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After nearly two decades of work, the framers of the Multi-State Highway Transportation Agreement are still battling to give western states the right to standardize truck size and weight limits.

Members of the Western Highway Institute will set the group’s research agenda at its annual meeting in San Francisco early this week and discuss its affiliation with American Trucking Associations.

In the news this morning: Ontario says car drivers to blame for most big-rig accidents; W.Va. to use laptop computers for safety enforcement; and two stolen trucks retrieved in Florida.

New York City will begin a crackdown on truck size and weight regulations on Tuesday according to the New York State Motor Truck Association.

This afternoon's headlines: Judge sides with FedEx in pilot contract lawsuit; Fla. tanker driver contains gasoline explosion; and Saskatchewan traffic safety officers want batons, pepper spray.

Diesel fuel prices continued their march upward last week, with the national average retail cost rising 1.5 cents a gallon to $1.304, the highest in about three years.

Trucking’s national trade association said the Environmental Protection Agency’s conclusion that diesel exhaust is likely to cause cancer is not based on “sound science.”

Oregon plans to give away a limited number of Norpass transponders as part of a program to encourage truckers to use the time-saving devices.

Illinois lawmakers provided relief to intermodal truckers by passing a law that makes the owners of chassis, trailers and containers responsible for their condition.