March/April 2003

 

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News

Hot topics
• Bush committed to Mexican truck entry
despite court challenge
• Teamsters, carriers, reach agreement
World events push diesel toward $2-a-gallon mark
• Effort to aid homebound Arkansas truckers hits bump in road
• Alabama wants truckers to come home

Safety Month action plan

State legislative watch & directory
Activity picks up as sessions continue

Editor’s Page Sandi Soendker
Issues & Positions Jim Johnston
Washington Insider Paul Cullen Jr.

Lawsuit update
• Court grants OOIDA class certification in lawsuit
against Heartland Express
• OOIDA opposes arbitration clauses

Transportation Research Board
Academia meets OTR trucking at DC meeting

New regulator in town: TSA’s plan
Biometric ID cards and rig lock rules

Easy money?
The Funding Tree apparently takes root in Nevada

Features

I-376: The road to better treatment from your motor carrier
Lease-purchase – with deals like this, can you really make it as an owner-operator?

Every move you make ...
Do you know who’s watching you?

Top 20 Readers' Choice
Here's the products you wanted to know more about

Trucker faces his worst nightmare
OOIDA member Daryl McCartor struggles to free his wife after events of 30 years ago put her behind bars

Running wireless – cell phones & trucking
• An indispensable accessory for truckers
• Talking up cell phones
• The difference between life and death
• One for the birds

Mid-America Trucking Show Preview
MATS Announcements
Ready for Louisville?
What’s New at MATS
MATS Product News

Bottom Line
106 Power crisis
How growing electrical loads are forcing the industry to look at new ways to manage DC power systems

TIRES: Your greatest expense
Don’t they deserve more respect?
by Technical Editor Paul Abelson

108 Maintenance Q&A
Technical editor Paul Abelson answers your maintenance questions about torque

OOIDA Member Info Donna Ryun
Road Law Jeff McConnell & James Mennella
Tax Tips Barry and Howard of PBS

Audio Book Review Jonathan Lowe
Just the Other Day ... Pete Rigney
Trucker to Trucker Ray Kasicki
Personal Wheels Paul Abelson
High Performance Diesels Bruce Mallinson

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