One thing PrePass and Norpass deliver in equal measure to qualified truck operators is an easy way to avoid a time- and fuel-wasting delay at weight stations.

Trailer tracking clearly would hold little value for fleet managers if they couldn’t sever the tractor-trailer umbilical without leaving the trailer a lifeless lump.

Be warned: The federal government is rearranging Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations, trucking’s safety rule book. A thoroughly revised book will make its debut “soon,” in government time — a draft is due to go public sometime this fall.

The open road has called many to a life behind the wheel, but it’s a hard one. The most common complaint registered in an informal Transport Topics poll of drivers is the long-haul trip that stretches on and on at the expense of family life. It’s an ancient conflict.

A federal grand jury in Richmond, Va., charged a mother and two of her three sons with running a violent hijacking ring along the Interstate 95 corridor that preyed on independent truckers.

The Department of Transportation has formally recognized 17 standards needed to ensure “smooth operation” of intelligent transportation systems throughout the nation.

A major critic of trucking and the industry’s most powerful group agreed last week to work together on improving trucking safety and to support formation of a blue ribbon panel that would study the issues further.

TT PhotoRep. Frank Wolf (pictured), a major critic of trucking, and the industry’s most powerful group agreed last week to work together on improving trucking safety and to support formation of a blue ribbon panel that would study the issues further.