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Kansas enacts anti-texting law
Kansas becomes the 26th state to pass a texting ban.
May 25, 2010
Business
Diesel prices falling
The price plunged 7.3 cents to $3.021 in the latest week, the biggest drop in 17 months.
May 24, 2010
After weeks of climbing, diesel fuel prices are plunging.
Business
Boston’s hazmat daytime ban extended
The city is working under a 45-day extension of its daytime ban on trucks carrying hazardous materials.
May 24, 2010
Business
Electric APU gets SmartWay approval
TriPac’s electric auxiliary power unit has been SmartWay certified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the unit’s maker Thermo King Corp. announced. The company’s engine-based auxiliary power unit is also Smart Way verified, Thermo King says. For details, visit www.thermoking.com.
May 24, 2010
Business
OOIDA donates to outreach
The Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association donated $10,000 to the St. Christopher Fund to commemorate Jasmine “Jazzy” Jordan, the 17-year-old who is running across the nation to gain support for the outreach, the OOIDA announced. The fund helps truckers who face obstacles paying for medical care. Jordan, a resident of Ashby, Minn., started her run last […]
May 24, 2010
Business
Driver wins award for protecting injured man
John Boyd, a professional truck driver for ABF Freight System Inc., has been named a Truckload Carriers Association Highway Angel.
May 24, 2010
Channel 19
Colorful codriver, trucking blues, health care reform and more in this month’s Truckers News
If you’ve missed the May edition of Truckers News on the racks out at the truckstops this month (I know copies in the more popular stops tend to go quickly), check it out online. Many great stories therein, including an examination of the health-care reform bill (the upshot: jury’s still of course out on how […]
May 24, 2010
Colorfulcodriver
Business
I-25 in Denver to be closed
Both directions of I-25 near Alameda Avenue in Denver will be closed May 23-27.
May 23, 2010
Business
Wal-Mart to control more of its freight distribution
Retailer is taking over delivery of supplies from manufacturers to its distribution centers and stores to cut costs.
May 22, 2010
Business
Regional carriers join consortium
Mountain Valley Express and Peninsula Truck Lines recently joined the regional LTL cross-continent consortium Reliance Network. The two carriers will serve the West and replace DATS Trucking’s service in that region, according to a statement from Reliance, based in Nashville, Tenn. Mountain Valley Express provides trucking and dedicated loads to a broad base of customers […]
May 22, 2010
Business
Truck averts I-24 sinkhole
An estimated 25-foot-deep, 40-foot-wide, 18-foot-long sinkhole opened up on I-24 eastbound near Nashville.
May 21, 2010
Sinkhole in I-24 near Nashville. (Courtesy Tennessee DOT)
Business
Heavy Capital Beltway traffic forecast on weekend
Officials advise drivers to avoid the Washington, D.C., area Capital Beltway I-95/I-495 South this weekend.
May 21, 2010
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