While many of his colleagues were enjoying more relaxing vacations during the congressional recess, Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell spent a week in the cab of a big rig, working on docking, backing and parking.

A lot of ideas are circulating about the qualities that the first head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ought to possess.

A lot of ideas are circulating about the qualities that the first head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration ought to possess, everything from a tough cop to trucking's best friend.

Rona Bruneau has logged hundreds of thousands of miles behind the wheel of a big rig, spent countless hours on the telephone as a dispatcher and slogged through the mind-numbing mounds of paperwork required of truckers and their companies.

A report by the University of Michigan provides additional evidence that automobile drivers are four times more likely to be at fault when cars and heavy-duty trucks collide.

Stockpiling inventory in anticipation of any Y2K snag may not be on the scale originally predicted, according to carriers and shippers.

Stockpiling inventory in anticipation of any Y2K snag may not be on the scale originally predicted, according to carriers and shippers.

As Americans prepare to consume 45 million Thanksgiving turkeys, among them will be thousands of truck drivers who will be dining with their families, thanks to creative scheduling on the operations end and co-workers who would rather be on the road during the holiday.

Country singer Shania Twain and XTRA Lease are working together to raise four tons of food for hungry children.

Thousands of the nation's truckers will be dining with their families this Thanksgiving, thanks to creative scheduling and co-workers who would rather be on the road during the holiday.