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Tom Berg’s March 29 article, “Trailer ABS Warning Passes Test, But Hurdles Remain” [p. 17], explained why it is very important for the PLC4TRUCKS and multiplexing discussion to continue, because the entire industry will need to address trailer communication and control issues in the next few years.

Volvo Trucks North America is extending service to drivers on the road by purchasing a stake in a major owner of truck stops — much as one of its biggest competitors, Freightliner Corp., is doing.

Tollbooths are not likely to be sprouting on Interstate highways in Arkansas or elsewhere soon. A March 31 deadline for states to seek admission to a federal tolling program passed without a single applicant.

No one seems sure why truck stops don’t provide electrical hookups for vehicles to plug into. The idea seems plausible enough.

Diesel fuel prices continued to climb across the United States, with the national average getting a boost from even higher increases in California.

The abrupt cancellation of a safety summit in December could cost the Federal Highway Administration as much as $96,171, a federal investigation has found.

Werner Enterprises this week angrily denounced allegations by Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways that the company’s paperless log system had loopholes drivers could use to violate hours-of-service regulations.

Despite complaints primarily from munitions haulers, the Department of Defense is moving forward with a plan to use a third-party electronic freight payment system to compensate freight carriers.

The Department of Defense and the moving industry are feuding over how best to ship the household goods of service members.