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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. observe vehicle traffic every day and routinely see cars and trucks following too closely. I regularly review motor vehicle reports and, while I see many speeding tickets, I rarely see tickets for following too closely, an indication this violation may not be strictly enforced.

A group of citizens and a citizens group have filed separate lawsuits against an Indiana law that would turn over the Indiana Toll Road to a foreign consortium, the Associated Press reported.

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he wants a federal investigation of oil companies, which he said are holding back gasoline production amid soaring prices, news services reported.

U.S. consumer prices rose 0.4% in March, the biggest rise in a year, the Labor Department reported Wednesday.

Attorneys representing Public Citizen filed a motion asking that its challenge to current hours-of-service rules for truck drivers be judged by the same panel that overturned the prior regulation.

Truckload carrier Celadon Group said late Wednesday it earned $4.7 million or 30 cents a share in its fiscal third quarter ended March 31, up from $2.7 million or 18 cents a year earlier.

Truckload carrier Swift Transportation Co. reported late Wednesday it earned $37.5 million or 50 cents a share in the first quarter, up from $19.4 million or 26 cents a year earlier.

Truckers at the Port of Vancouver, British Columbia, staged a protest Tuesday, calling on the Canadian federal government to extend a temporary agreement that got truckers back to work after a strike there last year, the Canadian Press reported Wednesday.

Crude oil reached a record $72.40 a barrel Wednesday before falling to close the trading day at $71.90, the third record closing price in the past three days, Bloomberg reported.

Eastern freight rail line CSX Corp. Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $245 million or $1.06 a share, down from last year’s $579 million or $2.56 a share, although excluding outstanding charges the earnings improved.