Trucking Eyes Elections, Economy

SAN DIEGO — Members of American Trucking Associations wrapped up their 2000 Management Conference & Exhibition here with one eye on the presidential elections and the other on the nation’s economy.

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The fate of many of the issues that ATA focused on during the past year — driver hours-of-service rules, diesel fuel availability and prices, exhaust emissions and workplace ergonomics — will be strongly influenced by the next occupant of the White House and by the makeup of the new Congress.

The industry’s business landscape may also change substantially in coming months as many trucking companies struggle to cope with the rising costs of fuel, insurance and labor while adjusting to slowing demand for freight hauling.

“We’ll do all right this year, but I’m really nervous about January,” said John Smith, president of CRST International in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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