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By the time you read this, a new grand champion will have been crowned at the National Truck Driving Championships in Indianapolis.

The country’s top truck safety agency is reminding motorists to check for blind spots and to distance their cars from commercial vehicles during their commutes as the busy summer traveling season wraps up.

The Federal Aviation Administration — and airports by extension — have missed out on as much as $2 billion in funding over the past decade because of a 2005 provision designed to prevent fraudulent use of noncommercial jet fuel by truckers.

When it comes to differences in average height, weight and strength of male and female Class 8 truck drivers, those differences challenge truck designers to build a vehicle that can be easily used by both genders. Those physical differences can make it difficult for drivers — male or female — to reach the pedals while seeing over the hood, or to open a hood and be able to add engine oil or clean a windshield without having to climb atop a tire.

Traffic incidents impact many stakeholders who sometimes don’t coordinate with each other. That fact caused the American Transportation Research Institute to help develop primers for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Integrated Corridor Management program. 

Roger Millar, who had been serving in an acting capacity since February, was named secretary of Washington state’s Department of Transportation by Gov. Jay Inslee on Aug. 9.