clock – How have the new HOS rules impacted expediting?
SPECIAL REPORT: Port protests planned throughout East Coast and Louisiana

May 10, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Situation still iffy at Port of Oakland

May 18, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: California drivers protest in Concord

May 21, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Senate names transportation bill conferees – effort begins to defeat Section 1609

 

April 2004

April 2, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: FMCSA grants OOIDA request on carrier safety reviews
SPECIAL REPORT: OOIDA mobilizes members to help pass Kennedy amendment

April 9, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Six others missing from kidnapped trucker's convoy in Iraq
SPECIAL REPORT: Appeals Court upholds OOIDA position on workers' comp issue in case against New Prime Inc.

April 14, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Halliburton issues statement on Iraq situation
SPECIAL REPORT: Four bodies found near site of ambush in Iraq

April 16, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Truckers make headway in four major OOIDA lawsuits

April 20, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: The Bozo retires; hands down popular late-night radio show to son

SPECIAL REPORT: Three truckers confirmed dead in Iraq; missing workers named

April 23, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Authorities continue hunt for missing tank trailer
SPECIAL REPORT: Owner-operator online Cost of Operations Survey

April 29, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:  Officials searching for missing chemicals, tank trailer

SPECIAL REPORT:
  Another trucker confirmed dead in Iraq, three still missing

April 30, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: OOIDA calls for immediate legislative remedy for fuel price spikes
SPECIAL REPORT: Trucker protest spreads to CA depots, interstates and ports

 

March 2004

March 1, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Bush signs two-month highway bill extension – Mineta urges action

March 5, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Illinois Senate OKs measure to end split speeds

March 9, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: The 21st century truck stop - burger, fries, coke and fingerprints

March 12, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: TSA extends fingerprint deadline for hazmat drivers

March 12, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: A glimpse at the FMCSA of the future

March 17, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: California trucker an example of effect of high fuel costs

SPECIAL REPORT:
Columbus shooting suspect in police custody

March 19, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:Legislators challenge FMCSA's new HOS rules

March 22, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: This time, they’re going to test

March 25, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Boozman HOS amendment delayed

March 29, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: OOIDA – Expand roads, not taxes

March 31, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Truckers Voice Support For Kennedy's Amendment on Interstate Tolls

 

February 2004

February 5, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Rep. Young to Bush – advisers giving bum advice on highway veto

February 10, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Legislators TEA’d off as highway funding scraps continue

February 13, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Senate OKs highway bill by veto-proof margin

February 19, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Court rules in favor of OOIDA against AAFAB Inc., orders return of escrow funds

February 20, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Issue No. 1 - Inadequate truck parking

February 26, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT:
OOIDA to Congress - nix tolls on interstate highways

 

January 2004

January 7, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Threat level remains at orange

January 13, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Court upholds four-year statute of limitations on OOIDA claims against Ledar Transport; strikes down carrier counterclaims

January 16, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Owner-operators will get their day in court, says Utah judge

Proposed toll increase could drive truckers off Pennsylvania's turnpike

January 27, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Fingerprint found at scene of latest Columbus shooting
SPECIAL REPORT: FMCSA investigating Swift Transportation

January 28, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Swift confirms FMCSA’s HOS investigation

January 30, 2004
SPECIAL REPORT: Broker pleads guilty to defrauding OOIDA members

OOIDA Calls for Higher Broker Bond