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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•March 13, 2000

Virginia Survey Supports Retreads

A recent study by the Virginia Department of Transportation concluded that retreads were not the main cause of roadside tire debris.

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Drivers•by Staff•March 13, 2000

Illinois DOT Working on Chicago Bottleneck

The Illinois Department of Transportation will soon begin the two-year task of unsnarling the Hillside Bottleneck in the Chicago area

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 13, 2000

Better Use of Spectrum Could Help Trucking

Should trucking care about the Federal Communications Commission's new big plan? The FCC wants to allow holders of radio spectrum to resell their access to others in an open marketplace. The commission reasons that will allow more

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Drivers•by Staff•March 11, 2000

NTSB To Hold Symposium On Safety Data Privacy

The National Transportation Safety Board will host a symposium next month designed to air the conflicts between the growing need for data to improve transportation safety and the industry's concern about the use of that data in regulatory actions, lawsuits and criminal prosecutions

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Safety & Compliance•by Staff•March 11, 2000

FDA Issues Warning on Herbal "Speed" Pill

The FDA has issued new warning about the herbal 'speed' pill, ephedra. Sold over-the-counter, often in truckstops, as an energy pill, diet aid, and even as an herbal alternative to the street drug, Ecstasy, ephedra is "as easy to buy as aspirin, and looks safer, because no warning labels are required."

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 11, 2000

ITTM Holds Fleet Training Seminars

The Institute for Truck Transportation Management will be hosting three seminars with the theme, "Strategies to Improve the Private Fleet's Position."

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Equipment•by Staff•March 11, 2000

Toyota Takes Control of Hino

Toyota Motor Corp said Friday it will pay 25 billion yen ($234.7 million) to take control of Hino Motors Ltd , Japan's largest truckmaker

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 10, 2000

Kenworth to Cut Production at Renton Plant

Kenworth has announced that it will reduce build rate at its Renton, WA, truck plant from 50 to 36 trucks a day starting April 3.

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Drivers•by Staff•March 10, 2000

Where is Trucking on Their Agendas?

Okay, now that John McCain is out of the race, do either of the remaining candidates know a truck from a trowel or transportation from transgression? Sen. McCain (R-AZ) is Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee and

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Aftermarket•by Staff•March 10, 2000

Port Truckers Plan March 22 Rally in D.C.

Port truckers and the Teamsters union are planning a rally in Washington, D.C. to protest fuel prices and other problems.

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