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The Texas Department of Transportation said it has introduced a warning system that utilizes sensors and electronic signage to reduce work-zone collisions.

Once again, the fuel price snake has turned its head and for nine weeks now has been favoring truckers and motorists with some relief. But we’re all experienced enough — or should we say skeptical enough — to know that the relief is surely short-term. Or is it?

CINCINNATI — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s chief safety officer strongly defended changes in driver hours-of-service rules slated to take effect in July, saying they are necessary to reduce exposure to fatigue that can lead to crashes.

Sales of used Class 8 trucks in March reached their highest level since October despite coming in 18.2% short of the sales volume reached in March last year, ACT Research reported.

President Obama last week selected Anthony Foxx, the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., as the next secretary of transportation.

GAGGENAU, Germany — Daimler Trucks officially began full production of its first automated manual transmissions designed for North American heavy-duty trucks at its plant here last week.

Now that tentative five-year agreements between UPS Inc. and the Teamsters union have been reached, about 250,000 workers in the company’s package and freight units will vote in a ratification process that may take two months.

While wide-base wheels offer weight and fuel savings, especially when spec’d for a new truck, fleets need to be aware of the higher costs when retrofitting them and of the potential for maintenance problems if the job isn’t done right, suppliers and carrier executives warned.

Trade experts assessing a federal appeals court’s recent affirmation of the United States’ cross-border trucking pilot program with Mexico could not agree whether it paved the way for a rush of new Mexican carriers.

Most leading suppliers to the trucking industry that reported earnings late last month said profits declined, or turned to losses, in the first three months of 2013.