We recently wrapped up a productive week where we covered significant ground during our first Legislative Dispatch. We completed 8 visits, spending a total 15 hours on the road and covering 896 miles. Over the week, we met with 27 candidates and lawmakers to discuss pressing issues for truckers in Louisiana;
Key Points:
- Lawsuit Abuse & Insurance – LA auto insurance is $10,000 higher than any other state, especially when compared to neighboring states with the same truck and driver.
- Regulations and Permits – The cost of a trucking permit in LA is $59,000, while the cost is $5,000 in MS and $3,000 in TX carrying the same load and miles.
- Workforce – The truck driver shortage has reached a historic record of 80,000 drivers needed across the nation to maintain truck loads.
These discussions were instrumental in addressing critical challenges in our industry, and we are actively working towards finding solutions and driving positive change.
Thank you to all the members who joined us for our Legislative Dispatch visits last week. We also appreciated the Louisiana State Police for joining in on these visits to add their advice and expertise to the discussions.
We extend our appreciation to the candidates and lawmakers who dedicated their time to hear about the issues impacting the trucking industry-lawsuit abuse, workforce, and regulations.
The biggest THANK YOU goes out to our members who took the time to host these visits. We greatly appreciate their commitment to advocating for the trucking industry:
Preferred Materials Inc - Nataly Madden and Kary Bryce
Hercules Transport - Tom O’Neal
Guillory Petroleum - Rickie Guillory and Rickey McQuillin
Hay Brothers - Bryan and Pat Hay
Berard Transportation - Brett and Randy Berard
Frisard Companies - Cully and Martin Frisard
Triple G Express - Randy and Mitch Guillot
Newman Transport - David Newman, Madi Bigott and Keith Briggs
We look forward to enacting solutions next year to help the trucking industry!
