Trucking News - August 2007
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New Jersey bill targeting improper use of lasers nears passage
08/01/2007 - 11:55:31 pm - As if there weren’t enough things to worry about while driving down the road, dodging lasers is becoming a more and more common problem for drivers across the country ...
New Arkansas law requires minimum wait after wrecks
08/01/2007 - 11:56:08 pm - A new law in Arkansas requires drivers involved in wrecks to remain at the scene for at least 30 minutes. The new rule took effect earlier this week. Gov. Mike Beebe ...
Petro gives chicken-fried support to USO
08/01/2007 - 11:56:40 pm - Petro – which is now owned by TravelCenters of America and other investors – raised quite a bit of money for the USO before it was sold. This year’s effort, which ...
Oregon puts nearly a quarter of drivers out of service
08/01/2007 - 11:57:54 pm - Conducting a five-day inspection blitz in late July, the Motor Carrier Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation placed nearly one-fourth of the truck drivers ...
DHS ordered to audit ATA’s Highway Watch
08/01/2007 - 11:58:22 pm - Last week, Congress approved a bill to finally implement the recommendations of the Sept. 11 Commission. The White House has said that President Bush would sign the bill, ...
Pilot: No more Visa, Mastercard at the pumps
08/01/2007 - 11:59:10 pm - John Baumann pulled up to the Pilot Travel Center in Louisville, KY, Saturday and read a temporary sign that stunned him. Pilot Travel Centers LLC – which boasts of ...
Trucker’s clinic dealt a setback in Arkansas
08/03/2007 - 9:11:06 am - The state medical board in Arkansas has handed a setback to a brand-new West Memphis truck stop health clinic that caters exclusively to truckers. The Professional ...
Mandatory Highway Watch provision canceled in GA
08/03/2007 - 9:11:56 am - Truckers in Georgia soon will no longer have to take a one-hour training session on homeland security to get or renew their CDL. The Highway Watch program, which is ...
Minneapolis bridge collapse shocks nation of drivers
08/03/2007 - 9:13:47 am - A 40-year-old bridge over Interstate 35W, one of the busiest bridges in Minneapolis, collapsed at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, during rush hour, killing at least four and ...
Kenworth hybrid a hit at lumber company
08/03/2007 - 9:14:24 am - The fleet manager for the Dunn Lumber Company in Seattle said the hybrid Kenworth Class 7 truck they just got has improved the company’s fuel economy by 35 percent. The ...
Chrysler goes private
08/06/2007 - 12:17:33 pm - The Chrysler Corporation has become the only privately owned company among the so-called “Big 3” American automakers in Detroit. According to the New York Times, ...
Trucker’s clinic dealt a setback in Arkansas
08/06/2007 - 12:18:37 pm - The state medical board in Arkansas has handed a setback to a brand-new West Memphis truck stop health clinic that caters exclusively to truckers. The Professional ...
Trucker acquitted in diplomat’s death
08/06/2007 - 12:19:12 pm - In Pennsylvania, a truck driver who’s an illegal immigrant has been acquitted of criminal charges in the death of a diplomat from Honduras. According to The Associated ...
Mandatory Highway Watch provision canceled in GA
08/06/2007 - 12:20:08 pm - Truckers in Georgia soon will no longer have to take a one-hour training session on homeland security to get or renew their CDL. The Highway Watch program, which is ...
Missouri senator files bill to stop ‘hot fuel’
08/06/2007 - 12:21:05 pm - U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, introduced legislation on Friday, Aug. 3, aimed at stopping the sale of “hot fuel” to consumers. Hot fuel refers to retail gasoline ...
New York lawmakers pursue text messaging ban for drivers
08/08/2007 - 11:29:41 am - Police in New York would be allowed to pull over drivers for typing, reading or sending text messages while at the wheel, if two state lawmakers get their way. Sen. ...
Michigan Senate OKs bill to trim bond amounts for truck weight violations
08/08/2007 - 11:30:14 am - A bill in Michigan intends to lessen the potential blow on the pocketbooks of truck owners or drivers for truck weight violations. State law mandates vehicles loaded ...
Truck driver identified after bridge collapse in Minnesota
08/08/2007 - 11:31:12 am - Authorities in Minneapolis have identified the driver of a bakery truck who was killed Wednesday, Aug. 1, when the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. He was Paul ...
