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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Despite cancellation of several technology sessions two weeks before the meeting began, issues of integrating information technology with maintenance practices keyed the opening sessions at the Technology and Maintenance Council’s fall meeting here last week.

In his book “Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation,” Michael Belzer claims “the average truck driver is working more than the legal limit,” citing as evidence data from the University of Michigan Trucking Industry Program Driver Survey.

The University of Michigan Trucking Industry Program truck driver survey has been cited widely because the data demonstrate substantial violation of hours-of-service regulations.

S.C. Sees Decline in Truck-Related Fatalities • More Manufacturers Announce Job Cuts • Customs Selects Director of Anti-Terror Office • MAN AG Wants to Speed Job Cuts • And more...

White House spokesman Ari Fleischer said Tuesday afternoon that tests have confirmed the presence of anthrax at an off-site mail screening facility used to sort mail coming into the White House, news services reported.

New Devices Help Trucks Avoid Danger • Web Is Way of Life for UPS Logistics • Shippers Interested in Third-Party Logistics • And more... And more...

Paccar Reports 3Q Earnings Lower, Cites Slow Economy • CSX Sees Significant Jump in Profits • Canadian Pacific Railway Profits Rise Slightly • Burlington Northern Posts Lower 3Q Earnings • And more ...

Truck drivers in Afghanistan -- whether delivering aid to refugees, food to a nearby city or supplies to the Northern Alliance -- put their lives at risk every day because of the treacherous road conditions in the war-torn nation.

Click here to write your own Letter to the Editor. The lack of security at truck terminals, seaports and nearly every place that trucks deliver is a concern for lawmakers and all U.S. citizens, but the greatest security concern is from normal practices of many (if not most) U.S. trucking companies today.

Greenspan Praises U.S. Financial System • California Wraps Up Hazmat Training Program • International Truck to Eliminate 400 Jobs • And more....