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WWW.CHANGINGL ANESDIGITAL .COM MAY | CHANGING L ANES 2 Noteworthy News Continued www.jobsfor teams.com JOBS for TEAMS | 34 ment, let alone the standards to which it was manufactured. The recommendations have nothing to do with trucking operations." The Owner Operator Independent Drivers Association said it believes the "FMCSA should withdraw this current proposal and conduct a broader analysis of the procedures, costs and benefi ts." OOIDA adds that "determining a vehi- cle's compliance with the FMCSS when it was manufactured (sic) should not be a priority during a roadside inspection, especially since that manufacturing date could have been decades from the pres- ent day." The Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance said it supports the rulemaking."This proposed rule will give FMCSA and its state partners clearer regulatory authority to take appropriate enforcement action when non-FMVSS compliant vehicles are identifi ed," CVSA says. The Truckload Carriers Association says it supports the principle of the rule, but added it "cannot possible understand how permanently affi xing a certifi cation label can aid in achieving" the agency's goal of reducing crashes. The United Parcel Service (UPS) said it opposes the rule because "the compliance mechanism is exces- sively burdensome on the fl eet owner; inconsistent with modern trucking operations, particularly our intermodal operations that are fundamental to our effi cient delivery network and its reduced carbon footprint; and focused on the wrong actor.">