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Opinion: A Dangerous Place to Hide
It’s that time of the year again. The roads are filled with people hurrying to their holiday travel destinations and parties and trying to get gifts purchased.
December 9, 2013Editorial: The Art of Moving Boxes
An awful lot has changed over the years in the trucking industry. And, like in so many industries today, the pace of that change seems to be escalating every year.
December 9, 2013Influx of Late-Model, Low-Mileage Vehicles Pushes Up Prices of Used Trucks in October
Used-truck prices have risen in recent months as more late-model, low-mileage equipment has reached the market, according to industry analysts.
December 9, 2013November Heavy-Duty Orders Up 5.7%
November Class 8 truck orders rose 5.7% from a year ago, holding at more than 20,000 for a second straight month, but slipped from October’s almost two-year high, ACT Research reported.
December 9, 2013Teamsters Voting Again on Side Pacts to Advance UPS National Contract
UPS Inc. Teamsters were voting last week on the single largest remaining barrier to implementation of the union’s package contract.
December 9, 2013Lawmaker Proposes 15¢ Increase in Fuel Tax
WASHINGTON — An Oregon congressman has introduced legislation that would boost federal taxes on diesel and gasoline to fill a widening shortfall in the federal government’s main source of transportation funding.
December 9, 2013Chaining-Device Options Can Help Truckers Save Time, Decrease Risk, Providers Say
“Slapping that iron,” a trucker’s term for adding snow chains to vehicles during winter months, is one task that drivers generally dislike.
December 9, 2013Two Studies Augment NHTSA’s Crash Data on Deaths Involving Medium, Heavy Trucks
When the federal government reported last month that U.S. truck-involved fatalities crept up by 3.7% in 2012 over the previous year, American Trucking Associations labeled the report “incomplete and misleading” because large trucks were grouped with smaller ones.
December 9, 2013Soaring U.S. Crude Output Could Buoy Trucking Industry
The significant growth in U.S. crude oil production, which recently overtook imports for the first time in 18 years, should help trucking by increasing freight volumes and possibly keeping a lid on prices, industry experts said.
December 9, 2013Trucking Could See Big Changes From Technology Advancements
IRVING, Texas — Developments in safety technology have the potential to dramatically change the trucking industry, perhaps eventually leading to driverless trucks, technology leaders told fleet executives here at a meeting organized by American Trucking Associations.
December 9, 2013