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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he American Transportation Research Institute released a "crash predictor" study Tuesday that evaluates and links past driver traffic violations and convictions with their likelihood of being involved in a crash, providing trucking companies with safety-related information on drivers.

Hurricane Wilma strengthened in the southern Caribbean Sea Wednesday into the strongest Atlantic hurricane on record, a Category 5 storm with 175 mph winds that forecasters warned could strike Florida's West Coast by the weekend, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he price of U.S. retail diesel fuel fell 0.2 cent from last week's all-time record high to an average of $3.148 a gallon, the Energy Department reported Monday.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. s the trucking economy in good or bad shape? Judging by the pace of growth, it is in pretty good health. Indeed, in early 2005, fleets experienced some of the best business in years.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. producer price index rose 1.9% in September, while prices excluding food and energy climbed 0.3%, the Labor Department said Tuesday. It was the biggest monthly increase in 15 years.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. hile the current surge in oil prices may last, it is likely to prove significantly less consequential to economic growth and inflation than the surge in the 1970s, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Tuesday in a speech to Japanese business executives in Tokyo.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ooper Tire & Rubber Co. withdrew its third-quarter earnings guidance on Tuesday, citing softer demand in the replacement-tire market and higher raw materials costs.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. edEx Corp. unit FedEx Custom Critical said Tuesday that it was offering temperature-sensitive air-freight shipments with a system called Temp-Assure Validated Air.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ASHINGTON — Two citizens groups that advocate tighter regulation of trucking told reporters Monday that Congress should not write the driver hours-of-service regulations into law and renewed their call for the Department of Transportation to rewrite the rules with a lower maximum driving time.

Crude oil and gasoline prices fell Tuesday as forecasts showed that Hurricane Wilma — upgraded from a tropical storm on Tuesday — will move toward Florida, missing production platforms that are concentrated along the Louisiana and Texas coasts, Bloomberg reported.