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The average cost of a gallon of diesel in the United States rose for the first time in eight weeks, inching up 0.6 cent to $2.732 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported.

Driver turnover at large truckload carriers fell in the third quarter to 43% a year, the lowest level since American Trucking Associations began tracking the data in 1995.

Work crews struggling around the clock to clear a rockslide on Interstate 40 in western North Carolina to speed the clearance of boulders from the road, the Associated Press reported.

The Environmental Protection Agency has refused to back a request from American Trucking Associations and the Canadian Trucking Alliance that foreign (non-U.S.) drivers be allowed to reposition their trailers between two points.

Consumer confidence rose to a three-month high, the New York-based Conference Board reported Tuesday, as retail sales last week improved 2.3% from a year ago.

Medium-duty U.S. retail truck sales volumes showed further signs of hitting bottom during November, even though they declined for the 21st consecutive month on a year-over-year basis.

If people won’t voluntarily avoid using handsets while operating a motor vehicle, there are ways to render cellular connections inoperable, or at least report the driver’s activities to management.

Daimler AG has extended the contract of Andreas Renschler, head of the German corporation’s global truck-making business, for three years.