The American Trucking Associations’ top lobbyist, Jim Whittinghill (pictured), sent a letter on Friday to all 100 U.S. Senators asking them not to delay or nullify U.S. compliance with provisions of the North American Free Trade Agreement.

PITTSBURGH — Technologies that monitor fatigue levels may one day replace the need for hours-of-service limitations on truck drivers, a Department of Transportation official told participants at a truck safety conference here June 18.

A new study provides an original source for calculating the costs of crashes involving large trucks, according to Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration officials.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The trucking industry would not have a driver shortage if it did more to improve driver working conditions, Julie A. Cirillo, acting head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, contends.

NEW ORLEANS — Trucking interests say they will invite groups critical of trucking safety to meetings of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance and seek their input on safety enforcement issues.

NEW ORLEANS — The federal government is actively encouraging counties and cities to launch their own truck safety inspection efforts, even as industry and state representatives express concerns about substandard inspections and potential emphasis by municipal authorities on raking in cash from truckers.

The second of two proposals designed to revamp the commercial driver license program is intended to improve the way states share data about truck driver performance, according to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is still swimming against the tide in efforts to meet statutory deadlines as the agency has failed to send Congress two reports required in the agency’s fiscal 2001 appropriations bill.

Julie A. Cirillo, acting head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, said she would recommend incorporating some of trucking’s suggestions in the agency’s next attempt at revising its driver hours-of-service rules.

The federal government will not outlaw the use of cell phones by drivers anytime soon, according to the chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.