# Old School Truckers React to Modern Trucks

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Podcast: [Trucking with OOIDA](https://stenobird.com/podcast/trucking-with-ooida-7406155)
Published: 2026-05-13T10:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Does all this new truck technology actually make for safer driving? After recent experiences with a high-tech truck and a simpler one, Angela Griffin of the Simple Livin’ YouTube page isn’t so sure. She shares her big takeaways. Plus, Marty Ellis is getting a new truck any day now. The OOIDA tour truck driver reflects on the adjustments he and other drivers need to make when shifting to a new rig with new bells and whistles. Motus login: https://motus.dot.gov/ Motus details: https://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/newsroom/important-steps-you-must-take-prepare-fmcsas-new-registration-system ATRI Operational Costs of Trucking survey: https://www.research.net/r/ATRI-2026-Ops-Costs Join or renew with the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association and use code PODCAST25 for a discounted membership: https://www.ooida.com/membership/ Tired of watching your rights eroded: https://fightingfortruckers.com/ Subscribe for FREE to Land Line Magazine (online or print): https://landline.media/subscribe/

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