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Days after President Clinton approved the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, the Department of Transportation’s chief watchdog encouraged the new agency to use the tools it has to improve safety.

A lot of ideas are circulating about the qualities that the first head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ought to possess, everything from a tough cop to trucking's best friend.

When Vicki Carpenter started her trucking career in late 1980s, she practically had to stand up in the cab to reach the pedals. But truck manufacturers are making cabs that better fit the driver.

Electric vehicles were seen as high technology in the late 19th century, and they came into favor at a time when nobody foresaw the problems of air pollution and oil spills that would arise decades later.

This afternoon's headlines: Driver gets vision exemption after delays, court battle; Truckers take reckless driver off the road in Arkansas; and Philadelphia cops nab 9 truckers in drug sting.

In the news this morning: Onex buys U.S. auto hauler; Texas truckers plan driving safety campaign; and Fuel haulers waiting to comply with San Antonio's new hazmat routing plan.

Some of the nation’s biggest truckload carriers, facing rising costs for equipment, drivers, fuel and insurance, are beginning to ask shippers to pay more for freight deliveries.

With expectations of record-shattering orders over the Internet this Christmas, package carriers may want to hire Santa and Mrs. Claus to drive trucks to satisfy the surging demand.

The use of Intelligent Data Bus technology to make electronic systems in trucks more efficient and less costly doesn’t appear to be far off, but several hurdles remain to creating "plug and play" components.

Trailer shipments in 1999 will reach about 302,000, topping the record set in 1998 by almost 8%, according to a survey, but one analyst foresees weakening demand in 2000.