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The following column appeared in the Dec. 13, 1998, issue of the Akron Beacon Journal, Akron, Ohio, and is reprinted with permission.

Gary “Duke” Downey and Keith Davis are not your typical truckers.

Federal and state governments are doing a poor job of inspecting trucks at the U.S.-Mexican border, an audit has found.

Trucking representatives are denouncing the Department of Transportation’s draft study of truck sizes and weights as flawed and lacking substance.

Trucking hauls just under 70% of U.S. business freight, according to new government statistics.

Utah is considering turning over the operation of its public highway rest areas to private companies, rather than having to pay the $36 million it estimates it will cost to rebuild the aging facilities.

United Parcel Service will raise its rates for the coming year, the company announced Tuesday. The new prices will take effect on February 8.

Trucking must fight efforts in Congress to strangle its productivity. That is why American Trucking Associations will push for state flexibility to fill in the gaps in the network for longer combination vehicles and resist any attempts to undercut vehicle dimensions, according to ATA President Walter B. McCormick Jr.

The Environmental Protection Agency isn’t appropriately enforcing its new rules on upgrading underground fuel storage tanks, Natso Inc. said.

ANR Advance Transportation appears to be out of business, despite denials by an official of the Milwaukee-based carrier.