In The News

• Volvo Trucks to lay off up to 1,100 workers from southwest Virginia plant, reduce production

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Apr 18th 2008 5:26PM

  DUBLIN, Virginia - Volvo Trucks North America plans to lay off up to 1,100 employees from its southwest Virginia pla...

• Reno cops use big rig to nab traffic law violators

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Apr 18th 2008 5:44AM

  RENO, Nev. — That inconspicuous white 18-wheeler rumbling down the freeway could be bad news for bad drivers....

• Big rig misses one moose, but second one not so lucky

  By The Associated Press
  Posted Apr 18th 2008 5:37AM

  HEMATITE TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A truck driver is assessing the damage to his rig after he avoided one moose in th...

• ATA chair tells Senate to fix congestion; consider bigger trucks

  By Today's Trucking
  Posted Apr 18th 2008 5:29AM

  ARLINGTON, Va. – American Trucking Associations Chairman Ray Kuntz today asked a Senate panel to make fundame...

• Crash course

  By Justin Carretta, online news editor - Fleet Owner
  Posted Apr 18th 2008 5:16AM

  What is the event or reason that makes truck-car collisions unavoidable? This question was discussed thoroughly by R...