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News Briefs - Oct. 27
ArvinMeritor Makes New Offers to Win Dana Bid • Celadon Reports Fiscal 1Q Net Loss • Japanese Police Raid Mitsubishi in Accident Probe • Fed Expected to Leave Interest Rates Unchanged • And more...
October 27, 2003New Hours Rule Nears; ATA Eyes Sleeper Cab Petition
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said it was set to begin enforcing its new hours-of-service regulations Jan. 4, probably without major changes in the rules it published in April.
October 24, 2003Hours-of-Service Rule Opponent Threatens Water Supplies
An envelope sent to a South Carolina postal facility contained a vial of ricin and a warning that large amounts of the poison would be dumped into drinking reservoirs if the government did not change a rule requiring truckers to rest after 10 hours on the road, a senior law enforcement official told the Associated Press.
October 24, 2003Opinion: Good Behavior Means Good Drivers
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. ith all the bad news we’re subject to each day, it was wonderful to learn from TTNews.com recently that the figures on fatalities involving big trucks were down again in 2002.
October 24, 2003News Briefs - Oct. 24
FedEx Seeks to Block DOT Nominee, Journal Says • Yellow's 3Q Profits, Revenues Surge • Smithway Narrows Net Loss • Dana’s Profits Rise; Reports Higher Demand for Truck Parts • And more...
October 24, 2003Trucking Tells Calif. Board to Delay Diagnostics Plan
Truck industry representatives at a California meeting last week said that the state’s proposal for onboard diagnostics of heavy-duty truck engine emissions systems should be delayed.
October 23, 2003Sept. Class 8 Sales Fall Slightly,but Leap Ahead of ’01 Level
Sales of Class 8 trucks in September were off just 4.4% from the soaring levels of a year earlier, when buyers were loading up on new rigs ahead of a tightening of federal diesel engine emissions requirements that were about to go into effect..
October 23, 2003Editorial: Uncle Sam and the Trucking Industry
Three stories on the front page of this issue illustrate what an important role the federal government continues to play in the trucking industry decades after deregulation.
October 23, 2003News Briefs - Oct. 23
Mullen Reports Better 3Q in 2003 • U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fall to 386,000 • Volvo Says Net Income Doubled on Trucks and Lending • AAA Seeks Help From Trucking in Curbing Splash and Spray • And more ...
October 23, 2003Mineta Says Bush 'Opposed' to Higher Fuel Taxes
SAN ANTONIO – U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said Wednesday the Bush administration remained "very strongly opposed to any gas-tax hike."
October 22, 2003