Hazardous material shipments will increase in the United States and so may the potential for disasters involving multiple deaths unless the Department of Transportation does a better job, warns a federal investigative team.

Proposed hours-of-service rules from the Department of Transportation sustained serious injuries after being broadsided and then sideswiped by both irate safety advocates and disgruntled truckers.

The quick return to an 80% meals expense tax deduction, supported by trucking and passed by the House of Representatives, may not come up for Senate consideration for at least two weeks, said the press secretary for Majority Leader Trent Lott.

Trucking’s crusade for an immediate increase in tax deductions for meal expenses on the road may have found renewed life in Congress, but that life could be shortened if a threatened presidential veto of other tax breaks materializes.

Diesel’s role in polluting the air will be part of a multiyear study on the origins and quantities of fine particulate matter, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has notified its staff of the need not to enforce a wheel-chock requirement during truck loading and unloading.

Thirty-four truck drivers will receive waivers from vision requirements from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which also proposes to exempt 62 more.

Trucking’s crusade for an immediate increase in tax deductions for meal expenses on the road may have found renewed life in Congress, but that life could be shortened if a threatened presidential veto of other tax breaks materializes.

Diesel’s role in polluting the air will be part of a multiyear study on the origins and quantities of fine particulate matter, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Thirty-four truck drivers will receive waivers from vision requirements from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which also proposes to exempt 62 more.