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This afternoon's headlines: California Trucking Association pushes for tougher drug-use law; critics demand safety upgrade to Canada's wreck-prone Highway 401; and Connecticut steps up truck enforcement patrols.

Bowing to political pressure from numerous trucking and shippers groups, the Department of Transportation is "prepared" to extend the deadline for public comments on proposed changes to the hours-of-service regulations until late October.

The price of diesel fuel dropped 1.2 cents this week, amid predictions that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will increase production by another 500,000 barrels a day.

Members of The Maintenance Council of American Trucking Associations likely would not be forced out of the organization over the ATA membership requirement if a proposal approved by ATA’s Management Committee gets the high sign from the ATA Executive Committee.

A group of Houston drayage carriers are withdrawing their lawsuit against a Teamsters local that was planning to strike the trucking companies.

Gov. George E. Pataki ordered the price of diesel fuel and gasoline sold on the New York Thruway to be cut by a nickel for the summer driving season.

In the news this morning: Smithway Motor Xpress issues profit warning; Canadian Pacific rolls out Expressway intermodal service; and tractor-trailer hits bridge in Lexington, Ky., closing I-85 Business lanes.

This afternoon's headlines: Battle over Simon Transportation heats up as Moyes makes formal bid; drowsy truckers use mandatory W. Va. brake stop to sleep; and Colorado slashes sales tax on trucks, parts.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters regards political contributions as a business. The union is looking for a presidential candidate that does it the most good, but for now it is resisting endorsing the two major parties’ contenders.