California introduced the PrePass Inspection Facility at the Donner Pass inspection facility on Interstate 80 near the California-Nevada border. PrePass allows participating trucks to be weighed at highway speeds and have their state-required credentials checked electronically
Read More →Ryder System, Miami, has signed a 1,500-unit contract with HighwayMaster Corp. for its mobile communications system. The units will be installed over the next two years, and HighwayMaster expects them to generate revenues in excess of
Read More →Freightliner, Portland, OR, has been awarded a $122.8 million contract by the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command for nearly 2,000 truck glider kits and trucks through March 2003. The kits will upgrade 2,000 aging AM
Read More →The Pilot Travel Center located at Exit 118 off I-45 in Huntsville, TX, has reopened after extensive remodeling. The facility now features a Wendy’s restaurant with a drive-through window, eight diesel islands, four gas islands and
Read More →The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has awarded a contact to Baker Heavy and Highway Inc. to construct a new highway alignment for route 22/322, located five miles north of Harrisburg. The alignment also includes a major
Read More →The 1998 Trucker’s Pride Day is slated for Sept. 12-13 at the intersection of highways 10 and 54 in Waupaca, WI. Designed to honor professional drivers and their families, all of the entertainment, parking and admission
Read More →Parents Against Tired Truckers is urging truckers to support legislation which would require the posting of the OSHA Surface Transportation Assistance Act Poster 3113 at all trucking facilities and terminals. The poster is designed to inform
Read More →International, the National PTA and other sponsors have made the Telly Award winning children’s video, Operation School Bus Safety, available for free rental at 4,200 Blockbuster Video stores nationwide. The 16-minute video features the do’s and dont’s
Read More →Teletrac Inc. has opened a Sacramento office to meet high customer demand in Northern California. The Teletrac system is designed to allow business who manage fleets to instantly locate and record the position of any vehicle
Read More →Roadnet Technologies has released the Roadnet Beverage Suite, fully integrated software solutions designed to lower costs for beverage distributors. Software includes the Territory Planner for strategic planning, Roadnet 5000 for daily delivery management, FleetLoader for load
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