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TT File PhotoDiesel fuel prices continued to climb across the United States, with the national average getting a boost from even higher increases in California.

During National Sleep Awareness Week, March 29 to April 4, ATA called on the DOT to update the 60-year-old hours-of-service regulations that set amount of time truck drivers can spend behind the wheel.

Michelin North America is buying Tire Centers Inc. of Akron, Ohio, one of the nation’s largest independent tire dealers and a recent convert to Michelin’s new retread tire technology.

Navistar International Corp. and Siemens Automotive Corp. have finalized plans for a $100 million joint venture to develop and manufacture diesel fuel injectors designed to meet emission standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency for 2002.

Wayne Carpenter is the newest trucking Good Samaritan to win the title of Highway Hero. The tanker driver was chosen from five semifinalists in Goodyear's annual North America Highway Hero program.

TT File PhotoTollbooths are not likely to be sprouting on Interstate highways in Arkansas or elsewhere soon. A March 31 deadline for states to seek admission to a federal tolling program passed without a single applicant.

A rule requiring trucking companies to install reflective tape or reflectors on the sides and rears of older trailers will cost at least $228 million, according to the Federal Highway Administration.

Werner Enterprises this week angrily denounced allegations by Citizens for Reliable and Safe Highways that the company’s paperless log system had loopholes drivers could use to violate hours-of-service regulations.

Despite complaints from munitions haulers, the Department of Defense is moving forward with a plan to use a third-party electronic freight payment system to compensate freight carriers.