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Truckers may cruise Interstate 25 without stopping at a scalehouse now that the highway has become the first major trucking corridor in the nation to be completely wired for electronic weigh station bypass, according to state authorities.

The Department of Transportation's proposed hours-of-service rules would mean more trucks, lower driver pay and no real gain in safety, trucking industry groups said during the May 31 hearing over the controversial trucker drive-time issue.

In this afternoon's headlines: Truckers warn DOT that the proposed drive-hours rule would hurt the economy; Trucking company linked to scandal; Refrigerated carriers call for higher rates; Truck accident at Canadian border prompts calls for faster entry; Modesto, Calif. forum calls for better routes for delivery trucks; and Company offers device to keep moisture out of tires.

The Environmental Protection Agency and American Trucking Associations will face off in the U.S. Supreme Court on how air pollution standards are set.

Trucking insiders have given an emphatic thumbs-up to the appointment of Clyde J. Hart Jr. as acting deputy administrator at the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

A sharp rise in insurance rates is forcing truck companies to accept more risk as well as incur higher operating costs. The problem could reach crisis levels before long, some observers say, and may even push some truckers out of business.

Rep. Lee Terry wants to stop the proposed hours-of-service rules dead in their tracks.

In-truck computers to monitor driver hours were endorsed by some of the largest trucking companies in the country when the Arkansas Trucking Association voted last week to support the proposed federal mandate for “black boxes” on trucks.

Three major trailer leasing companies are spending millions to put conspicuity tape on the trailers and containers used by their customers before a June 1, 2001, federal deadline.

As if a chicken’s life weren’t tough enough — cooped up, pecking at seeds, people taking your eggs — now poultry in Canada has to go out and work for a living.