ICC Operating Authority
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Everything it's streamlined today. I paid ooida $600 bucks (I believe you can do it yourself for $300), got my numbers in two days. Bought a truck, put insurance on it, and away I went.
OOIDA:
Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association
Who They Are
OOIDA is an international trade association representing the interests of independent owner-operators and professional drivers on all issues that affect truckers. The over 150,000 members of OOIDA are men and women in all 50 states and Canada who collectively own and/or operate more than 240,000 individual heavy-duty trucks and small truck fleets.
Their Mission
The mission of OOIDA is to serve owner-operators, small fleets and professional truckers; to work for a business climate where truckers are treated equally and fairly; to promote highway safety and responsibility among all highway users; and to promote a better business climate and efficiency for all truck operators.
Tim, the 60s through the early 1980s are gone. Lots of things have changed in the trucking industry since then.
As Sid posted, getting an MCC Authority now takes maybe a week.
Yeah. I remember guys getting authority back then hiring lawyers sometimes. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing today.
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Okay. This one might require some of the people who've been running for many moons. How many remember the pain in the arse organization ICC? You remember,the trucks that had 50 billion numbers splattered on the side of them. Back then you had to obtain ICC authority if you had a company (or even if you were just a true independent). In order to get the authority,you had to prove there was a need for your service . How does that work today? I know after deregulation International Transport (for those of you around awhile,you'll remember that was the company Dave Hodgman was leased to. You know. The guy who now owns Southern Pride.)sold out to Schneider(I think it was them). I heard Schneider bought them so they would have operating rights to their territory (some crap like that). So who do you plead your case to,today if you want operating authority,or has that gone into extinction too? The letters on trucks I see today that stick out,are DOT. They're concerned with safety more than anything. Back then,ICCMC ,was plastered on the truck. ICC was more concerned with the economics . So if it's more DOT today,who handles operating authority,or does that even still exist? Has it been renamed and called something else today? Thanks guys.
DOT:
Department Of Transportation
A department of the federal executive branch responsible for the national highways and for railroad and airline safety. It also manages Amtrak, the national railroad system, and the Coast Guard.
State and Federal DOT Officers are responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement. "The truck police" you could call them.
HOS:
Hours Of Service
HOS refers to the logbook hours of service regulations.