Monday, August 4, 2003

• DOT simplifies drug test reporting rules
• Comment period on FMCSA household goods rule extended
• Drivers indicted for HOS violations
• Effective date of California IRP fee increases moved back
• OOIDA member Underhill named NAVL van operator of the month
• I-29 work near Sioux Falls, SD, nearly finished
• Wyoming may expand dangerous highway near Casper
• Local officials want to expand highway in northeast Missouri
• 'Dead pool' creator to resign
• GAO: TSA/DOT transportation security effort needs clarification
• ACLU sues Justice, FBI over expanded surveillance powers
• Bill would tighten restrictions on rogue movers
• Minnesota announces plans to speed up road work
• Michigan lawmaker pursues red-light cameras

Tuesday, August 5, 2003

Wednesday, August 6, 2003

Thursday, August 7, 2003

• Governor signs bill banning left lane slowpokes in Illinois
• Power unit buying plans remain strong
• Group challenges Patriot Act's constitutionality
• CHP notes decline in truck-at-fault crashes
• Skipped your tolls? Now you can make payments
• Massachusetts eyes cell phone restriction
• Rhode Island seat-belt initiatives rejected
• Arizona lawmaker will continue fight for seat-belt law
• Mad-cow driving layoffs in Canada
• Trucker charged in five highway deaths

• CTA working FAST for trucker security card
• New York City studying possible changes in truck routes
• Peterbilt and OOIDA sponsor Road America Super Truck Concours d’Elegance
• NJ drowsy driver bill becomes law
• Red-light proposal stopped in Rhode Island
• Illinois lawmakers want photo radar in construction zones
• Troopers using PennDOT trucks for radar camouflage
• Truck inspection effort aimed at PA truckers
• Pennsylvania House rejects DUI bill
• Trucker’s child snatched in dispute with employer
• Truckers asked to tighten meat-shipping procedures
• AAA study tracks distraction factors
• FTC settles with bogus international driver's license marketers
• Ohio lawmaker: Want trucks back on the Turnpike? Then unsplit those speeds
• Aftermarket brake marketer settles FTC charges
• Oregon photo-radar bill may be dead
• Kentucky emergency-vehicle bill signed into law