Truck drivers will get back to the 80% tax deduction for meals more quickly if legislation introduced in Congress May 19 becomes law.

Fatalities from crashes involving large trucks dropped 1.8% from 5,398 in 1997 to an estimated 5,302 in 1998, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater announced at a May 25 press conference.

Fatalities from crashes involving large trucks dropped 1.8% from 5,398 in 1997 to an estimated 5,302 in 1998, Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater announced at a May 25 press conference.

Truck drivers will get back to the 80% tax deduction for meals more quickly if legislation introduced in Congress May 19 becomes law.

Kentucky is the first of four states that will test a new infrared imaging system that the Federal Highway Administration says could save truckers valuable time on the road.

Kentucky is the first of four states that will test a new infrared imaging system that the Federal Highway Administration says could save truckers valuable time on the road.

Secretary of Transportation Rodney Slater Tuesday promised a 50% reduction in truck-related fatalities over the next decade. That would amount to cutting the number of deaths from about 5,000 to about 2,500 each year.

The May 14 court ruling that placed federal air quality standards in limbo is unlikely to have any short-term consequences for trucking, according to industry analysts.

The Mother’s Day crash of a charter bus in New Orleans prompted Rep. Frank R. Wolf to redouble his efforts to clean up the federal agency that monitors truck and bus safety.

The May 14 court ruling that placed federal air quality standards in limbo is unlikely to have any short-term consequences for trucking. But the ramifications could be far-reaching if Congress has to fill in lost regulations -- and that will depend on how the Environmental Protection Agency fares with its probable appeal.