In The News

• LaHood creates USDOT economic team

  By eTrucker
  Posted Feb 5th 2009 1:08AM

  U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today, Feb. 4, announced he has created a team at the U.S. Department of Tr...

• Cash-strapped states mull seat belt law changes

  By Stephen Majors - The Associated Press
  Posted Feb 4th 2009 1:58AM

  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drivers better buckle up or pay the price: More cash-strapped states want to give law enforcem...

• 3 killed in Indiana I-69 pileup amid snowfall

  By The Trucker News Services
  Posted Feb 4th 2009 1:49AM

  FISHERS, Ind. — Dozens of cars and semitrailers crashed during a sudden snowstorm Tuesday along a 40-mile stret...

• Carrier group pushes for uniform speeds in ‘Slowhio’

  By David Tanner, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted Feb 4th 2009 1:46AM

  The Ohio Trucking Association has stepped up its effort to change the posted speed limit for trucks from 55 to 65 mph ...

• OOIDA members react to Virginia State Police’s ‘get a room’ advice

  By Clarissa Kell-Holland, staff writer - Land Line
  Posted Feb 4th 2009 1:40AM

  Many truckers have weighed in on the Virginia State Police’s recent advice to “get a room” if the...