A New York state judge has approved a settlement reached last year requiring the state of New York to refund $44.4 million to the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association on behalf of drivers wrongly charged out-of-state highway use taxes and decal fees.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has asked an appeals court to throw out a Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration final rule on medical examiners' certification integration that failed to include guidelines for examiners to diagnose whether truck drivers have obstructive sleep apnea.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit last month denied the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association’s challenge to the federal electronic logging device mandate.

House funding leaders should reject a provision that would mandate the use of speed limiters on heavy vehicles when they consider funding legislation later this year, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association said in a letter Oct. 17.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association reached a $44.4 million tax refund agreement with New York state on Sept. 21.

In a brief filed with a federal appeals court, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration defended a legal challenge to the agency’s electronic logging device rule by the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association.

The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association has told an appeals court that a federal mandate requiring electronic logging devices on commercial vehicles “does not advance safety, is arbitrary and capricious and violates Fourth Amendment rights against unreasonable searches and seizures.”