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Senate Freezes Hours Plan

The Senate threw a major roadblock in the Department of Transportation鈥檚 drive to institute new hours-of-service rules for truckers.

June 21, 2000
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ATA Offers Dues Plan For TMC Membership

American Trucking Associations last week presented The Maintenance Council with a dues proposal designed to keep the council鈥檚 membership intact.

June 21, 2000
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TCA Likely to Extend Compromise to ATA

The leadership of the Truckload Carriers Association is expected to overwhelmingly sign off on a plan June 20 that calls for the group and its members to pay American Trucking Associations a monthly fee instead of requiring its members to join the federation.

June 21, 2000
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Trucking Companies Fertile Ground For Internet Boom

Two years ago, J. Vincent Ciroli Jr. was developing Internet sites for banks and helping his wife promote her real estate business online.

June 21, 2000
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DOT: No Data Behind Data Recorder Mandate

The Department of Transportation says it has no data to support its call for using electronic data recorders to monitor whether long-haul and regional drivers are complying with federal hours-of-service regulations.

June 21, 2000
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New Jersey Begins Enforcing Ban

New Jersey is putting muscle behind the ban that prohibits interstate truckers from using local roads to cross the state.

June 21, 2000
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Florida to Void Tainted CDLs

More than 500 Florida truckers may lose their commercial driver licenses due to bribery linked to the CDL scandal in Illinois.

June 21, 2000
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Judge Clears Way for Idaho To Eliminate Ton-Mile Tax

With judicial consent, the final nail was hammered into the coffin containing Idaho鈥檚 weight-distance tax.

June 21, 2000
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Deficient Bridges Hinder Truckers

Truckers are beset by more detours and congestion than ever before because of poorly maintained bridges across the United States, according to a recent study.

June 21, 2000
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Army Sends Choppers by Truck

Twenty-one of the Army鈥檚 top combat helicopters took off on flatbed trailers pulled by an equal number of tractors for a 1,400-mile trek to a retrofitting plant in Arizona, marking the first time trucks were used in the process.

June 21, 2000

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