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The radar guns are out in full force in Milwaukee these days and lead-footed truckers who find themselves on the wrong side of a speeding ticket have an alliance of state officials, law enforcement and industry leaders to thank.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission relaxed the rules that determine which hazardous materials may be trucked through the four mountain tunnels on its toll road.

Amid some confusion over New Jersey’s prohibition against off-route interstate truck movements, state police handed out another 76 tickets to drivers, raising the of number of summonses above 150 since serious enforcement started May 20.

Trucks can keep cruising the Arizona deserts at the same speed as four-wheelers thanks to a state Department of Transportation study.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission relaxed the rules that determine which hazardous materials may be trucked through the four mountain tunnels on its toll road.

Parcel carriers are used to expedited deliveries and fast transit times, but United Parcel Service is buying a little more speed as an official sponsor of a Nascar racing team.

Diesel and gasoline prices receded in Illinois last week after suspension of the state’s sales tax on motor fuel. Within days, the tax holiday knocked a nickel or more off pump prices.

Parcel carriers are used to expedited deliveries and fast transit times, but United Parcel Service is buying a little more speed as an official sponsor of a Nascar racing team.

The fear of some California trucking operations that they would have to start paying their drivers overtime after eight hours of work in a day was put to rest when a July 1 deadline passed without authorities changing trucking’s exemption from state work rules.

All drivers in Indiana are directed to give road workers a wide berth or face fines of up to $10,000 established by a new law.