Trucking jobs sit vacant

While the unemployment rate in Wisconsin has been slowly but steadily dropping, at least one industry still is looking for workers.

PeopleNet unveils new generation Blu.2 onboard computer

TORONTO, Ont. — PeopleNet has come out with a sleeker, more powerful version of its Blu in-cab computing system, which will be available to customers for about the same price as the original version, the company announced. [Full Story]

State checks trucker violations as part of safety blitz

Elaine Chan of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration asks truck driver Dave Atwal, of Hicksville, N.Y., to turn on the lights on the truck at the Greenwich weigh station on Interstate 95 on Wednesday, June 8, 2011.

Former FMCSA staffer casts doubt on group’s HoS research

ARLINGTON, Va. — The former head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s research division has said the studies provided by the FMCSA to support its hours-of-service proposal contain many problems and can’t be relied on to support… [Ful…