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Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he U.S. economy grew at an annual rate of 3.3% in the second quarter, down from 3.8% in the first quarter, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday.

Freightliner LLC said Tuesday it was going to lay off 260 workers at its Mt Holly, N.C., medium-duty truck manufacturing plant.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. urricane Katrina left most major roads in the Gulf Coast region damaged or impassible and authorities urged people to stay off them to allow rescue teams to work, news services reported.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>With the staff work needed to revise its driver hours-of-service rules now mostly behind it, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is preparing to issue several new rules stemming from the recently enacted highway-spending reauthorization, agency officials said.

UPS Deploys New Customs-Security Technology • Trucks on Way to Help With Katrina Relief • NHTSA Suspends Mirror Rule for Smaller Trucks • Virginia Launches New Drunk-Driving Initiative

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. agree with almost everything that ATA President Bill Graves said in “Hours-of-Service Rules to Live By.”

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ith less than five weeks until the FMCSA's new hours-of-service regulations go into effect, trucking industry and enforcement officials said they are concerned about not having enough time to adapt to the changes, even with an announced three-month transitional period of soft enforcement.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. AMPA, Fla. — Idaho State Trooper Tony Anderson said he was amazed and humbled to have topped 48 other commercial vehicle inspectors to win the Grand Champion award at the 13th annual North American Inspectors Championship Aug. 20.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association filed a petition Monday asking the government to reconsider its recently revised hours-of-service rules for truckers over two of the rule’s provisions for driver rest periods.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he trucking industry is already feeling a “ripple effect” from disruptions in transportation networks in and around the Gulf Coast region spawned by Hurricane Katrina, American Trucking Associations President Bill Graves said Wednesday.