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Automated driver logs have been the talk of trucking since last April, when the government launched a test that uses satellites to monitor hours of service. But another type of automation is gaining momentum as well: log scanning.

An information display has been developed that lets a driver monitor vehicle performance on a small screen built into his truck’s dashboard.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently recommended a nationwide smoke testing standard to avoid confusion among truck drivers traveling from state to state.

The price of diesel rose sharply this week in the wholesale and retail markets, and analysts expect them to continue rising from some of the lowest levels since 1994.

The Truckload Carriers Association last week unanimously approved a strategic plan that refocuses the 61-year-old association on education and training.

The accident at Bourbonnais, Ill., that killed at least 11 people and injured scores of others last week has refocused the attention of both the trucking and railroad industries on one of their most difficult common safety problems: grade crossings.

An Arkansas highway funding plan that raises state taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel could ward off proposals to place tolls on 333 miles of Interstate highways or collect a weight-distance tax from truckers.

PARIS — After seven diesel fuel tax increases in six years, Britain’s small trucking companies and owner-operators “are just giving up,” said Peter Knight, owner of Les Knight Transport.

The Department of Transportation’s inspector general was back on Capitol Hill last week, urging Congress to completely remodel the federal government’s trucking safety program.