Women of Trucking Advisory Board

Federal regulators are responding to complaints that the government is not doing enough to protect women and minority truck drivers.

A federal advisory panel promoting women in trucking weakened its stance on removing an exemption that currently allows carriers not to pay overtime to their drivers.

The first meeting of federal panel aimed at promoting women in trucking includes shots taken at a study that one member asserted downplays the prevalence of rape.

Federal regulators have appointed 16 members to an all-female advisory board in an effort to boost the ranks of women in trucking.

Followup training would be aimed at increasing driver ranks.