2024 Facts for Drivers OCR - Copy_11-11.pdf

replaced NAFTA. Under NAFTA and the USMCA, trucking has dominated cross-border trade. In 2022, 61.9 percent of the value of trade with Canada and 83.5 percent of the value of trade with Mexico was transported by trucks. 2021 The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed, and it requ...

replaced NAFTA. Under NAFTA and the USMCA, trucking has dominated cross-border trade. In 2022, 61.9 percent of the value of trade with Canada and 83.5 percent of the value of trade with Mexico was transported by trucks. 2021 The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was passed, and it requires FMCSA to: « Develop automatic emergency braking regulations, Incorporate the rear-impact guard into the annual inspection requirements for trailers, Develop an apprenticeship pilot program for 18- to 20-year-old drivers, and Complete a large-truck crash causation study. 2022 According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, as of April 2023, there were over 750,000 active US motor carriers that own or lease at least one tractor. Trucking: A Mainspring of the U. S. Economy Over time, there have been a number of slogans that have captured the essentiality of trucking; for example: “Trucking Delivers Ameri- ca, “Good Stuff, Trucks Bring It,” and, most recently, “Trucking Moves America Porward.” ‘There is no doubt that the trucking indus- try can be justly called a mainspring of the U.S. economy. After all, practically everything we eat, wear, or use is delivered by truck. Since a nation’s progress is inevitably tied to how efficiently and effectively it transports its goods and people, much of the success of the American way of life is due to motor carriers and their drivers. Trucks of every type are serving Americas farms, homes, and indus- tries, performing a complete door-to-door transportation service entirely on their own or joining with other modes of transportation in hauling nearly everything we need. No American home ts too remote to share in the nation’s production. Li