Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>A California Trucking Association official said the group would go to court to challenge the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s revised drivers’ hours-of-service rules, despite missing a legal deadline.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. merican Trucking Associations told the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration that the trucking industry has “serious and pervasive concerns” about the sleeper provision of the new hours-of-service rules and will give the agency data about sleeper-berth use, ATA President Bill Graves said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>BOSTON — American Trucking Associations’ leaders sanctioned plans to collect and submit data on the effects of the new hours-of-service rules — particularly the sleeper-berth provision — to the federal government, with an eye on getting the rule changed.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. OSTON — After a year of study and debate, American Trucking Associations said its Board of Directors unanimously voted to back the use of electronic onboard recorders for monitoring drivers’ hours of service.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he House of Representatives passed legislation earlier this month that would cut the number of different types of diesel fuel and gasoline allowed in the United States to six from 17, but trucking officials said the proposal did not go far enough.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor.Even though the government’s revised hours-of-service rules went into effect on Oct. 1, several groups continue to make efforts either to delay its full implementation, or conversely, to stiffen enforcement. The sleeper-berth provision is at the center of the disagreement.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>As trucking industry leaders prepare to convene for the American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition Oct. 15-18 in Boston, the industry is facing a much less certain future than it did a year ago, ATA President Bill Graves told Transport Topics.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>A coalition of safety and driver interest groups told a federal appeals court last week that training standards for new commercial drivers are inadequate because they do not require on-road training.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. hile “progress has been made” in easing congestion on U.S. highways through the use of intelligent transportation systems, Department of Transportation initiatives have only had “limited success” when it comes to overcoming the barriers that impede its further use, a new report issued by the Government Accountability Office said.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. img src="http://www.ttnews.com/images/printeditiontag_new.gif" width=120 align=right>The Transportation Security Administration temporarily lifted its background check requirement for drivers seeking first-time hazardous materials endorsements, to make it easier for non-hazmat drivers to respond to calls for aid in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.