Truck Driving Championships
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1. The pneumatic tire was introduced in _________ - ANSWER
2. The diesel engine was introduced in_______ - ANSWER
1919
1924
3. The Motor Carrier Act was ...
1. The pneumatic tire was introduced in _________ - ANSWER 1919
2. The diesel engine was introduced in_______ - ANSWER 1924
3. The Motor Carrier Act was passed in______ - ANSWER 1935
4. The Motor Carrier Act of 1935 was modeled after the
__________________ - ANSWER Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
5. The ___________ ,which also regulated the railroad industry, was granted
authority over interstate trucking in 1935 - ANSWER ICC
6. The ____________ regulated the number of hours a truck driver could
work and the entry qualifications of new companies into the industry -
ANSWER ICC
7. The professional truck driver today enjoys the position of being the
_______________________ on America's streets and highways -
ANSWER Safest, most knowledgeable and expert driver
,8. The __________________ is one of the most visible And successful safety
initiatives of the trucking industry - ANSWER Championships program
9. The championships program, without a doubt, influences
______________of drivers annually to drive accident free - ANSWER
Tens of thousands
10. In _________ Presiedent Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal
Highway-Aid Act - ANSWER 1956
11. In _______ the control over interstate motor carrier safety, including
regulations, was transferred to the then newly created DOT - ANSWER
1967
12. U.S DOT which is led by a presidential appointee known as the
______________ - ANSWER Secretary of Transportation
13. __________ was established by an act of Congress in 1966 - ANSWER
DOT
14. Following a wave of deregulation of other transportation modes, the
_____________ defined and refocused trucking regulations - ANSWER
Motor Carrier Act of 1980
15. Between 1980 and 1990 the number of licensed motor carrierd more
than doubled to over__________ - ANSWER 40,000
, 16. As of Sep 2022, there were ____________ for hire, private and other
interstate motor carriers doin business in the United States - ANSWER
over 2 million
17. In________the ICC was formerly abolished - ANSWER 1995
18. NAFTA went into affect on________ - ANSWER Jan 1, 1994
19. On ____________the first Mexican truck rolled across the border headed for
Dallas, TX - ANSWER Oct 21, 2011
20. In __________President Bill Clinton signed TEA-21 (P.L. 105-178) - ANSWER
June 1998
This Bill was built on the initiatives established and created by the Intermodal
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and authorized highway and other
surface transportation programs and their funding through Fiscal Year 2003 -
ANSWER The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(TEA-21)
In recognition of the ever expanding movement of freight by truck,Congress
passed the ________________________ in 1986 - ANSWER Commercial
motor vehicle safety act
, The_________________moved all motor carrier safety oversight responsibilities
to the newly established FMCSA - ANSWER Motor Carrier Safety
Improvement Act of 1999
On____________President George W. Bush signed into law SAFETEA-LU -
ANSWER August 10, 2005
The NAFTA trucking pilot officially ended on___________ - ANSWER Oct 10,
2014
On__________President Obama signed into law MAP-21 - ANSWER July 6,
2012
Congress passed MAP-21 on____________ - ANSWER June 29, 2012
On___________President Obama signed into law the FAST Act - ANSWER
December 4, 2015
Over_______of all U.S communities rely on truck to deliver their goods -
ANSWER 80%
Trucking received______________ in Gross Freight Revenue representing 80.8%
of the nations freight bill in 2021 - ANSWER $875.5 billion
Trucks carried _______ of all freight transported in the United States equating
to 10.93 billion tons in 2021 - ANSWER 72.2%
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