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Jul 8, 2021 Lawmakers in Texas last month passed a bill, which has since been signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott, that adds a layer of protection for motor carriers in post-crash litigation. The law will go into effect Sept. 1. CCJ Symposium: Time to Transform Future-proofing your fleet operations for the road ahead Join us CCJ Symposium, August 9-11, in Birmingham, Ala. CCJ Symposium assembles fleet executives, thought leaders, industry analysts and leading suppliers to give you concrete action items for trucking’s most pressing issues. We ll have multiple sessions to talk through how to: Transform Your Operation Transform Your Workforce ....
Self-driving tech company testing autonomous big rigs across North Texas roads If you’re driving the Houston-Fort Worth corridor, you may soon share the road with driverless semis. FORT WORTH, Texas - If you’re driving the Houston-Fort Worth corridor, you may soon share the road with driverless semis. That’s the goal of a company new to the North Texas landscape. Open roads, decent weather and an established logistics hub and supportive lawmakers are ripe conditions for the autonomous vehicle industry especially autonomous big rigs. Waymo is the latest self-driving tech company setting up shop in Dallas. It announced last week it will begin testing autonomous big rigs on the busy freight corridor connecting Houston and Fort Worth. ....
The two agencies, representing a combined nearly 200,000 industry stakeholders, penned a letter to the Senate Committee on Finance. Read CCJ for more. ....
Texas tort reform for trucks moves forward in Legislature and courts Both chambers approve ‘bifurcation’ of lawsuits, with limitations on dragging history into the process early Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Texas is drawing closer to approval of one of two pieces of tort reform legislation sought by the state’s trucking industry, while the goals of the second proposal may have been achieved through a favorable court ruling. Both the state’s House and Senate have approved HB 19 and its Senate companion. The bills approved by each of the chambers are slightly different and will need reconciliation, according to John Esparza, the president of the Texas Trucking Association, which has spearheaded the drive. ....