OOIDA supports bill to stop ‘hot fuel’
08/08/2007 - 11:33:23 am - The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association strongly supports an effort by a U.S. senator from Missouri to require a computerized fix to the consumer rip-off known as ...
FMCSA explores parking notification system
08/10/2007 - 8:33:07 am - What if a highway message board could tell you how many truck parking spots are left at a rest area 30 miles down the road? The Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
Arkansas attorney says trucker clinic needs better supervision
08/10/2007 - 8:33:58 am - One of four truck stop medical clinics set up for truck drivers has been hamstrung because a state medical board needs better understanding of the clinic’s procedures and ...
Wisconsin truckers work to avert changes to idle-reduction grants
08/10/2007 - 8:34:49 am - Making your voice heard on issues important to you is a message that is often relayed to voters. Wisconsin truck drivers recently witnessed the effect of following through on ...
No changes yet; HOS regs in hands of FMCSA
08/10/2007 - 8:36:02 am - Truckers continue to hang in limbo following the recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision that tossed two provisions in the hours-of-service regulations. Truckers face ...
Driving rights bills advance in New Jersey
08/10/2007 - 8:36:57 am - The New Jersey Senate has approved a legislative package that would make it easier for drivers with suspended licenses to keep their driving privileges. One bill would help ...
PennDOT uses CDL data for driver recruitment
08/10/2007 - 8:37:42 am - The Pennsylvania DOT is looking for quite a few good men and women to fill part-time winter jobs as snow plow drivers. But the way the department is trying to recruit ...
Two intrastate trucking laws now in effect in Colorado
08/10/2007 - 8:38:57 am - Two new laws in Colorado are focused on keeping the state’s roadways a little more safe. Gov. Bill Ritter put his signature on a bill that is intended to ensure that ...
Man arrested following double-shooting at Ohio trucking company
08/10/2007 - 8:39:30 am - A truck driver reportedly shot and killed two former co-workers Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 8, after learning he’d been fired. According to The Associated Press, Liberty ...
Trucker’s son helps stop runaway truck
08/10/2007 - 8:40:08 am - A trucker’s nine-year-old son, a trucker on CB and a Good Samaritan are being credited with bringing a tractor-trailer to a halt after the trucker blacked out for unknown ...
State senator accuses TxDOT of ignoring lawmakers
08/10/2007 - 8:41:05 am - A Texas state senator is accusing the Texas Department of Transportation of doing its own thing despite the wishes of state lawmakers. State Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, ...
New Oregon law intended to clean up diesel engines
08/14/2007 - 2:41:14 am - Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a bill into law that is intended to clean up old diesel engines in the state. It takes effect in late September. Trucks, buses, ...
Embassy staff goes on truck ride-along
08/14/2007 - 2:41:40 am - Trucker Peter Durant of Ontario, Canada, had some special guests in his cab recently as he headed for the Windsor-Detroit border crossing. Durant – who drives for ...
Oberstar suggests fuel tax increase could pay for bridge fund
08/14/2007 - 2:42:57 am - The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee says the best way to fund bridge repairs and replacement within the National Highway System is by ...
Missouri lawmaker pleads guilty to trucker visa fraud
08/14/2007 - 2:45:31 am - A Missouri state lawmaker pleaded guilty on Thursday to illegally obtaining work visas for hundreds of New Zealand immigrants so they could drive for trucking companies in ...
Class 8 sales continue to dwindle
08/16/2007 - 8:46:33 am - For the second month running, sales of Class 8 trucks were down by more than 50 percent in July compared to monthly figures from a year ago. According to Ward’s ...
Mayor wants to ban trucks from I-75 bridge
08/16/2007 - 8:47:04 am - The mayor of Covington, KY – which is right across the Ohio River from Cincinnati – wants to ban heavy trucks from the bridge that carries Interstate 75 over the river ...
CARB eyes tougher emissions regs for trucks; seeks comments at hearing
08/16/2007 - 8:48:04 am - With tougher emissions rules in place for new truck models, the world’s most active emissions-busting agency is looking at another source – trucks already on the road ...
Several new laws of interest to truckers in Oregon
08/16/2007 - 8:49:32 am - Before state lawmakers in Oregon wrapped up their regular session this summer they passed several bills of interest to the trucking industry. One new law is an attempt ...
