Drivers referred to as to weigh in on damaging affect of predatory truck towing

The American Transportation Analysis Institute has referred to as on drivers to weigh in on the damaging affect predatory truck towing has on the trucking business. 

The ATRI issued a press launch on Monday, November twenty eighth requesting that truck drivers and motor carriers touch upon predatory towing within the business after figuring out the difficulty as a high analysis precedence earlier this yr. 

Knowledge on the difficulty will likely be collected by a brief survey. The survey will ask drivers and motor carriers in regards to the varieties of predatory towing they encounter essentially the most, what varieties of charges or delays they see as predatory, and by which states they’ve skilled predatory towing. The survey may even search individuals to reply extra detailed questions surrounding the frequency of the towing and its affect on trucking operations. 

“Everyone knows that predatory towing is a matter, but till now there was no sturdy evaluation on how, when, and the place it occurs or the affect of laws designed to manage these predatory practices,” mentioned Shawn R. Brown, Cargo Transporters Vice President of Security. “By collaborating in ATRI’s data-driven analysis, carriers will likely be serving to to reply these questions and description options.”

Truckers and motor carriers focused on finishing the survey can discover it right here.