The Department of Transportation’s proposed hours-of-service regulations would cost trucking nearly six times more than DOT estimates, according to a new industry study

Two days after being named America’s safest truck driver, Thomas C. Turner was still feeling a bit overwhelmed.

A Washington, D.C., transportation attorney who has worked for several trucking trade groups is the new president of the Truckload Carriers Association.

The people who enforce the hours of service agree that the 61-year-old regulations need to be updated to reflect modern trucking, but the Department of Transportation’s proposal is developing a reputation among the ranks of roadside inspectors as being too complex.

Talk about a gathering of strange bedfellows.

Waiting is the hardest part on the final day at the driving tournament.

Before they ever get behind the wheel to compete, driving championship contestants have to pick a truck, take a written test and conduct a pre-trip inspection, all under the watchful eyes of judges.

In the finals of the National Truck Driving Championships, there are no judges saying, “Gentleman, start your engines.” There is just a walk-through of the six-problem course, followed by long waits by 27 anxious drivers who took turns showing how they were the best in their respective classes.

To the sounds of a trumpeter playing Willie Nelson’s “On the Road Again” and the applause of family and friends, the winners of the National Truck Driving Championship entered the packed banquet hall at the New Orleans Hilton to celebrate their victories.

An inspector from the New Mexico Motor Transportation Division swept the North American Inspectors’ Championships.