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Truck drivers accustomed to using two major roads in New Jersey are heeding a month-old order banning them from those and other thoroughfares, even though enforcement has not begun.

A Maryland judge ordered a North Carolina furniture dealer and the trucking company that ships its product to collect Maryland sales tax on furniture purchased by the state’s residents.

Shell Oil Co. apologized to truckers for its newest advertising campaign after the industry complained that the ads cast trucking in a negative light.

The average price of diesel jumped 2.2 cents a gallon last week, the biggest leap since April, but analysts who have been calling the summer’s numbers artificially high still think the cost of fuel will stop rising.

The New York Legislature adopted a budget, but elimination of the state’s ton-mile tax on trucking was not part of the package.

Cynics might have been skeptical about a program to transform displaced factory workers into truckers because of the difficulty of keeping new drivers in the industry. But 30 new drivers are on the road through the private-government collaboration.

Ryder System is going the extra mile for its employees by establishing a public school for their children right across the street from its headquarters in Miami.

Having an accident is bad enough without having to struggle through rehabilitation in a strange hospital thousands of miles away from friends and family. But a specially-designed bus may be the solution to get ailing truckers home.

American Trucking Associations celebrated National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with a cookout and truck show, showcasing advances in trucking technology and safety.

The average price of diesel last week jumped 2.2 cents a gallon last week, but analysts who have been calling the summer’s numbers artificially high still think the cost of fuel will stop rising.