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The American Trucking Associations’ Information Technology & Logistics Council is expected to draw about 300 participants to its first meeting to discuss advances and other technological trends affecting trucking.

The debate over on-highway electronic clearance of commercial trucks has broken down into two major turf wars: One battlefield pits the private vs. the public sector and the other arena is technology.

When you’re the driver of the big rig, it isn’t easy to convince a jury that the accident wasn’t your fault. But what if you had undeniable evidence that the four-wheeler cut you off and then slammed on his brakes right in front of you?

A National Research Council study suggests people are eager to use technology to make business processes more efficient, but that it may take some digging to determine which are the best tools.

U.S. railroads are girding themselves for a fight over a possible mandate that they install reflective markings on more than 1.7 million rail cars at a cost of more than $400 million.

Nascar races these days are a far cry from the events where beer-loving, good old boys used to tailgate in their pickup trucks and watch their favorite drivers zip around the track.

Great Basin Cos., a medium- and heavy-duty truck and trailer dealership in Salt Lake City, announced it has acquired two companies in the Las Vegas area.

A Clinton administration proposal to charge maritime vessel operators a fee to cover the cost of harbor and navigational channel dredging is under fire from ports and maritime interests, but a powerful lawmaker warned that some sort of fee is likely.

Cargo Transporters likes collision-warning systems well enough to equip 100 of its new trucks with the devices, which operate on the same principal as radar.

Driver pay increased at an annual rate of 3.3% in the first quarter of 1999, a bit higher than the 3.1% annual rate seen in the fourth quarter of 1998, according to the National Survey of Driver Wages.