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The Department of Transportation is extending the deadline for comments on its proposed hours of service rulemaking until Oct. 30.

A jury will decide later this year whether the producers of “Dateline NBC” misrepresented their intentions to a Maine trucking company owner in developing a segment on driver fatigue for the television news show.

Trucking companies are part of a ground swell of public sentiment seeking repeal of the estate tax, which kicks in when family-held businesses or property are transferred from one generation to another, and Congress is taking note.

Productivity improvements in the logistics and trucking industries generated by computers and use of the Internet may be imperiled by the Transportation Department’s hour-of-service rules, according to a leading industry analyst.

Owners of trucks that have only an old ICC identification number will have to start painting their carriers’ DOT number on the doors to meet a recent directive from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

In the news this morning: U.S. officials meet with refiners over recent Midwest fuel price spikes; UPS is in talks to buy 2 logistics firms; and Georgia law enforcement agencies collaborate to improve truck safety.

This afternoon's headlines: Lawyer for trucking safety group sues U.S. DOT inspector general; armed robbers target I-95 rest stops in South Carolina; and no end in sight for Teamsters strike against Overnite.

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Bowing to political pressure from numerous trucking and shippers groups, the Department of Transportation is "prepared" to extend the deadline for public comments on proposed changes to the hours-of-service regulations until late October.