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Trucking is proud to support the nation’s drive for cleaner air.

According to the Wall Street Journal of May 1, Norfolk Southern Corp. has suggested that the Commonwealth of Virginia kick in a share of the $900 million it will take to add a second track to the railroad line that parallels Interstate 81.

Global positioning systems will be 10 times more precise now that the Clinton administration has decided to unscramble satellite signals that had been reserved for military applications.

The game is on for in-cab computers sales, with everybody and his brother trying to design a device for carriers to install in trucks.

Con-Way Canada Express, the Canadian-based subsidiary of Con-Way Central Express, is extending its network by rolling into five more Canadian provinces.

Retail sales of Class 8 trucks dropped sharply in April, belatedly tracking with widespread predictions that 2000 figures will fall well short of the record set in 1999.

“I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.” The line, usually associated with a joke about the biggest lies ever told, is delivered with an almost straight face by Officer John Harmon, who is addressing a group of student truck drivers at the Chattanooga State Technical School in Tennessee.

The government’s hours-of-service proposal is designed to prevent 2,600 truck-related crashes and 115 fatalities a year, but it does not weigh the safety effects of hiring more truck drivers and putting more trucks on the road to compensate for the longer rest periods, according to critics.

Proposed changes to the hours-of-service rules for truck drivers would come at a steep cost for tanker carriers, according to speakers at the National Tank Truck Carriers Association’s annual conference.

A sampling of manufacturers and distributors that have their own trucking fleets reveals that they may either be unaware or unconcerned about the possible effects of changes in driver hours of service on their businesses.