Monday, May 19, 2003

• Federal charges filed against NY trucker in TX rig deaths
• Mac Collins to run for Senate in 2004
• Texas truck bill requires annual driver checks
• Primary seat-belt bill advances in Illinois
• National Motorists' designate June as Lane Courtesy Month
• Michigan lawmakers target bad drivers
• Daily Safety Month updates available at 800 number
• Chairman Young questions highway spending plan
• New Mexico rejects fuel hike
• Maine lawmakers reject distracted driving bill
• Montana boosts speed on 93

Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

SPECIAL REPORT: Big changes for truck-stopping technology bill, but measure moving ahead in California

SPECIAL REPORT: U.S. Congress backs OOIDA’s June safety initiative

• Run compliant - and eat canned corn
• Threat level raised to orange; FBI warns of possible attacks involving trucks
• Diesel price declines for 10th week in a row
• Need for surcharges cited
• Washington state governor OKs fuel-tax increase
• OOIDA members recognized by carrier
• Illinois takes aim at left-lane slow pokes
• Pennsylvania among states targeting drunken driving, highway dollars

Thursday, May 22, 2003

• Nebraska's Rep. Terry cosponsors National Truck Safety Month resolution
• Two split speed bills dead in Connecticut
• Whitman to resign as EPA head
• Oregon Senate approves trooper funds
• Members receive lifetime achievement award
• North Carolina aggressive-driving bill advances
• San Francisco Bay area tolls may go up
• Truckdriver in TX smuggling case denied bail
• Teen driving bill headed to governor in Illinois
• Montana stiffens blood-alcohol law
• Truckdriver shot because gunmen apparently thought he was an Arab

• Freeze truck lengths and weights? Most truckers say 'yes'
• Scam targets truckers entering Newark, NJ
• Correction: Bay area tolls may go up
• Bad drivers would pay for care under Texas bill
• Workers' compensation bill signed in Nevada
• Travel Channel goes truckstop hoppin'
• Louisiana House passes bill to pull punished teens' licenses
• Drunken driving bill would ensure highway dollars
• More congressmen sign on as cosponsors of Safety Month resolution
• Ohio senator introduces state's second uniform speed bill
• Oklahoma passes digital fingerprint bill for truckers
• Florida House passes seat-belt bill
• You want fries with that?
• Tougher drunken-driving bill fails in Colorado
• Callers who just wanted a license get a whole lot more …