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Anthony McMahon is taking his fight with the Department of Transportation’s inspector general to a higher court.

Proposed changes to the hours-of-service regulations would cause increased pollution, road rage and divorces but fail to accomplish the stated goal of improving highway safety, according to testimony at a June 15 hearing.

A changing focus of government regulations toward safety issues rather than productivity and operations will require a new approach by maintenance professionals as well as new technology, The Maintenance Council members were told during their summer meeting, June 12-14.

Illinois Gov. George H. Ryan told a federal panel that the scandal involving commercial drivers licenses in his state was “an outrage,” but that wrongdoing wasn’t isolated to Illinois and could be worse elsewhere, as in Florida.

Having lost in the court of public opinion, Oregon trucking representatives now want to take their battle against the state’s weight-distance tax to a real courthouse.

When does the growth of information technology for trucking become information overload that could distract the driver? Federal transportation officials have decided it’s time to look into the question, since it could have negative implications for safety.

Traditional third-party logistics providers seem unfazed by the proliferation of their online counterparts. But some observers wonder whether the tech-savvy newcomers may one day reduce the role of the conventional logisticians to little more than package-pushers.

Productivity improvements in the logistics and trucking industries generated by computers and use of the Internet may be imperiled by the Transportation Department’s hour-of-service rules, according to a leading industry analyst.

A jury will decide later this year whether the producers of “Dateline NBC” misrepresented their intentions to a Maine trucking company owner in developing a segment on driver fatigue for the television news show.

Trucking companies are part of a ground swell of public sentiment seeking repeal of the estate tax,which kicks in when family-held businesses or property are transferred from one generation to another, and Congress is taking note.