ExxonMobil stickers a disclaimer about fuel temperature, energy content
08/16/2007 - 8:51:22 am - A disclaimer warning consumers that temperature fluctuations affect the amount of energy contained in a gallon of motor fuel has turned up on select fuel pumps in California ...
Goodyear’s Highway Hero program celebrates 25 years
08/17/2007 - 9:27:26 pm - Goodyear Tire & Rubber is looking for a few good men and women to help it celebrate its 25th year of the Highway Hero program. In a press release, the company urged ...
Trucker sentenced in infamous mistaken identity wreck
08/17/2007 - 9:28:22 pm - A Michigan truck driver faces four years in prison out of a 36-year sentence for causing a crash that killed five Taylor University students in April 2006. Robert F. ...
California bill would ban high-tech driver’s licenses
08/17/2007 - 9:29:14 pm - A bill in the California Assembly that is intended to protect information on driver’s licenses by prohibiting the use of radio-frequency identification devices will likely ...
Truckers say feds are bribing New York, other cities with toll grants
08/17/2007 - 9:30:06 pm - A move by the U.S. DOT to award grants to cities wishing to implement tolls to reduce congestion is nothing short of bribery, particularly in New York, an official with the ...
Mexico plans to send trucks across border this month
08/17/2007 - 9:31:03 pm - A Mexican publication that covers Mexico’s transportation industry reported Wednesday that the Secretariat of Communications and Transportes said that the cross-border pilot ...
Nation’s largest biodiesel plant opens for business
08/21/2007 - 8:37:31 pm - The largest biodiesel plant in the country opened its doors in Grays Harbor, WA, earlier this week. According to the National Biodiesel Board, the plant, which is owned ...
Peters confirms diversion of highway, bridge money
08/21/2007 - 8:38:06 pm - U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters this week confirmed what OOIDA has already reported – that a big chunk of fuel tax dollars end up paying for things other than roads ...
Police seeking three suspects in trucker shooting
08/21/2007 - 8:38:52 pm - Police in San Antonio, TX, are seeking three suspects in the shooting of a truck driver that happened there early Wednesday morning. The San Antonio Express News ...
Mexican truckers react to pilot program news
08/21/2007 - 8:39:31 pm - CANACAR, Mexico’s national organization of professional truck drivers, weighed in Thursday on the Mexican government’s statement that it would keep to the end of August ...
FMCSA proceeding with cross-border plan
08/21/2007 - 8:40:37 pm - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this morning its intent to move ahead with the Mexican truck pilot program. In a 27-page notice in the Federal ...
Ohio, Kentucky on the watch for truck tailgaters
08/23/2007 - 11:11:36 am - State police in Kentucky and Ohio are taking part in a new campaign asking four-wheelers to give big trucks a little space. The campaign is part of a national program ...
TxDOT spends millions to promote Trans-Texas Corridor
08/23/2007 - 11:12:17 am - Some state lawmakers in Texas are not too happy about the money the state DOT is spending to promote the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor. According to the Houston ...
OIG says cross-border program still needs work
08/23/2007 - 11:13:37 am - The most recent report card from the Office of Inspector General on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s implementation of cross-border trucking provisions isn’t ...
Special truck court eyed in Indiana
08/23/2007 - 11:14:23 am - A series of wrecks involving large trucks in Indiana has state lawmakers talking about the state’s commercial driving laws. The Interim Committee on Transportation ...
Mexican truckers promised financial help from their government
08/23/2007 - 11:15:11 am - Mexican motor carriers selected to participate in the proposed cross-border program could receive financial assistance from the Mexican government to make them more ...
Proposed driver training rule coming soon
08/23/2007 - 11:16:55 am - The days of getting a CDL without ever getting behind the wheel may very well be numbered. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration submitted a notice of ...
Texas law focusing on elderly drivers takes effect Sept. 1
08/25/2007 - 3:01:09 pm - A new law in Texas will put elderly drivers under increased scrutiny. Beginning Sept. 1, when drivers turn 79 they will be required to appear in person to renew their ...
Canadian Trucking Alliance urges U.S. not to rush passport requirement
08/25/2007 - 3:03:24 pm - The Canadian Trucking Alliance of large motor carriers is urging U.S. officials not to charge ahead with a border initiative to require passports until a number of steps are ...
