Federal job safety inspectors will no longer fine truckers for failing to place wheel chocks to stop trailers from rolling because trucking safety regulations have been held to supersede the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, officials said.

Federal job safety inspectors will no longer fine truckers for failing to place wheel chocks to stop trailers from rolling because trucking safety regulations have been held to supersede the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, officials said.

Reflective tape on trucks will prevent between 191-350 highway deaths and 7,800 crashes each year, according to a study by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

A federal court in Alabama ruled that a shipper cannot go through the state courts to sue a trucking company for alleged cargo damage.

Rep. Jack Quinn is proud of becoming one of the nation’s most influential railroad policy-makers just a generation after his father toiled on steel wheels to feed his five children. The fifth-term New York Republican, son of a 30-year locomotive engineer, is chairman of the newly formed Subcommittee on Railroads under the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

President Bush has asked Congress to approve a $75 million boost in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration budget, to $344 million from the current $269 million.

Truckload carriers will launch a joint effort cut costs and improve service through a benchmarking project after receiving approval from the Department of Justice to share certain business information.

A traffic congestion expert testifying before a congressional panel last week prescribed a good stereo and air-conditioning system for anyone trying to deal with traffic jams, because they will only get worse.

WASHINGTON — Increasing truck traffic on highways around ports may be a growing public concern, but without a clear signal from the Bush administration, Congress is unlikely to do anything other than talk about it.

Former Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration head Clyde Hart has taken a job as a lobbyist for the American Bus Association.