Arizona Thinks Twice About Tolls
Trucking interests forced the Arizona Department of Transportation to think twice about building a proposed Hoover Dam bypass as a toll route.
Confrontation Ends in Trucker Death
A truck driver has confessed to shooting another driver after a confrontation at a truckstop along Interstate 40, near Amarillo, Texas.
Trailer Carrying Props Is Stolen
The cast and crew on tour with "The Phantom of the Opera" got a scare when a tractor-trailer carrying $800,000 in props and scenery mysteriously vanished from a parking lot.
OSHA Orders Forklift Training
Trucking companies will have to train drivers who occasionally use forklifts how to safely operate the equipment, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Idaho Court Rejects State's Attempt To Dismiss Lawsuit Filed By ATA
An Idaho District Court rejected Idaho's attempts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the American Trucking Associations’ against the state’s weight-distance tax.
FHWA Grants Exemptions to Drivers
The Federal Highway Administration used new authority granted by the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century to issue exemptions from federal standards to 24 truck drivers with deficient eyesight.
Iowa Company Must Be Monitored
An Iowa judge ordered a trucking company convicted of falsifying driver logbooks to implement a monitoring system and pay fines.
Viking Freight to Raise Rates
Viking Freight said it would implement a 5.8% rate increase effective Jan. 4, 1999.
Processing Firm Considers Unit Sale
National Processing Inc. is exploring the sale of its freight payment processing business.
Trucking Companies Needed to Help Victims of Hurricane Mitch
Central American Medical Outreach is looking for trucking companies willing to help its relief efforts to get badly needed supplies to Honduran victims of Hurricane Mitch.