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Business

Drivers named ‘Angels’

Marten Transport driver James McDowell and Danny Carmichael, a driver for Trucks Inc., have been selected as Highway Angels.

April 5, 2010

Business

Court: California reefer regs OK

An appeals court rejected a challenge by the American Trucking Associations and the Truckload Carriers Association.

April 5, 2010

Business

Parts of CSA 2010 rollout delayed

Full implementation of Comprehensive Safety Analysis 2010 will be delayed to 2011, the American Trucking Associations said April 1.

April 4, 2010

Business

Pennsylvania to exempt farm trucks from safety rules

Pennsylvania updated its safety regulations to comply with federal law after a federal audit cited non-compliance issues.

April 4, 2010

Business

HOS waiver for hauling anhydrous ammonia

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is waiving hours-of-service rules until June 21.

April 4, 2010

Business

FMCSA adjusts recorder mandate

FMCSA’s rule requires onboard recorders for carriers shown in a single audit to be in serious hours-of-service noncompliance.

April 2, 2010

Business

CSA 2010 rollout partially delayed by a year

Full implementation of CSA 2010 will be delayed to 2011, says the American Trucking Associations.

April 2, 2010

Overdrive Extra

Factories humming; inventories start growing

Today’s report on manufacturing shows it expanded in March for the eighth consecutive month, says the Institute for Supply Management, which does a monthly survey of supply executives. The good news mirrors what many in the trucking industry have said in recent weeks about freight demand – and driver demand with it – picking up. […]

April 1, 2010

Channel 19

New play brings ‘respect’ for drivers to the stage

“It’s been more than 30 years since Hollywood had White Line Fever,” wrote Denver Post Theater Critic John Moore in this article, “‘Diesels’ Fuels Respect for Truck Drivers,’ about the Denver Center Theatre Company’s production of their in-house-written new play, “Mama Hated Diesels,” that premiered March 25 and is running through early May at the Stage Theater in Denver. And, Moore […]

April 1, 2010

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Drivers call for hours changes

Drivers and others in trucking called for more flexibility in sleeper berth regulations Friday, March 26, during the fifth public hearing on revising the hours of service rule. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration held the day-long meeting at a convention center in Louisville, Ky. FMCSA Administrator Anne Ferro, who has attended some of the […]

March 31, 2010

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11 die in I-65 collision

A March 26 accident on Interstate 65 in Kentucky left 11 dead after a tractor-trailer crossed the median, then collided with a passenger van before it crashed into a rock wall and caught fire. Investigators do not yet know why the truck crossed the median, said Trooper Charles Swiney of the Kentucky State Police. Two […]

March 31, 2010

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California toll road operator files Chapter 11

The company operating South Bay Expressway, a 10-mile toll road near San Diego, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, but state and company officials say they expect motorists to be unaffected by the filing. South Bay Expressway L.P., AKA San Diego Expressway L.P., filed for reorganization in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of […]

March 31, 2010