http://www.ttnews.com Trucking News Throughout the Day. The continuing delay in passing a new long-term highway bill has trucking executives and transportation officials worried about the effects on the U.S. freight network, according to David Abney, chief operating officer of UPS Inc. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24953 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:00:00 GMT Fourteen months into his job as CEO of Daimler Trucks North America, Martin Daum said the truck sales market is still bad - although it is improving - but his real challenge is trying to figure out when sales will return to a robust pace. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24949 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:45:00 GMT COLUMBUS, Ohio - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood encouraged the nation's safest truck drivers to play an active role in combating distracted driving. "Distracted driving is an epidemic in America," LaHood said in a speech Aug. 5 during the National Truck Driving Championships. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24946 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:30:00 GMT While the trucking industry waits for the Obama administration to complete its review of a new hours-of-service proposal, executives with some of the nation's largest fleets warned that a cut in driving time would result in higher consumer costs, reduced efficiency and increased pollution. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24948 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:00:00 GMT Requiring stability control systems to be installed on all heavy-duty trucks would prevent nearly 3,500 rollovers, save 106 lives and eliminate nearly 4,400 injuries in the United States every year, a top federal highway official said last week. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24947 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:45:00 GMT Three trucking companies are suing Caterpillar Inc. over the sale of what their legal counsel says are "defective" 13- and 15- liter diesel engines for heavy-duty trucks. The Texas law firm representing the companies now is looking for fleets to join the litigation. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24951 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:30:00 GMT Second-quarter earnings reports from the less-than-truckload sector show a tepid recovery compared with truckload companies, although executives said tightening truckload supply could divert freight into LTL terminals. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24944 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:00:00 GMT The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration said last week it is changing how it targets trucking companies for enforcement based on a study of its new CSA safety-monitoring program. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24945 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:45:00 GMT New legislation aimed at giving ports more authority to set environmental regulations is expanding the battle over the Port of Los Angeles' controversial employees-only clean trucks plan from the courts to Congress. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24952 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:00:00 GMT Congress has passed a short-term extension of the Federal Aviation Administration's authorization, delaying until after the August recess further debate over a labor provision that has UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp. feuding. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24954 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:30:00 GMT The U.S. diesel average price rose 0.9 cent to $2.928 a gallon last week, the second straight gain, but just the third increase in the past 12 weeks, the Department of Energy reported Aug. 2. http://www.ttnews.com/articles/petemplate.aspx?storyid=24950 - Mon, 09 Aug 2010 05:05:00 GMT