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Highway fatalities involving big trucks dropped by 19 during the year 2001, according to a preliminary report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released on Monday.

Trailer maker Wabash National Corp. said Tuesday that it has named William Greubel president and chief executive officer effective May 6, replacing acting president and CEO Richard Dessimoz.

A senator from Illinois is drafting legislation that could require applicants to furnish more proof that they are who they say they are when they seek a commercial driver license.

Orders for future deliveries of Class 8 trucks soared in March by nearly 170% over March of 2001, reflecting, at least in part, what one manufacturer called a “frantic” effort by carriers to acquire new power units before federal requirements for lower-emission engines take effect Oct. 1.

Truckers, like sailors, need to keep one eye on the weather gauge. And truckers, like many people, are turning more and more to the Internet to find crucial information.

The national average price of diesel fuel fell for the second straight week, the Department of Energy said Monday, dropping 1.6 cents per gallon to stand at $1.304.

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WASHINGTON - Senate Democrats attacked the Bush administration's voluntary guidelines for reducing musculoskeletal injuries in the workplace and endorsed legislation to require the Labor Department to issue ergonomics regulations instead.

SAN DIEGO — Executives of the six major U.S. truck manufacturers predicted a slowly improving truck market, citing an upturn in used truck values and downplaying worries about the changeover to cleaner-burning diesel engines later this year.

The Department of Energy began filling up the Strategic Petroleum Reserve this month on schedule.