Monday, March 10, 2003

• SPECIAL REPORT: Easy money? Not so easy for Legacy Leasing
• Truckstops, trucking companies spar over price gouging issue
• Bill to boost borders with X-rays, cameras, security efforts
• OOIDA member dies in forklift accident
• Cities in gray area over color-coded alerts, study say
• Oklahoma speed-trap bill clears hurdle
• West Virginia coal-truck bill nears passage
• Texas senator targets road safety
• South Carolina committee supports seat-belt bill
• Panel reviews fed's role in high fuel costs
• Kansas sets hearing on truck registration bill
• Relief for truckers in Kentucky moving forward
• Driving home? Kentucky's legislators say go ahead
• Lane restrictions introduced in Florida
• CDL exemption advances in Florida
• Florida local toll road bill in committee
• Montana bill boosts speed on 93
• Speed limit bill sent back to committee in Idaho

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

• SPECIAL REPORT: New Jersey announces highway safety initiatives
• Diesel hits $2 mark in New England; $1.771 national average
• OOIDA board member speaks against bill to allow larger trucks
• Mineta released from hospital after 'chassis' readjustment
• Key part of South Dakota budget plan approved
• Minnesota plan: fewer rest areas, less snow plowing, more new highways
• California bill calls for private toll road
• New Jersey to focus on road repairs
• Texas lawmakers push cell phone restriction
• Iowa bills target drunken driving, highway dollars
• Maryland bill restricts who rides with young drivers
• No free pass for Sen. Schumer after car stolen
• Pilot completes Williams purchase

Wednesday, March 12, 2003

• Beware March 15: Diesel prices could soar, OPIS says
• Wall Street Journal reports on plight of truckers
• Oklahoma tightens registration rules
• CIA vet to head new terror center
• Trucker lends state troopers a helping hand
• 'Loaded' DUI bill fails in West Virginia
• California would lower speeds on some urban roads to 45 mph
• Utah authorizes traffic task force
• Texas lawmaker seeks fast-tracked road construction
• Double trouble in North Dakota construction zones
• Proposed Alaska budget includes road money
• Loosened teen driver restrictions pass Georgia House
• Bill would restrict teen drivers in Illinois
• Schneider to add owner-operators

Thursday, March 13, 2003