Congress is considering a new infrastructure bill. It’s called the Build America 250 Bill, and at $500 billion, it doesn’t promise as much money as the $1.2 trillion Biden Administration Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that it will effectively serve as follow-up to. What it does promise are two massive lifestyle wins for truckers.
The bill specifically mentions “supporting our nation’s truck drivers” with a “Trucker Dignity” Package of provisions. One would mandate that shippers and other trucking customers must give drivers access to their restrooms while they are waiting to load or unload. It’s the kind of thing one would think shouldn’t need to be written into law, but as one trucker pointed out in a Facebook post, some customers will indeed deny use of their restrooms to drivers. This rule would also require …
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Author: Stephen Edelstein