Youths charged with throwing concrete at drivers
08/25/2007 - 3:03:53 pm - As if driving on the highway wasn’t already fraught with enough danger, drivers in Oklahoma City got an extra scare on Wednesday morning. According to the Oklahoma ...
Driver sues feds after they search cab, confiscate $23,000 in cash
08/28/2007 - 2:51:31 pm - A Texas trucker whose $23,000 in cash was confiscated from his truck by federal drug agents has sued the federal government to get his money back. Anastasio Prieto – a ...
Texas law with eye on trucking rules takes effect Sept. 1
08/28/2007 - 2:52:08 pm - A new law in Texas is intended to curb unsafe trucking operations in the state. Existing state law doesn’t prohibit intrastate travel for motor carriers that have been ...
Trucker bound, stabbed to death
08/28/2007 - 2:52:34 pm - Police in Jersey City, NJ, are investigating the killing of a Costa Rican trucker who was found in the cab of his truck, bound with duct tape at the wrists and ankles and ...
Trucker undergoes surgery in adoption bid
08/28/2007 - 2:53:24 pm - A 6-foot-7, 500-pound trucker from Independence, MO, successfully underwent gastric bypass surgery at Renaissance Hospital in Dallas on Friday, Aug. 24. A hospital ...
Missouri troopers to check immigration status
08/30/2007 - 12:18:30 am - Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has ordered state troopers to start checking the immigration status of everyone they arrest. According to The Kansas City Star, Blunt cites an ...
Texas law expanding truck enforcement takes effect Sept. 1
08/30/2007 - 12:19:23 am - More police in Texas will be allowed to enforce truck rules starting Saturday, Sept. 1. Currently, Texas law allows police in cities with populations of 100,000 or more ...
Slain trucker’s identity confirmed
08/30/2007 - 12:20:08 am - Police in Jersey City, NJ, say a trucker who was bound with duct tape and stabbed to death in his sleeper berth is not Arnaldo Lopez after all. Police told The ...
CARB seeks input from truckers, others on proposed truck emissions plan
08/30/2007 - 12:21:09 am - The California Air Resources Board staff this past week unveiled an aggressive plan to attack the oldest and most polluting diesel truck engines that emit nitrous oxides and ...
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08/01/2007 - 11:55:31 pm - As if there weren’t enough things to worry about while driving down the road, dodging lasers is becoming a more and more common problem for drivers across the country ...
New Arkansas law requires minimum wait after wrecks
08/01/2007 - 11:56:08 pm - A new law in Arkansas requires drivers involved in wrecks to remain at the scene for at least 30 minutes. The new rule took effect earlier this week. Gov. Mike Beebe ...
Petro gives chicken-fried support to USO
08/01/2007 - 11:56:40 pm - Petro – which is now owned by TravelCenters of America and other investors – raised quite a bit of money for the USO before it was sold. This year’s effort, which ...
Oregon puts nearly a quarter of drivers out of service
08/01/2007 - 11:57:54 pm - Conducting a five-day inspection blitz in late July, the Motor Carrier Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation placed nearly one-fourth of the truck drivers ...
DHS ordered to audit ATA’s Highway Watch
08/01/2007 - 11:58:22 pm - Last week, Congress approved a bill to finally implement the recommendations of the Sept. 11 Commission. The White House has said that President Bush would sign the bill, ...
Pilot: No more Visa, Mastercard at the pumps
08/01/2007 - 11:59:10 pm - John Baumann pulled up to the Pilot Travel Center in Louisville, KY, Saturday and read a temporary sign that stunned him. Pilot Travel Centers LLC – which boasts of ...
Trucker’s clinic dealt a setback in Arkansas
08/03/2007 - 9:11:06 am - The state medical board in Arkansas has handed a setback to a brand-new West Memphis truck stop health clinic that caters exclusively to truckers. The Professional ...
Mandatory Highway Watch provision canceled in GA
08/03/2007 - 9:11:56 am - Truckers in Georgia soon will no longer have to take a one-hour training session on homeland security to get or renew their CDL. The Highway Watch program, which is ...
Minneapolis bridge collapse shocks nation of drivers
08/03/2007 - 9:13:47 am - A 40-year-old bridge over Interstate 35W, one of the busiest bridges in Minneapolis, collapsed at 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 1, during rush hour, killing at least four and ...
