Finding Common Ground: CTA Conferees Hear From CRASH
Trucking and highway safety groups should seek to reduce their fighting and find a common ground, according to a board member of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways.
California Steps Up Truck Checks
Attention truckers in Southern California: Be on the lookout for the California Highway Patrol and the California Trucking Association.
Opinion: Good Press
Despite rumors to the contrary, journalists are people just like truckers, so don’t be afraid of them, a panel of journalists told attendees at the California Trucking Association’s annual conference.
Two Plead Guilty in Fuel Tax Scheme
Two New York men have pleaded guilty to trying to avoid paying more than $77 million in federal motor fuel excise taxes.
Company and Its Owner Get Probation for Falsifying Driver's Logs
A Brooklyn Park, Minn. trucking company and its owner were placed on probation in U.S. District Court for falsifying driver’s logs.
CTA Conferees Hear From CRASH
Trucking and highway safety groups should seek to reduce their fighting and find a common ground, according to a board member of Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways.
Reagle Replaced as OMC Chief
Associate Federal Highway Administrator George Reagle (pictured) last week was transferred from his job as head of the Office of Motor Carriers, at least in part because he orchestrated a lobbying campaign against transferring the office to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
New Truck Safety Czar Named
The Office of Motor Carriers’ new leader, Julie Anna Cirillo, is a virtual unknown to trucking.
Bill Would Keep STB Going
Wags are calling legislation proposed last week reauthorizing the Surface Transportation Board the "Linda Morgan job protection bill" because of a provision requiring that the STB chairman be confirmed by the Senate.
CHP Steps Up Truck Enforcement
The California Highway Patrol’s border division is stepping up its enforcement of driving laws and hours of service.