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SmartStop Inc. and T-Check formed a partnership to create a new “smart card” that will provide access to a variety of services.

DaimlerChrysler has broken off talks with Nissan Motor to acquire a stake in the Japanese company's truck and car manufacturing business.

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Lt. Gov. Walter Bradley broke a tie vote in New Mexico’s Senate to revive a truck speed limit bill that the Judiciary Committee tried to kill.

A panel created by the Louisiana Legislature recommended lawmakers force trucks to drive 5 mph slower than cars on all multilane highways.

Marshall Siegel, president of the Independent Truckers Owner-Operators Association, was sentenced to prison time, fines and restitution for his role in bilking truck drivers out of more than $200,000.

Certain issues have resurfaced after almost 30 years in the ongoing discussions on how to improve truck safety.

Installation of E-ZPass, the electronic toll program in New Jersey, continues to be plagued by problems that threaten to throw the project even further off schedule.

The head of the Department of Transportation in North Carolina unveiled his plan to reduce truck crashes and deaths to state legislators.

Charging truck operators only for the miles they put on a vehicle is an idea that has been talked about by European truck leasing execs for several years.