History Of Trucking

Question 1

What year was the diesel engine introduced into the truck market?

Answer 1

1924

Question 2

According to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) at the start of WW1 (1914) approximately how many trucks were in use nationwide?

Answer 2

100,000

Question 3

At war’s end (1919) over ??? heavy trucks were being utilized by the government and the private sector

Answer 3

1 million

Question 4

What year was the pneumatic tire introduced for trucking applications?

Answer 4

1919

Question 5

The Motor Carrier Act of 1935 was modeled after what?

Answer 5

The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887

Question 6

The Federal Highway-Aid act was signed by what president and what year?

Answer 6

Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956

Question 7

Established by an act of congress in 1966 ??? assumed control of all transportation safety matters including the family car?

Answer 7

Department of Transportation (DOT)

Question 8

The motor carrier act of 1980 defined and refocused trucking regulations. Rates, referred to as tariffs, no longer faced federal scrutiny provided they fluctuate in a ???

Answer 8

” zone of reasonableness”

Question 9

Between 1980 and 1990 the number of licensed motor carriers more than doubled to over ???

Answer 9

40,000

Question 10

Congress passed. What act in 1986?

Answer 10

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 1986

Question 11

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century TEA-21 was signed into law by what president and what month/year?

Answer 11

Bill Clinton - June 1998

Question 12

The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century TEA-21. Was built on the initiatives established and created by what act?

Answer 12

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991