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President Clinton signed a transportation appropriations bill that funds a significantly higher federal investment in truck safety. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration got a 60% increase, from $171 million to $269 million for fiscal year 2001. The bill covers everything from the postponement of the hours of service rules and closing holes in the CDL program to border inspections and the shortage of truck parking, with a major funding increase for state enforcement efforts
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All visitors to the Richard Petty Driving Driving Experience get their photos taken with a race car. But a special group of participants last week had a Peterbilt truck in the picture, as well. Peterbilt brought about
Read More →The Caterpillar 3406 ranks highest in heavy-duty diesel engine satisfaction among over-the-road and vocational Class 8 customers, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2000 Heavy-Duty Truck Engine Customer Satisfaction Study released yesterday
Read More →BorgWarner Cooling Systems has broken ground for a new division headquarters and technical center in Marshall, Mich
Read More →As third-quarter financial reports continue to be released, it is evident that high fuel prices have affected both trucking companies and the manufacturers that supply them
Read More →Striking Ontario truckers angered over high fuel prices are back on the road, thanks to a deal prohibiting carriers from skimming off existing fuel surcharges from shippers
Read More →General Electric is buying Honeywell, the parent company of Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, in a merger valued at $45 billion
Read More →Mack Trucks has begun construction on a new 36,870-square-foot addition to its Engineering Development and Test Center in Allentown, Pa
Read More →State highway officials are warning drivers to slow down on a section of Interstate 75 north of downtown Toledo following a series of truck accidents
Read More →More than 1,200 truckers said they would shut down trucking activity in Montreal, Canada, with a strike aimed at getting employers to recognize their unions.
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