Kenworth hybrid a hit at lumber company
08/03/2007 - 9:14:24 am - The fleet manager for the Dunn Lumber Company in Seattle said the hybrid Kenworth Class 7 truck they just got has improved the company’s fuel economy by 35 percent. The ...
Chrysler goes private
08/06/2007 - 12:17:33 pm - The Chrysler Corporation has become the only privately owned company among the so-called “Big 3” American automakers in Detroit. According to the New York Times, ...
Trucker’s clinic dealt a setback in Arkansas
08/06/2007 - 12:18:37 pm - The state medical board in Arkansas has handed a setback to a brand-new West Memphis truck stop health clinic that caters exclusively to truckers. The Professional ...
Trucker acquitted in diplomat’s death
08/06/2007 - 12:19:12 pm - In Pennsylvania, a truck driver who’s an illegal immigrant has been acquitted of criminal charges in the death of a diplomat from Honduras. According to The Associated ...
Mandatory Highway Watch provision canceled in GA
08/06/2007 - 12:20:08 pm - Truckers in Georgia soon will no longer have to take a one-hour training session on homeland security to get or renew their CDL. The Highway Watch program, which is ...
Missouri senator files bill to stop ‘hot fuel’
08/06/2007 - 12:21:05 pm - U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, introduced legislation on Friday, Aug. 3, aimed at stopping the sale of “hot fuel” to consumers. Hot fuel refers to retail gasoline ...
New York lawmakers pursue text messaging ban for drivers
08/08/2007 - 11:29:41 am - Police in New York would be allowed to pull over drivers for typing, reading or sending text messages while at the wheel, if two state lawmakers get their way. Sen. ...
Michigan Senate OKs bill to trim bond amounts for truck weight violations
08/08/2007 - 11:30:14 am - A bill in Michigan intends to lessen the potential blow on the pocketbooks of truck owners or drivers for truck weight violations. State law mandates vehicles loaded ...
Truck driver identified after bridge collapse in Minnesota
08/08/2007 - 11:31:12 am - Authorities in Minneapolis have identified the driver of a bakery truck who was killed Wednesday, Aug. 1, when the Interstate 35W bridge collapsed. He was Paul ...
OOIDA supports bill to stop ‘hot fuel’
08/08/2007 - 11:33:23 am - The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association strongly supports an effort by a U.S. senator from Missouri to require a computerized fix to the consumer rip-off known as ...
FMCSA explores parking notification system
08/10/2007 - 8:33:07 am - What if a highway message board could tell you how many truck parking spots are left at a rest area 30 miles down the road? The Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
Arkansas attorney says trucker clinic needs better supervision
08/10/2007 - 8:33:58 am - One of four truck stop medical clinics set up for truck drivers has been hamstrung because a state medical board needs better understanding of the clinic’s procedures and ...
Wisconsin truckers work to avert changes to idle-reduction grants
08/10/2007 - 8:34:49 am - Making your voice heard on issues important to you is a message that is often relayed to voters. Wisconsin truck drivers recently witnessed the effect of following through on ...
No changes yet; HOS regs in hands of FMCSA
08/10/2007 - 8:36:02 am - Truckers continue to hang in limbo following the recent U.S. Court of Appeals decision that tossed two provisions in the hours-of-service regulations. Truckers face ...
Driving rights bills advance in New Jersey
08/10/2007 - 8:36:57 am - The New Jersey Senate has approved a legislative package that would make it easier for drivers with suspended licenses to keep their driving privileges. One bill would help ...
PennDOT uses CDL data for driver recruitment
08/10/2007 - 8:37:42 am - The Pennsylvania DOT is looking for quite a few good men and women to fill part-time winter jobs as snow plow drivers. But the way the department is trying to recruit ...
Two intrastate trucking laws now in effect in Colorado
08/10/2007 - 8:38:57 am - Two new laws in Colorado are focused on keeping the state’s roadways a little more safe. Gov. Bill Ritter put his signature on a bill that is intended to ensure that ...
Man arrested following double-shooting at Ohio trucking company
08/10/2007 - 8:39:30 am - A truck driver reportedly shot and killed two former co-workers Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 8, after learning he’d been fired. According to The Associated Press, Liberty ...
Trucker’s son helps stop runaway truck
08/10/2007 - 8:40:08 am - A trucker’s nine-year-old son, a trucker on CB and a Good Samaritan are being credited with bringing a tractor-trailer to a halt after the trucker blacked out for unknown ...
