It’s been a year since truckers from two Facebook groups “Mayday 2020” and “The Disrespected Trucker” along with supporters, gathered in Washington to protest low freight rates and demand broker transparency.
Beginning May 1, 2020, protesters parked their trucks along Constitution Avenue in view of both the White House and the Capitol Building, sounding their air horns at intervals to let the population and the press know they were still on site. Protesters demanded a meeting at the White House to discuss ongoing issues.
Broker transparency was frequently mentioned. Complaints centered around the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s 49 CFR 371.3, a regulation that mandates that brokers share rate information with all parties they deal with in a shipping transaction. Truckers charged that, instead of complying, brokers forced truckers to sign a waiver of their rights to see the information if they wanted to do business.
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Ten percent of our nation s corridors move almost 80% of goods, and a West Coast company believes these corridors are a massive accessible market we think is ripe for autonomy,” its administrator says. ‘The long-haul driver shortage is real,’ TuSimple’s chief administrator says.
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Trucking, the primary method of shipping product across the U.S., has been experiencing a labor shortage for 20 years during which time the development of self-driving freight vehicles has been improving.
Just two years ago, Popular Mechanics magazine reported that a startup Cupertino intelligence company completed what was called “the world’s first autonomous cross-country freight delivery trip,” making a 41-hour, 2,800 mile delivery of 40,000 pounds of butter through a dozen states to a small town in Pennsylvania without a driver at the wheel.
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One fan recently revealed on Reddit the items contained in the staple pantry boxes given to contestants.
The boxes include flour, baking powder, oil, chicken stock, garlic, honey, vinegar, butter, salt and pepper.
Impressive: Over the years, contestants have been given access to fresh herbs, carrots, cabbage, onions, capsicum, leek, bananas and tomatoes, thanks to the show s partnership with supermarket giants
What s in a contestant s pantry box?
According to a Reddit user, the items are:
Flour, baking powder, sugar, butter, salt, pepper, oil, chicken stock, milk, eggs, garlic, fresh herbs, sugar, honey, vinegar
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Meanwhile, according to 10Play, nothing in the MasterChef kitchen goes to waste.