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Fleet trucks are no longer simply delivering products — they’re delivering advertising messages as well. And the popularity of the medium appears to be spawning a cottage industry dedicated to its success.

An industry petition to put 19- and 20-year-olds behind the steering wheels of heavy trucks at the end of a 48-week training period has drawn about 550 comments, mostly in opposition, said a spokesman for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration.

Fewer truckers have been using Oklahoma’s turnpikes since a large toll hike at the beginning of the year, and still more may choose to avoid the tolls if a plan to turn part of U.S. 69 into a turnpike is adopted.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — American Trucking Associations will be asked to make reduction of the 12% excise tax on the purchase of new Class 8 tractors and trucks a top priority for its lobbying efforts on Capitol Hill

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The trucking industry would not have a driver shortage if it did more to improve driver working conditions, Julie A. Cirillo, acting head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, contends.

Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure subcommittee, wants to give truck owners a small break by distributing some of the costs of the Heavy Vehicle Use Tax to the buyers.

The Memorial Day holiday dawned to the highest U.S. diesel fuel prices in nearly four months, as an increase in every region combined to produce a national average price of $1.529 per gallon. That is 3.5 cents above the previous week.