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Drivers•by Staff•November 3, 1999

Crete Buys Hunt Transportation

Crete Carrier Corp., Lincoln, NE, has bought Omaha, NE-based Hunt Transportation

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 3, 1999

Volvo: Internet Will Change Industry

Today's distribution system for trucks and components is ripe for overhaul and the Internet is the force that can do it, says Marc Gustafson chief executive of Volvo Trucks North America

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 2, 1999

Cobra Launches New Accessories Division

Cobra Electronics has announced its new HighGear Accessories Division. The first products to be produced by the new division will be a line of high-end CB radio accessories, including antennas, microphones and speakers

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Drivers•by Staff•November 2, 1999

McCain Pressing for Passage of Safety Bill

At the request of Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, Sen. John McCain “will do his best” to get truck safety reform through Congress before the end of the session next week

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Drivers•by Staff•November 2, 1999

What Is a Black Box Anyway?

Black boxes. Onboard recorders. Data recorders. Onboard computers. Tachographs. Paperless logs. Technically, these terms do not all mean the same thing. But they're all being tossed around, practically interchangeably, as the federal government wrestles with how to

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Drivers•by Staff•November 1, 1999

EPA Will Ask for Supreme Court Ruling on Authority Case

The battle over stricter emissions standards and the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to impose those standards may end up with the U.S. Supreme Court

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 1, 1999

Driver Pay Must Change, Says OOIDA's Spencer

It is time to change the way truck drivers are paid, says Todd Spencer, vice president of the Owner-Operators Independent Drivers Assn

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 1, 1999

Ryan's Office Knew About CDL Crimes, Alleges Tribune

The Chicago Tribune reported Sunday that aides to Illinois' then-Secretary of State George Ryan had evidence six years ago that license employees were selling driver's licenses - long before federal officials started indicting employees in a CDLs-for-cash scandal

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Aftermarket•by Staff•November 1, 1999

Caltrans In Hot Water Over Permitted Loads - Again

The California Department of Transportation, already under fire for issuing oversize load permits and routing that resulted in overpass crashes, is coming under more scrutiny after a bridge collapsed

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Drivers•by Staff•November 1, 1999

Cirillo: Hours Proposal Won't Please Everyone

The still-unpublished proposal on driver hours of service "will not suit those who want an 8-hour driving day, and it won't suit those who want no change," says Julie Cirillo, head of the Office of

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