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Yellow Corp. will expand its regional less-than-truckload service in the Pacific Northwest and the West with the acquisition of Action Express of Boise, Idaho.

Flatbed carrier Boyd Bros. Transportation is going west.

It could have been the title of a new horror extravaganza from Steven King: “Killer Trucks.” Think of it. Maniacal, masked marauders perched behind the wheels of gigantic semis, preying on innocent VW bugs and station wagons full of smiling children. Unfortunately, “Killer Trucks” wasn’t playing at your neighborhood cinema, it was on the editorial page of the Washington Post.

A congressman from Washington’s Virginia suburbs and the Washington Post editorial page in recent days have been involved in a tag-team match smearing the trucking industry’s safety record.

While the ATA Management Conference & Exhibition produced no major policy pronouncements, there was considerable activity behind the scenes on a number of important issues.

What is the biggest risk management issue facing trucking today? Drivers, no doubt, according to a survey by Liberty Mutual Group.

Truck sales hit record highs this summer, leading some industry analysts to raise eyebrows that the market may be headed toward another period of too much trucking capacity for the market.

Freight distribution systems can be optimized electronically no matter what the size of the trucking or shipping company, a pair of experts told the Oct. 26 general session of the ATA Management Conference.

How well you do in trucking depends on how well your customers are doing.