State senator accuses TxDOT of ignoring lawmakers
08/10/2007 - 8:41:05 am - A Texas state senator is accusing the Texas Department of Transportation of doing its own thing despite the wishes of state lawmakers. State Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas, ...
New Oregon law intended to clean up diesel engines
08/14/2007 - 2:41:14 am - Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has signed a bill into law that is intended to clean up old diesel engines in the state. It takes effect in late September. Trucks, buses, ...
Embassy staff goes on truck ride-along
08/14/2007 - 2:41:40 am - Trucker Peter Durant of Ontario, Canada, had some special guests in his cab recently as he headed for the Windsor-Detroit border crossing. Durant – who drives for ...
Oberstar suggests fuel tax increase could pay for bridge fund
08/14/2007 - 2:42:57 am - The chairman of the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee says the best way to fund bridge repairs and replacement within the National Highway System is by ...
Missouri lawmaker pleads guilty to trucker visa fraud
08/14/2007 - 2:45:31 am - A Missouri state lawmaker pleaded guilty on Thursday to illegally obtaining work visas for hundreds of New Zealand immigrants so they could drive for trucking companies in ...
Class 8 sales continue to dwindle
08/16/2007 - 8:46:33 am - For the second month running, sales of Class 8 trucks were down by more than 50 percent in July compared to monthly figures from a year ago. According to Ward’s ...
Mayor wants to ban trucks from I-75 bridge
08/16/2007 - 8:47:04 am - The mayor of Covington, KY – which is right across the Ohio River from Cincinnati – wants to ban heavy trucks from the bridge that carries Interstate 75 over the river ...
CARB eyes tougher emissions regs for trucks; seeks comments at hearing
08/16/2007 - 8:48:04 am - With tougher emissions rules in place for new truck models, the world’s most active emissions-busting agency is looking at another source – trucks already on the road ...
Several new laws of interest to truckers in Oregon
08/16/2007 - 8:49:32 am - Before state lawmakers in Oregon wrapped up their regular session this summer they passed several bills of interest to the trucking industry. One new law is an attempt ...
ExxonMobil stickers a disclaimer about fuel temperature, energy content
08/16/2007 - 8:51:22 am - A disclaimer warning consumers that temperature fluctuations affect the amount of energy contained in a gallon of motor fuel has turned up on select fuel pumps in California ...
Goodyear’s Highway Hero program celebrates 25 years
08/17/2007 - 9:27:26 pm - Goodyear Tire & Rubber is looking for a few good men and women to help it celebrate its 25th year of the Highway Hero program. In a press release, the company urged ...
Trucker sentenced in infamous mistaken identity wreck
08/17/2007 - 9:28:22 pm - A Michigan truck driver faces four years in prison out of a 36-year sentence for causing a crash that killed five Taylor University students in April 2006. Robert F. ...
California bill would ban high-tech driver’s licenses
08/17/2007 - 9:29:14 pm - A bill in the California Assembly that is intended to protect information on driver’s licenses by prohibiting the use of radio-frequency identification devices will likely ...
Truckers say feds are bribing New York, other cities with toll grants
08/17/2007 - 9:30:06 pm - A move by the U.S. DOT to award grants to cities wishing to implement tolls to reduce congestion is nothing short of bribery, particularly in New York, an official with the ...
Mexico plans to send trucks across border this month
08/17/2007 - 9:31:03 pm - A Mexican publication that covers Mexico’s transportation industry reported Wednesday that the Secretariat of Communications and Transportes said that the cross-border pilot ...
Nation’s largest biodiesel plant opens for business
08/21/2007 - 8:37:31 pm - The largest biodiesel plant in the country opened its doors in Grays Harbor, WA, earlier this week. According to the National Biodiesel Board, the plant, which is owned ...
Peters confirms diversion of highway, bridge money
08/21/2007 - 8:38:06 pm - U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters this week confirmed what OOIDA has already reported – that a big chunk of fuel tax dollars end up paying for things other than roads ...
Police seeking three suspects in trucker shooting
08/21/2007 - 8:38:52 pm - Police in San Antonio, TX, are seeking three suspects in the shooting of a truck driver that happened there early Wednesday morning. The San Antonio Express News ...
