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When I first pondered the fact that the American Trucking Associations was promoting a National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, I was against it. It seemed insulting to devote only one week per year to the very backbone of this great nation’s economy and creature comforts.

The sharp recent spike in the prices of diesel fuel and gasoline has in the space of just a month reached alarming levels.

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The average price of diesel fuel in the United States jumped 3.6 cents last week to $1.488 per gallon, its fourth straight week of increase.

A single standard for dedicated short-range radio communications, now in final stages of approval by a national board, could bring compatibility to electronic weigh-station bypass and toll-collection services, according to the committee’s chairman.

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Leading economic reports released Friday, as well as a University of Michigan study of consumer sentiment, all showed that the U.S. economy has yet to pull out of its slowdown.

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The makers of Class 8 heavy trucks sustained losses nearly across the board in July, countering modest improvements some had posted in June, according to figures released by Ward’s Communications.

Cracks are appearing in several of Oregon’s bridges, many of which are more than a half-century old, leading to varying degrees of weight restrictions on their use and problems for some truckers.