Lawmaker's trucking connection pivotal to truck parking bill

<p><strong>LLN (3/11/20) –</strong> U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Illinois discusses his background as a trucker – and how that influenced his decision to introduce a bill to solve the truck parking shortage. Also, freight and rates show some signs of life as spring approaches, while diesel prices drop for the ninth week in a row and the oil market collapses. And a study says technology is not the cure-all to safety in trucking – investing in the truck drivers themselves is.</p> <p>0:00 – Newscast.</p> <p>9:44 – U.S. Rep. Mike Bost and the truck parking bill.</p> <p>24:05 – Freight, rates show some life; diesel prices drop; oil prices collapse.</p> <p>38:33 – Study shows what truckers have said all along.</p>