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Trucking’s safety record continued to improve during 2000, as federal statistics show. The industry’s fatal crash rate fell to the lowest level since the Department of Transportation began keeping the data in 1975.

Voice Interaction Software to Improve Alertness • Wireless Carriers Increase Demand for Voice Support • Voice Activation Prevents Distraction • Lockheed Martin Develops Middleman Role

Sales of heavy-duty trucks rose 17.7% in November from a year earlier as truck manufacturers filled orders for Class 8s with engines built before federal emission standards took effect Oct. 1 as well as new lower-emission models.

Prices for both diesel fuel and gasoline rose for the first time since Sept. 11 last week amid a flurry of holiday travel, along with news reports that oil producing nations will cut production to support prices.

One of the nation’s largest trailer makers, Trailmobile Trailer LLC, will soon close down its two remaining manufacturing plants in Charleston, Ill., and Jonesboro, Ark.

Theft in the freight transportation industry in America alone is reaching epidemic levels. The trucking industry is responsible for most transportation of all finished goods in this country and, as a result, is rapidly being targeted by organized crime.

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Heavy Snows Slow Buffalo, Other Areas • Security Delays Slow Trucks at U.S.-Canada Ambassador Bridge • OPEC, Others to Cut Oil Production • Frozen Food Express Spins Off Subsidiary • And more...

The U.S. economy, which fell into recession in March, contracted at a 1.3% annual rate in the third quarter, even weaker than the Commerce Department had previously estimated, but Friday's gross domestic product report left many analysts feeling encouraged heading into 2002.