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NewsJanuary 29, 2010

Texting Ban Is Step One in Campaign Against Distracted Driving

The federal ban on truck driver texting announced Jan. 26 is just the opening salvo in a campaign to control distracted driving. "We take texting while driving as an epidemic," Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said last week after he announced that DOT has banned truck and bus drivers from texting while they are driving, and will levy civil and criminal penalties up to $2,750 for violations

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NewsJanuary 29, 2010

Fleets Put the Good, Bad and Ugly Behind Them After 4Q Results Come Out

It's that time again-time for fleets to reveal their financial performance for the last three months and provide investors with an idea of their financial health

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NewsJanuary 29, 2010

Chevron's Earnings Down on Weak Demand For Fuel

Chevron Corporation's fourth quarter earnings were down 37 percent from the year-ago period due to weak demand for diesel and gasoline coupled with lower crude oil and natural gas price

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NewsJanuary 29, 2010

Trucking Industry Volunteers to Help Clean Up Wreaths

Volunteers from Waste Management, Inc., the American Trucking Associations and others in the trucking industry are helping to clear the wreaths placed in remembrance of U.S. fallen soldiers during the Wreaths Across America campaign this past holiday season

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NewsJanuary 29, 2010

Landstar Honors 101 As Million Mile Safe Drivers

Landstar System, a non-asset based supply chain solution provider, has honored 101 men and women as Landstar Million Mile Safe Drivers

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NewsJanuary 29, 2010

Swift Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Independent Contractors

Getman Sweeney, a law firm in New Paltz, N.Y., has filed a class action suit against Swift Transportation and Interstate Equipment Leasing Co., alleging the mistreatment of truckers and misclassification of workers as "independent contractors.

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NewsJanuary 29, 2010

CRST Van Expedited's New Lease Purchase Program Aimed at Teams

CRST Van Expedited has announced a new lease purchase program aimed at allowing team drivers to be more profitable

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NewsJanuary 28, 2010

Iowa Listening Session Allows Drivers to Speak Up

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's fourth and final listening session on the hours of service rule was focused on hearing insights from drivers themselves on what the agency should do

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NewsJanuary 28, 2010

IdleAire Ceases Operations

Eighteen months after a group of investors bought a bankrupt IdleAire, the company will cease operations today after failing to find a buyer for the off-board idle-reduction technology provider

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NewsJanuary 28, 2010

Werner Global Logistics Transports Medical Supplies In Haiti Effort

Werner Global Logistics has done its part in the Haiti relief effort by transporting medical supplies to Santiago, Dominican Republic, on Wednesday

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