A bill that passed the Oregon legislature last week abolishing the weight-distance tax in favor of a diesel fuel tax would not require truckers to pay their fair share, say opponents - and they want to take the issue to the voters
Read More →North Carolina's governor last week signed into law a "truck safety" measure that doubles fines for truckers
Read More →Tens of thousands of truckers in Brazil have shut down their trucks this week in protest of bad roads, high tolls and fuel prices
Read More →There appears to be a problem with "long life" or "extended life" coolants used in Cummins engines
Read More →A better meal tax deduction is still part of the congressional tax package -- but its chances for survival appear slim
Read More →Just a year after the management of Preston Trucking bought the operation from Yellow Corp. and turned it into an independent company, the Maryland-based company ceased operations effective July 26
Read More →The Federal Highway Administration will continue to exempt qualified truck drivers from vision rules, but the Supreme Court says that carriers don't have to hire those drivers. "We never said this was a guarantee of a job," says Sandra Zywokarte, Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards
Read More →A U.S. House of Representatives panel is considering several different truck safety proposals, including one that would create a separate administration for trucks and buses within the Department of Transportation
Read More →California Department of Transportation permit writers have recently routed three oversized loads through overpasses that were too low, resulting in crashes and one fatality
Read More →The New Jersey Turnpike Authority plans to spend $41 million to improve 11 of its service areas
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