Monday, January 13, 2003

• National security FHWA’s top priority
• Long Beach port testing new ID cards
• Wyoming proposes fuel tax hike
• South Carolina worker’s truck has gone to the dogs
• Solution from the High Seas? “Boat tail” may reduce drag
• How do you use WD-40?
• Florida DOT rejects Mica's request to restrict trucks
• Virginia lawmaker proposes statewide fuel tax
• Diesel hits buck-fifty mark
• Mother Nature blamed for series of Utah pileups
• DOT's Mineta returns to hospital
• Sirius announces new programming
• Good news for audio book fans

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

• U.S. District Court grants OOIDA motion to dismiss Arctic counterclaims against absent class members
• South Carolina group backs fuel tax increase
• Virginia lawmaker seeks traffic aid for DC area
• Diesel prices decline
• 2003 Kenworth calendar now available

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

• Time ticks as industry waits for hours-of-service rules
• DOT reduces hazmat registration fees
• Oil prices up despite OPEC production boost; Venezuela unrest continues
• Georgia governor balks at fuel tax hike
• Texas town pushes fuel sales tax
• Bill would open the road for truckers to get home
• States could lose federal highway dollars if DUI limits not lowered
• PennDOT likely to keep projects
• Trucker dies in accident at pier

Thursday, January 16, 2003

• Seeds of doubt delay Garden State’s dual speed limit plan
• Ridge gains unanimous approval to head homeland agency
• Congestion slowing movement of goods and people, study says
• NHTSA administrator: Vehicle gizmos unsafe
• New Hampshire to study state-owned truckstops
• Arizona officials want sales tax for roads
• Ads for international drivers’ licenses or permits could be a dead end
• MoDOT gives rural areas bigger share
• Miami man sentenced for role in CDL scheme
• Diesel prices decline
• Small Ohio town gives trucker the best gift of all
• Arctic suffers significant setback in legal tangle with OOIDA
• OOIDA pursues Prime in state court, includes corporate officers as defendants
• FMCSA to advise hazmat carriers on security steps
• Kansas governor wants road money to balance budget
• Construction firms propose truck-only lanes, tolls in VA
• Dallas cops ‘get tough’ on speeders
• Florida men plead guilty in cigarette heist
• FMCSA fines NY household goods carrier $302,000
• Louisiana city’s council boots big rigs
• USA Truck Orders 963 International EPA-compliant engines