Author name: Arkansas Trucking Association

The Last Word – Not Backing Down: The Fight for Highway Funding

By Philip Byrd, Guest Writer Congestion and gridlock are, unfortunately, a way of life for us in the trucking industry. Traffic delays add costs, waste fuel and time and generally make the job of delivering America’s goods challenging. Gridlock and congestion have also seized up our government in Washington – delaying critical actions that could

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ATA Insurance Fund Announces $1 Million Dividend

The Arkansas Trucking Association (ATA) Self-Insurers’ Fund has declared a $1 million dividend to 46 trucking companies that are enrolled in its workers’ compensation insurance trust.  Under Arkansas law, any excess premiums left in a self-insured group insurance fund can be distributed as dividends back to the companies with good safety performance after all injury

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Driver in Tracy Morgan Accident Was Within HOS Limits

The Walmart Stores Inc. driver whose truck crashed into a limousine carrying actor Tracy Morgan was in the 14th hour of a work shift that began the day before, which is within allowable limits, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).  The NTSB’s preliminary report cites – using electronic log

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