North America’s largest makers of diesel engines dodged a legal bullet as a federal judge threw out a lawsuit filed by truckers over the settlement negotiated with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Just how good is the federal commercial driver license program? That’s the question asked by the National Transportation Safety Board at a public hearing spurred by several high-profile accidents.

Intrastate truckers must obey the federal hours-of-service regulations for seven days before and seven days after they cross a state line, according to a ruling by Julie A. Cirillo, acting deputy director of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Violators of New Jersey’s through-truck ban now face heavy fines, thanks to legislation signed by Gov. Christine Todd Whitman (R).

The California Trucking Association and other industry trade groups have filed a lawsuit to reverse California’s decision labeling diesel particulates a toxic air contaminant.

Just how good is the federal commercial driver license program?

The trucking community put its best feet forward – 13 to be exact – of those behind the wheels of big rigs in naming the latest group of America’s Road Team.

Intrastate truckers must obey the federal hours-of-service regulations for seven days before and seven days after they cross a state line, according to a ruling by FMCSA Acting Deputy Director Julie A. Cirillo.

An Oklahoma Republican is fighting a plan by a Democratic lawmaker that would drastically increase state truck registration costs.

In recent years, California truckers and environmentalists have tussled over diesel emissions in what could be the opening skirmishes of a coming national war over truck exhaust.