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Sometimes, it seems truck maker Freightliner Corp. would make a good candidate for Gamblers Anonymous.

Parents Against Tired Truckers, which contends that company policies are at the root of driver fatigue, called upon the industry to start paying truck drivers by the hour, with extra for overtime and full compensation for all time worked.

Revised truck out-of-service guidelines are now available from the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance.

The Surface Transportation Board won praise from the Department of Transportation’s inspector general for addressing concerns raised in a November audit of the agency’s fee structure.

The Federal Highway Administration’s efforts to crack down on the motor carriers with the worst safety records are not working, according to federal auditors.

Some truckers who haul for the Department of Defense are raising objections to a billing plan that could force them to give up from 1% to 2% of freight charges in order to get paid.

Truckers face having parched fuel tanks along a desolate, 100-mile stretch of Interstate 10 in California. Not a single fuel pump could be found on the road between Indio and Blythe because of the enforcement of federal rules regarding underground tanks, according to news reports.

Navistar International displayed a completely new product array to more than 300 dealers, customers and media in a glitzy presentation at the Navy Pier here last week.

Sometimes, it seems truck maker Freightliner Corp. would make a good candidate for Gamblers Anonymous.