In The News

• Driver Distraction Related to Truck Crashes

  By Diana Britton, Managing Editor - TruckingInfo.com
  Posted Jun 4th 2009 4:06AM

  Driver distraction, from cell phone use to dispatching devices, was involved in 100 percent of commercial vehicles cr...

• Court upholds drug testing rule

  By Jill Dunn
  Posted Jun 4th 2009 4:05AM

  A federal appeals court upheld a 2008 U.S. Department of Transportation rule requiring direct observation of transpor...

• Highway trust fund needs money

  By eTrucker Staff
  Posted Jun 4th 2009 4:03AM

  Money for current highway construction will run out in August unless Congress approves up to $7 billion more, accordi...

• Cabinet officials head to hard-hit auto states

  By Kathy Barks Hoffman - The Associated Press
  Posted Jun 3rd 2009 4:49AM

  LANSING, Mich. — Officials in four Midwestern states badly hurt by the auto industry’s woes are lining ...

• Michigan DOT: Drivers can afford gasoline tax increase

  By David Eggert - The Associated Press
  Posted Jun 3rd 2009 4:43AM

  LANSING, Mich. — Drivers can afford to pay higher gasoline taxes to improve their roads, Michigan’s top...