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Some Southern California trucking companies have found what they hope will be a solution to the industry's driver shortage: recent parolees from the state prison system.

Truck and trailer leasing rose 10.5% in 2005, compared with 9.9% the year before, according to a survey released Wednesday by the Equipment Leasing Association.

Today's technology headlines: European food groups plan Internet exchange; Chicago ponders banning use of cell phones while driving; Geoworks files complaint to block WAP; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Florida truck firm slashes fleet, workforce due to rising fuel costs; truck tire x-ray practices may point way for smaller vehicles; Clinton administration taking heat from Republicans over fuel prices; and more to come.

Trucking’s largest lobbying group asked President Clinton to release oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve on to the market “to protect a strong U.S. economy and the men and women who work hard every day to deliver it.”

Alberta saw a reduction in the number of traffic fatalities and injuries related to truck-involved crashes in 1999, according to the province’s latest Traffic Collision Statistics Report.

As the federal government considers establishing responsibililty for the roadworthiness of container chassis, some carriers in states with similar intermodal laws already on the books say nothing has changed there.

Howard S. Abramson has been promoted to publisher of Transport Topics Publishing Group, a unit of American Trucking Associations.

In the news this morning: Bridgestone/Firestone may recall 1.4 million more tires; U.S. West Coast port truckers launch protest; DaimlerChrysler extends Detroit Diesel tender offer again; and more.