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Like many people, trucking executive Russell Gerdin and his wife Ann always wanted to give something back to the community.

Groups involved with training truck drivers are lashing out against so-called CDL mills — schools that quickly teach students how to pass a commercial driver license test rather than providing the in-depth knowledge needed to operate safely on the road.

Immigrants attempting to illegally enter the United States in truck trailers are finding scant success, according to trucking and government officials.

Eaton Corp. last week introduced a new transmission that company spokesmen say will be the “platform for the firm’s transmission offerings well into the next millennium.”

Business trends are increasing the importance of leasing companies and providing them with new roles in the economy, according to executives attending the Truck Renting and Leasing Association meeting.

TT File PhotoThe crossing gates were down and the signal lights were flashing when an Amtrak train slammed into a truck loaded with steel in the nation's worst railroad accident since 1993. Federal safety investigators are hoping the engineer and the truck driver can explain why the truck was straddling the tracks, causing a crash that killed at least 13 and injured more than 100. br clear=all>

The attention on highway legislation turned back to the Arkansas House after the Senate passed a highway construction plan with higher diesel taxes that Gov. Mike Huckabee had said could wreck the program.

Groups involved with training truck drivers are lashing out against so-called CDL mills — schools that teach students how to pass a CDL test rather than providing the in-depth knowledge needed to operate safely.

A Michigan trucking company was ordered by a jury to pay almost $30 million to a woman severely injured in a crash that killed three people near a presidential motorcade.