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A legislative proposal will put pressure on the United States to bring truck weight more in line with its border neighbors, according to a state official.

Fears of a Teamsters strike against major carhauling companies grew as the May 31 contract deadline approached.

American Trucking Associations has a Y2K problem that has nothing to do with configuring its computers to deal with the new millennium. The bug facing the organization is persuading its 14 conferences and national affiliates to develop closer ties with their bigger cousin by Dec. 31, 2000.

Efforts to rein in one of the main abuses in the commercial driver licensing program have shown a measure of success, according to the author of a study.

A bill to remove the speed limit differential between cars and trucks in Texas was approved by both houses of the state legislature. Now all that remains is for some differences between the two bills to be worked out and Gov. George W. Bush to sign it.

Officials of the nation's largest railroad said they don't believe Congress will pass legislation to force carriers to permit their competitors to operate over their tracks.

An additional 32 truck drivers with substandard vision in one eye are trying to get commercial driver licenses.

The May 14 court ruling that placed federal air quality standards in limbo is unlikely to have any short-term consequences for trucking. But the ramifications could be far-reaching if Congress has to fill in lost regulations -- and that will depend on how the Environmental Protection Agency fares with its probable appeal.

Photo from American Freightways Freight was flowing less than two days after a tornado flattened an American Freightways terminal in Oklahoma City. One of several twisters that ripped through Oklahoma on May 3 totaled the facility, destroying close to 200 trailers and eight tractors.

Oregon legislators rejected a plan to replace the state's weight-distance tax with a levy on diesel fuel.