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Amid some confusion over New Jersey’s prohibition against off-route interstate truck movements, state police handed out another 76 tickets to drivers, raising the of number of summonses above 150 since serious enforcement started May 20.

Mexico’s largest trucking association, Canacar, has seized the moment to present its complaints on North American Free Trade Agreement trucking issues to the country’s incoming president, Vicente Fox Quesada.

Trucks can keep cruising the Arizona deserts at the same speed as four-wheelers thanks to a state Department of Transportation study.

Although the wave of change for women in the 1970s was slow to hit trucking, one Florida woman rolled in early and is still riding high as director of a driver training program.

In the news this morning: OPEC chief tells member nations to prepare to pump more oil; USFreightways reports second-quarter increase; Air Canada pilots to reveal possible strike plans Monday; and more.

This afternoon's headlines: Hours-of-service debate gets ongoing play in national media; CN adds trains to better compete with trucks; trucker shortage has some carriers hiring illegal drivers; and more.

Today's technology headlines: Rising truck sophistication helps carriers retain drivers; leading telecom operators see location-based wireless as the next boom; AOL in pact to provide content via AT&T Wireless; and more.

The Senate voted Friday to eliminate estate and gift taxes over a 10-year period to help preserve family-owned trucking operations, but the bill faces a veto by President Clinton who said it benefits wealthy Americans.

The price of diesel fuel crept downward 0.4 cents a gallon this week amid arguments over inventories, oil production quotas and reserve plans, but analysts aren't holding out much hope for a significant drop in fuel prices anytime soon.