Mexican truckers react to pilot program news
08/21/2007 - 8:39:31 pm - CANACAR, Mexico’s national organization of professional truck drivers, weighed in Thursday on the Mexican government’s statement that it would keep to the end of August ...
FMCSA proceeding with cross-border plan
08/21/2007 - 8:40:37 pm - The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced this morning its intent to move ahead with the Mexican truck pilot program. In a 27-page notice in the Federal ...
Ohio, Kentucky on the watch for truck tailgaters
08/23/2007 - 11:11:36 am - State police in Kentucky and Ohio are taking part in a new campaign asking four-wheelers to give big trucks a little space. The campaign is part of a national program ...
TxDOT spends millions to promote Trans-Texas Corridor
08/23/2007 - 11:12:17 am - Some state lawmakers in Texas are not too happy about the money the state DOT is spending to promote the proposed Trans-Texas Corridor. According to the Houston ...
OIG says cross-border program still needs work
08/23/2007 - 11:13:37 am - The most recent report card from the Office of Inspector General on the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s implementation of cross-border trucking provisions isn’t ...
Special truck court eyed in Indiana
08/23/2007 - 11:14:23 am - A series of wrecks involving large trucks in Indiana has state lawmakers talking about the state’s commercial driving laws. The Interim Committee on Transportation ...
Mexican truckers promised financial help from their government
08/23/2007 - 11:15:11 am - Mexican motor carriers selected to participate in the proposed cross-border program could receive financial assistance from the Mexican government to make them more ...
Proposed driver training rule coming soon
08/23/2007 - 11:16:55 am - The days of getting a CDL without ever getting behind the wheel may very well be numbered. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration submitted a notice of ...
Texas law focusing on elderly drivers takes effect Sept. 1
08/25/2007 - 3:01:09 pm - A new law in Texas will put elderly drivers under increased scrutiny. Beginning Sept. 1, when drivers turn 79 they will be required to appear in person to renew their ...
Canadian Trucking Alliance urges U.S. not to rush passport requirement
08/25/2007 - 3:03:24 pm - The Canadian Trucking Alliance of large motor carriers is urging U.S. officials not to charge ahead with a border initiative to require passports until a number of steps are ...
Youths charged with throwing concrete at drivers
08/25/2007 - 3:03:53 pm - As if driving on the highway wasn’t already fraught with enough danger, drivers in Oklahoma City got an extra scare on Wednesday morning. According to the Oklahoma ...
Driver sues feds after they search cab, confiscate $23,000 in cash
08/28/2007 - 2:51:31 pm - A Texas trucker whose $23,000 in cash was confiscated from his truck by federal drug agents has sued the federal government to get his money back. Anastasio Prieto – a ...
Texas law with eye on trucking rules takes effect Sept. 1
08/28/2007 - 2:52:08 pm - A new law in Texas is intended to curb unsafe trucking operations in the state. Existing state law doesn’t prohibit intrastate travel for motor carriers that have been ...
Trucker bound, stabbed to death
08/28/2007 - 2:52:34 pm - Police in Jersey City, NJ, are investigating the killing of a Costa Rican trucker who was found in the cab of his truck, bound with duct tape at the wrists and ankles and ...
Trucker undergoes surgery in adoption bid
08/28/2007 - 2:53:24 pm - A 6-foot-7, 500-pound trucker from Independence, MO, successfully underwent gastric bypass surgery at Renaissance Hospital in Dallas on Friday, Aug. 24. A hospital ...
Missouri troopers to check immigration status
08/30/2007 - 12:18:30 am - Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt has ordered state troopers to start checking the immigration status of everyone they arrest. According to The Kansas City Star, Blunt cites an ...
Texas law expanding truck enforcement takes effect Sept. 1
08/30/2007 - 12:19:23 am - More police in Texas will be allowed to enforce truck rules starting Saturday, Sept. 1. Currently, Texas law allows police in cities with populations of 100,000 or more ...
Slain trucker’s identity confirmed
08/30/2007 - 12:20:08 am - Police in Jersey City, NJ, say a trucker who was bound with duct tape and stabbed to death in his sleeper berth is not Arnaldo Lopez after all. Police told The ...
CARB seeks input from truckers, others on proposed truck emissions plan
08/30/2007 - 12:21:09 am - The California Air Resources Board staff this past week unveiled an aggressive plan to attack the oldest and most polluting diesel truck engines that emit nitrous oxides and ...
