A new standard issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration could require trucking companies to give training lessons to their drivers on how to safely operate forklifts.

Trucker drivers in Illinois are getting a helping hand from two recently-enacted laws.

The state legislature hasn’t even convened, but anti-trucking legislation has already been filed in Oklahoma for the 1999 session.

The Texas Motor Transportation Assn. is joining forces with two other industry groups in the state to increase its power and reach.

An advisory committee of industry representatives has developed a recommendation for proposed smoke testing regulations.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, in what it called one of the most important regulatory initiatives it has ever undertaken, will ask employers to institute a broad program to identify and prevent workplace hazards.

One in 10 truck drivers tested positive for drugs or alcohol during a recent roadside safety check in southern Oregon, and 26% of the trucks had to be put out of service, according to state officials.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will ask employers to institute a program to prevent workplace hazards.

A plan approved by the Maine Turnpike Authority will hike turnpike tolls for truckers by 25%. The toll hike will raise the $11.5 million the state needs to widen parts of the road.

A good Samaritan trucker jumped into a burning wreck to save a fellow truck driver, but quickly vanished before he could be rewarded for his good deed.