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Opinion: Train Local Police in Vehicle Security
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Shortly after Sept. 11, when I last had the privilege of communicating with you in this column, I stressed the need for the roadside safety officer to meet new challenges in addition to making sure we have safe trucks and buses through our roadside inspection program.
June 12, 2002Security Briefs - June 7 - June 13
Florida Man Sentenced in CDL Scandal • Web Site Tracks Nuclear Routes • Experts Call Trace Bomb Detectors Unreliable • Terrorist Accused of 'Dirty' Bomb Plot Arrested • And more...
June 12, 2002News Briefs - June 12
Dana Will Lose Mack Truck Axle, Chassis Contracts • Johnson Controls Plants Struck • Shell to End Calif. MTBE Use Early • Colo. Wildfire Destroys ºÚÁϳԹÏÍøs, Closes Roads • And more ...
June 12, 2002Fed Says Economic Activity Expands at Moderate Pace
Overall economic activity in the United States expanded at a moderate but uneven pace throughout the United States since late April, the Federal Reserve said in a periodical report released Wednesday.
June 12, 2002Editorial: Making Highways Safer
Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Speed kills. While that’s not exactly a news flash, it does seem that most of us try to forget that simple truism in the hurly-burly rush of our daily lives. And that includes truck drivers.
June 11, 2002News Briefs - June 11
Mexican Pig Farmers Block World Trade Bridge • L.A. Seeks Backing For Transportation Projects • Air Cargo at Memphis Airport Up 58% in Year • R.I., Idaho Show Strongest Growth in 2000 • And more...
June 11, 2002Mexican Truckers Call U.S. Border Rules Unfair
SAN ANTONIO — A Mexican trucking industry official complained here that U.S. rules for Mexican carriers delivering in the United States are discriminatory, and transportation barriers between the two countries will remain unless the U.S. provisions are implemented in a more equitable way.
June 11, 2002Zollars Asks 65 MPH Limit for Trucks Nationwide
WASHINGTON — The head of Yellow Corp., one of the nation’s largest less-than-truckload carriers, wants speed limits for trucks capped at 65 miles per hour across the nation, and he said Yellow will divert part of its advertising budget to trumpet the cause of highway safety.
June 10, 2002Technology Briefs - June 6 - June 10
Daimler, Deutsche Telekom to Build German Truck Toll System • BAX Using Instant Online Ocean Quoting Service • Qualcomm to Offer Maptuit's FleetNav Service • New Security Department Would Handle Tech Defense • And more...
June 10, 2002Texas Trucking Association Unveils High-Tech Simulator
The Texas Motor Transportation Association bought a $1-million truck-driving simulator to improve safety for truckers and car drivers.
June 10, 2002