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Why is using a cell phone while driving likened to drunken driving? As long as you have your hands free and you have a Bluetooth device or a headset, I do not see a problem.

December truck tonnage plummeted 14.1% from year-earlier levels and 11.1% from November, the worst freight performance in more than a decade.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has pulled back its formal proposal to require some carriers to use electronic onboard recorders, with indications the Obama administration may want to expand their use.

American Trucking Associations will exhaust all legal avenues to fight employee-only concession requirements contained in the Port of Los Angeles’ clean trucks plan, ATA President Bill Graves said.

The U.S. Senate confirmed several key cabinet posts, including Ray LaHood as secretary of transportation, but the Obama administration has yet to announce the president’s choices to lead several key transportation agencies within DOT.

Rail and intermodal traffic fell for the week ended Jan. 24 from a year ago, the Association of American Railroads said.

Surface trade among the United States, Canada and Mexico fell 13.8% in November from a year earlier, the Department of Transportation said Thursday.

Truckload carrier Knight Transportation’s fourth-quarter profit rose to $16.1 million, or 19 cents a share, from $13.8 million, or 16 cents, a year ago.