Monday, May 5, 2003

• TSA, DOT release new rules for hazmat background checks
• Virginia's I-81 proposals advance
• Florida truckers threaten strike over left lane restriction
• Deadly crash occurs after 11-year-old takes wheel of semi
• South Carolina fuel tax bill likely dead
• Roadcheck 2003 scheduled for June 3-5
• Minnesota Senate Democrats unveil road plan
• Minnesota speed bill under review
• North Carolina House passes left turn bill
• Hearing canceled on port chassis bill in Florida
• NHTSA recalls some International trucks

Tuesday, May 6, 2003

Wednesday, May 7, 2003

• National Safety Council names June as National Safety Month
• Trucker, wife die in Tennessee truck wreck
• Members receive safety awards
• Diesel prices continue to dip
• Texas Senate votes in favor of clean air compliance bill
• Minnesota mulls over speed-radar bill
• Railroad crossing bill hung up over one word in Alaska
• Arizona names highway for American Indian woman killed in Iraq

Thursday, May 8, 2003

• Homeland Security Act overhaul in the works
• Roadcheck 2003: June 3-5
• Local radar bill revived in Pennsylvania
• Maine lawmaker targets distracted drivers
• Tennessee bill designed to combat road rage
• Overweight truck bill crushed in Florida
• Young driver restriction headed toward House vote
• Bill targeting younger drivers passes Georgia committee

• Sandberg scores perception of trucks at confirmation hearing
• Workers' comp bill gets a thumbs down in California
• Transportation cuts now law in Kansas
• Iowa puts the brakes on speed limit increase
• Tornado turns truck into air freight; trucker escapes injury
• Trailers lengthened in Mississippi
• Iowa passes tougher drunken driving standard
• June Safety Month, HOS, elections dominate spring board meeting
• Canadian trucker organization urges all Canadian truckers to support OOIDA June Safety Month
• How do you get that "deadbeat" broker/carrier list?
• The sooner, the better: Court says states must send Oklahoma truck tag money
• Canada and U.S. announce expansion of border programs
• Bill to nix split speed limit heads to Illinois governor
• Mineta names John Hill as FMCSA's chief safety officer
• New Jersey panel OKs toll road merger
• Gas tax hike nixed in Indiana
• Red light bill gets red light in Hawaii
• Hawaii legislators hang up on cell phone bills
• Truckers to gather for world's largest truck convoy to benefit Special Olympics