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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.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 26, 1999
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California Steps Up Truck Checks

Attention truckers in Southern California: Be on the lookout for the California Highway Patrol and the California Trucking Association.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 26, 1999
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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.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 26, 1999

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.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 26, 1999

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.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 26, 1999

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.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 26, 1999

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.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 21, 1999

New Truck Safety Czar Named

The Office of Motor Carriers’ new leader, Julie Anna Cirillo, is a virtual unknown to trucking.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 21, 1999

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.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 21, 1999

CHP Steps Up Truck Enforcement

The California Highway Patrol’s border division is stepping up its enforcement of driving laws and hours of service.

David Barnes | Senior Correspondent
January 21, 1999