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At the end of a long trip, what could be better than a thick steak, a cold beer and an evening in Juarez or Tijuana — with someone else paying the tab?

International efforts to staunch the flow of illegal immigrants are gaining steam as European and Asian authorities step up efforts to track down those who help smuggle stowaways on freight transportation.

During the fiscal year that ended in September 1998, U.S. Border Patrol agents processed 1,618 cases of human smuggling that involved more than 10,000 undocumented immigrants. During the previous year, 1,279 cases involved 6,557 immigrants.

Technology for monitoring fatigue remains unproven and is not ready for widespread use in the trucking industry as a regulatory tool, according to an Australian study.

A court ruling that upheld the termination of a trucking company employee with rheumatoid arthritis provides the industry with more clarification about what the Americans with Disabilities Act may mean to its businesses, according to an attorney who specializes in labor and employment law.

Every motor carrier will have to update its MCS-150 identification report to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration every two years instead of merely filing it once when beginning business.

A labor lawyer says a court ruling that upheld the termination of a trucking company employee with rheumatoid arthritis provides the industry with more clarification about what the Americans with Disabilities Act means to business.

International efforts to staunch the flow of illegal immigrants are gaining steam as European and Asian authorities step up efforts to track down those who help smuggle stowaways on freight transportation.

In the news this morning: Landstar Systems expects solid 4Q earnings; Dorsey Trailers files for bankruptcy; Bridgestone, Ford settle tread-separation lawsuit; and more to come.

Today's Technology Headlines: LEDs on the road to acceptance in trucking; Study finds users leery of wireless Internet access; and Mobile phones are getting data-smart.