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Members of the Truckload Carriers Association are urging shippers to join them in fighting proposed changes in the federal hours-of-service regulations governing truck drivers. They are also suggesting points to stress in filing comments with the Department of Transportation.

All of trucking is convulsing over the federal government’s proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules, but agricultural haulers say the produce, livestock and timber they haul would make it especially difficult — if not impossible — for them to abide by the Department of Transportation’s wishes.

George G. Mead, a former chief lobbyist for American Trucking Associations who was involved in the battle over deregulation, died at his home from a sudden heart attack June 28. He was 60.

The Truckload Carriers Association does not plan any more integration discussions with American Trucking Associations, according to TCA Chairman Robert Hansen.

Voicing renewed optimism in the heavy truck market, Michel Gigou, president of Mack Trucks, introduced a new, lightweight, day-cab version of the over-the-road Vision model.

The Idaho Department of Transportation Board voted to add nearly 30 more state highways to the list of roads that trucks pulling 53-foot trailers may travel without a special permit.

Technology has given dispatchers more tools to be efficient, but it hasn’t eliminated the heart-popping stress of the job.

Less-than-truckload carriers want the Department of Transportation to take a second look at its estimates of the amount of lives its overhaul of hours-of-service regulations would save.

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