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A minority of reckless truck drivers is giving the rest of the industry a bad name, say some state trucking associations. To fight back, the groups are lending support to legislation to crack down on unsafe truckers.

Arkansas Best Corp., the parent of ABF Freight System, will sell Clipper International, the international freight forwarding division of its Clipper Group. The company also announced plans to buy the publicly-held shares of Treadco Inc., the new and retread truck tire business of which it owns 49%.

The unanimous vote by the Truckload Carriers Association last week to focus on education and training, and let the American Trucking Associations handle its advocacy efforts is a major step in the drive to improve the effectiveness of both organizations.

While state elections usually focus on issues like education, crime prevention and economic development, the recent race for governor in Illinois provided an unusual battlefield for some of the arcane issues of motor transportation law that rarely become the subject of public debate.

Delays and mistreatment of drivers at loading docks are forcing several trucking executives to consider discontinuing service to some shippers and locations.

A Truckload Carriers Association board hopes it has the right formula to improve the treatment of drivers by shippers and receivers. It will use a pinch of recognizing the best companies and a dash of education to better relationships with the rest.

If you are old enough to operate a combat helicopter, you should be old enough to drive a commercial truck across state lines, many trucking executives argue.

Graduates of training courses certified by the Professional Truck Driver Institute could get a few extra benefits as they start their jobs.

Mergers and acquisitions are integral parts of the trucking landscape today, but are they right for your company?