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Thank you for your March 21 cover story, “Vets Make Valuable Employees, Several Motor Carriers Report.” There is no greater testament to the value that our military veterans bring to our industry than from those carriers with firsthand experience attracting, hiring and supporting them as they develop careers in transportation.

The truck-involved fatality rate on the nation’s highways has hit a new low in the latest data provided by the Department of Transportation.

Class 8 retail truck sales in the United States soared 44.2% in March from a year earlier to the highest level in nearly four years, with all original equipment manufacturers posting volume gains of at least 10%.

The rate at which fatalities occurred in highway accidents involving large trucks dropped to the lowest level on record, falling 14.1% in 2009 from the previous year, according to an analysis of Department of Transportation data by American Trucking Associations.

Truck-driver turnover rose from historic lows during the fourth quarter of 2010, and is likely to rise further this year as fleets seek more drivers to meet growing freight demand, American Trucking Associations reported last week.

The U.S. used Class 8 market, beset by a widespread scarcity of low-mileage vehicles and spiraling prices, is expected to receive a huge infusion of fresh supply, according to industry executives and analysts.

The first extended network of natural gas filling stations could be running in a few years, the head of the nation’s largest natural-gas fuel distributor said April 13.