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News•June 10, 1999

Little Tags With Big Potential

The biggest news at the annual conference of the American Trucking Assns.' Information Technology and Logistics Council may well have been the smallest object on display -- an RFID (radio frequency identification) tag about the size of a Band-Aid, and a small Band-Aid at that

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News•June 10, 1999

Meritor Inks Transmission Deal with ZF

Heavy-duty truck component supplier Meritor Automotive announced at the International Trucking Show this week that it has formed a joint venture company with German auto industry supplier ZF Fredrichshafen AG for the manufacture and marketing of medium and heavy truck transmissions

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News•June 8, 1999

Used Truck Salesman Honored

Doug Phillips, center manager of SelecTrucks of Dallas, has been honored with a Professional Recognition Award for his contributions to the used trucking industry and for his community service. Phillips was named Used Truck Sales Professional of

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News•June 8, 1999

Speeders Targeted On Michigan's I-94

This week marks the beginning of a summer-long crackdown on speeders along the 265 miles of I-94 in Michigan

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News•June 8, 1999

Study Shows Why Truckers Stop Where They Do

Research published in the first issue of The NATSO Foundation's Journal of Transportation Research looked into why both truck drivers and motorists stop where they do, as well as fleet fuel purchasing decisions

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News•June 8, 1999

'Low-Mileage' Trucks Not What You Might Think

While technology has dramatically increased the life and durability of today's heavy trucks, used truck buyers' perceptions about "high-mileage" trucks have remained the same. Most used truck buyers still think of a truck with 400,000-500,000 miles

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News•June 8, 1999

18 Wheels Of Hope Will Continue In Wake Of Charity Scandal

"How can you steal food from a hungry child?" That's what many people in Nashville, TN, were wondering in late May as local station WTVF-TV aired footage of employees at Feed the Children's Nashville warehouse taking home boxes of food and other goods donated for needy children. (See "Feed The Children, Comdata Stunned by Theft Allegations," http://www.heavytruck.com/hdt/news.html#990527.1794.)

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News•June 8, 1999

Driver Pay Growth Continues

Flatbed and refrigerated fleets continue to play catch-up in driver wages, as last quarter's annualized wages rose 3.3%, according to the National Survey of Driver Wages

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News•June 8, 1999

International Trucking Show Starts Today

The International Trucking Show starts today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. This is the first year for the show at this location; for the last several years, it has been held at the Sands Expo Center, in May

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News•June 8, 1999

Cargo Transporters Spec Eaton Vorad

Cargo Transporters of Claremont, NC, has ordered 100 EVT-300 Collision Warning Systems from Eaton Vorad Technologies. The systems will be installed at the factory as part of an order for 100 new Freightliner Trucks. "After trying the

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