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PALM HARBOR, Fla. — Despite privacy and other concerns about the technology within the trucking industry, fleets should consider investing in electronic onboard records for a number of important reasons, economist Noel Perry said.

This is just a comment on the letter headlined “Safety, Reregulation” that ran in the July 20 issue.

The new economic Siamese twins, namely the stock market and oil prices, are continuing to rise in lockstep, bringing relief and pain to consumers — and the national economy — simultaneously.

American Trucking Associations has launched a monthly series of industry-related webinars available to its members for free.

Despite a challenging economic climate, a record number of drivers will participate in the National Truck Driving Championships this week.

A proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule designed to expand biofuel use actually has brought the biodiesel market “to a grinding halt,” because it does not allow most blends of soy oil, according to the National Biodiesel Board.

President Obama last week assured Mexican President Felipe Calderon that the United States remains committed to reaching a cross-border trucking agreement with its southern neighbor.

Rep. James Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, accused the White House of running for cover in its push to delay consideration of a new highway bill for 18 months.

The federal Cash for Clunkers program has helped sell so many cars that dealer inventories are at historic lows, sparking optimism in the auto-hauling industry for a business rebound, with one firm’s CEO saying he already has received firm orders that were like “giving a pitcher of water to a guy dying of thirst in the desert.”

Future U.S. economic vitality depends on an adequately funded rural road system that can accommodate heavier trucks, a South Dakota trucking company president told a Senate committee last week.