In The News

• Texting rule published, this time for real

  By David Tanner, associate editor - Land Line
  Posted Sep 28th 2010 4:07AM

  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced during last week’s distracted driving summit that the feder...

• DOT awards university grants

  By eTrucker Staff
  Posted Sep 28th 2010 3:56AM

  The U.S. Department of Transportation announced more than $9.2 million in grants to seven University Transportation C...

• DOT’s LaHood says NTSB recommendations completed show safety priority

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted Sep 27th 2010 4:10AM

  WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that, in keeping with his commitment to ...

• Driver forced to leave dock for questioning company’s bathroom policy

  By Clarissa Kell-Holland, staff writer - LandLineMag.com
  Posted Sep 27th 2010 3:51AM

  A simple request to use the bathroom at a food packaging plant recently led to one trucker being asked to drop his tra...

• Requests far exceed DOT grant funds

  By eTrucker Staff
  Posted Sep 27th 2010 3:27AM

  Nearly 1,000 construction grant applications for more than $19 billion far exceeded the $600 million in TIGER (Transp...