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In the news this morning: Liberty Mutual Insurance puts driver's education course on CD-ROM for its customers; Teamsters launch TV ad blitz against Overnite; and Diesel costs force Canadian Pacific Railroad to raise freight rates.

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A bill to repeal Idaho's weight-distance tax and replace it with higher registration fees received legislative approval from the state House of Representatives on March 31.

The Environmental Protection Agency was criticized last week by Rep. Tom Bliley (R-Va.) for not calling diesel engine manufacturers on the carpet soon enough on the issue of pollution.

This afternoon's headlines: Wall Street predicts fuel prices will take a big bite out of truckload carriers' earnings; Caterpillar to utilize new database for sales, customer service; and Volvo still interested in International.

As major truck manufacturers hawked their newest offerings at the Mid-America Trucking Show, they were haunted by the ironic specter of their own success – a glut of used trucks ont he market.

Government regulations, both on the books and in proposal form, could further aggravate the already costly problem of long waits at shipping and receiving docks, according to the Truckload Carriers Association.

A federal appeals court ruled the government must test a trucker with partial vision in one eye and partial use of one arm to see if he is fit to drive a truck interstate.

In the news this morning: UPS, Teamsters settle full-time job creation dispute; Police suspect recent thefts of computers from trucks are related; and Federal government to help Illinois track down truckers for CDL retesting.

The national diesel price average recorded its biggest drop of the year this week, after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed to boost oil production by some 1.7 million barrels a day.