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Opinion: Cultivating a Culture of Safety

The trucking industry continues to receive a great deal of negative publicity regarding its impact on highway safety. Most people watching news reports about collisions involving trucks most likely assume it was the truck driver’s fault.

August 13, 2001

Executive Briefing - Aug. 13

Hungarian Manufacturer Loses U.S. Business -- Will Cut Jobs; Conn. Crackdown Yields Dozens of Violations; Settlement Reached in Ford Ignition Suit; Crude Oil Price Rises as Saudis Plan Cut; and more...

August 13, 2001

Editorial: Keep Foot on the Pedal

If it was not clear to some that the Federal Reserve needs to keep cutting interest rates to get this economy moving again, a survey report last week from the Fed itself should have settled the issue.

August 13, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Aug. 13

Wireless Networks Put Users at Risk; Web Surfing Is Major Highlight of Technology; Cellular Connections Growing; and more...

August 13, 2001

A Place in Cyberspace for Small Carriers

What are you waiting for? The Internet has become a potent force in the transportation industry, resulting in fewer trucks running empty miles, customers who are content knowing where their loads are and smoother running operations.

August 10, 2001

Producer Prices Fall 0.9% in July

The prices paid to U.S. factories, farmers and other producers tumbled 0.9% in July, in the largest single month drop since 1993, the Labor Department said on Friday.

August 10, 2001

Executive Briefing - Aug. 10

Ill. Gov. Won't Seek Re-Election After CDL Scandal; Conn. Police Crackdown on I-95 Speeders; Patriot Shuts Down Subsidiary; Freightliner Slashes 123 Workers at Parts Factory; and more...

August 10, 2001

One Year Later, Firestone Recall Has Changed the Game

One year ago this week, Firestone began a voluntary recall of its Wilderness AT tires that grew into one of the largest automotive controversies in history – and changed the way consumer safety is treated by the auto industry.

August 10, 2001

Grote Industries Creates 100-Year Trucking Legacy

Truck lights and reflectors are things a truck driver may take for granted today, but in the early days of the industry lights were much more fragile and reflectors were nonexistent.

August 10, 2001

Trucking Technology Alert - Aug. 10

Fla. Officials Look to Resume Communications Project; GT Nexus Launches Forwarder Network Software; The Little Engine That Might; and more...

August 10, 2001