1965 Hurley at RG dock.
Terry Smalley
To conserve fuel in the 1970’s oil crisis, Congress enacted the 55 mph speed limit
Trucks blockaded roads throughout the U.S. during the 1974 fuel protests.
general freight carriers who were allowed by law to meet and agree on rates. The ICC rubber-stamped rate increases, Teamsters got their regular raises in pay and benefits, and the industry found ways to grow despite antiquated federal rules governing rates, routes and service. But increasingly, truckers, shippers and influential members of Congress began to push for deregulation of trucking. In July 1973, The American
Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators adopted a plan to create the first national uniform reciprocal registration plan and called it the International Registration Plan (IRP). In 1974, the IRP became truly “international” when the province of Alberta joined. The U.S. Department of Transportation
enacted requirements for seat belts and noise reduction in truck cabs, and in 1975, mandated the first antilock brakes for heavy-duty trucks, a standard that
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was ultimately struck down by the courts in 1978. The Environmental Protection Agency promulgated its first set of emissions regulations in 1974. In 1975, United Parcel Service obtained operating authority to offer coast-to-coast trucking service. The oil crisis of the 1970s created
more headaches and chaos for trucking than regulatory excesses and the Teamsters Union combined. A Middle East oil embargo in 1973 caused immediate, severe fuel shortages that brought long lines at gas stations. Fuel prices nearly doubled. One report said diesel went from 27 cents to 47 cents a gallon in less than a month. Independent truckers blockaded some highways in protest. One of the independent groups that grew out of the protests was the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA). To further conserve fuel, Congress enacted the 55 mph speed limit. Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th president in 1976.
In January 1972, Ollie Arbelbide
succeeded Emral Ruth as AMTA’s managing director. Arbelbide, formerly managing director of the Idaho Motor Transport Association, served just over 14 months before succumbing to a fatal heart attack in March 1973. In July, 1973, Terry Smalley, a former
staff member of the Texas Motor Transport Association, arrived in Phoenix to take the helm as AMTA’s executive director. In 1977, ADOT and Maricopa County
began pushing to build the South Mountain Bypass around Phoenix as a toll road. In 1979, Governor Bruce Babbitt proposed a plan to deregulate intrastate trucking in Arizona. Don Chambers was elected AMTA president, following in the footsteps of his father, E.E. “Whitey” Chambers, one of the organization’s founding members.
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