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House and Senate votes have stopped funding for the proposed ergonomics standards starting Oct. 1, but the workplace safety issue covering an estimated 27.3 million workers is far from being dead in the water.

All drivers in Indiana are directed to give road workers a wide berth or face fines of up to $10,000 established by a new law.

In the news this morning: Oil prices drop amid low inventory warning; American Freightways earnings top analyst estimates; Canada wrestles with its own hours-of-service issue; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Roadway Express gets approval for $28-million shipping yard in California; Truckers threaten national blockade in Australia; ARA secures regulatory relief for some auto parts recycling; and more.

Shippers weighed in on behalf of trucking July 6 at the start of the final public hearing on the controversial hours-of-service proposal and lambasted the Department of Transportation’s work.

The International Trucking Show is not a shrinking violet, according to its organizer. The attendance for this year and last year was the same – 14,000 – and exhibit space sold out both years.

Three years ago, Richard E. Durst, president of Arctic Express in Hilliard, Ohio, sat down and calculated the cost of exchanging pallets with shippers. Seeing 1% of his revenues was being eaten up by pallets, he killed off his exchanges.

Today's Technology Headlines: PNV.com connects with truckers; transporters move to deliver on e-commerce; Aether Systems expands to serve truck fleets; and more.

Buried amidst the denunciations of the Department of Transportation’s proposed changes in hours-of-service regulations are some alternative proposals suggested by industry groups.