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Aftermarket•by Staff•September 1, 1998

Commercial Driver Performance Symposium Scheduled

The “human factors” of driver performance will be examined during a commercial driver symposium next month in New York. “Commercial Driver Performance: A Shared Responsibility” is being held September 14-15 at the Four Points Hotel in Liverpool,

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Roadway, Volvo honor 55 3-million milers

DUBLIN, VA (Aug. 18, 1998) - Three million miles. It’s a distance equal to 120 trips around the Earth’s equator, or 536 round trips from Los Angeles to New York. It takes the average trucker about

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Drivers•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Roadway honors safe drivers with new Volvos

DUBLIN, VA (Aug. 18, 1998) - Roadway Express gave the keys to new Volvo VNM tractors to 55 of its drivers during ceremonies at Volvo’s New River Valley truck assembly plant. The drivers, honored for driving

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Deadly highway in Georgia

AUGUST 19 - A planned truck stop is expected to make a deadly stretch of South Carolina highway even more dangerous, while the roadway continues to be passed over for improvement, according to a report in

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Drivers•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Landstar Gets Out of Truck Owning

Landstar Systems has completed the sale of its Poole subsidiary to Schneider National for approximately $41 million in cash. This sale makes Landstar an entirely owner-operator company. “The sale of the Landstar Poole business will remove Landstar

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Harley Driver Wins National Truck Driving Championships

Marty Lawson Jr., a driver for Harley Davidson Transportation Co., was named Grand Champion of the 1998 National Truck Driving Championships, held August 13-15 in Long Beach, CA. Lawson took first place in the twins class. He

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Drivers•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Ohio Plans to Add Toll Road

An Ohio roadway under construction is slated to be Ohio's first toll road outside of the Ohio Turnpike. The Butler Regional Highway is an 11-mile road scheduled to open in 2000 about 25 miles north of Cincinnati,

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Equipment•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Charley Backs up Border Crossing

August 26 — Hundreds of U.S. and Mexican trucks were backed up at the border crossing in Laredo, TX, as all three international bridges were closed because of flooding from Tropical Storm Charley. Officials feared dangerous debris

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Aftermarket•by Staff•August 31, 1998

Truckerfest Show Winners Announced

About 40 trucks competed in the truck beauty competition at Newport Communications’ Truckerfest August 13-15 at The Alamo Travel Plaza in Reno, NV. Brad Vandyke from Tangent, OR, of George Vandyke Trucking, took home the trophy for

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