Senate expected to consider limiting EPA’s climate change reach
The U.S. Senate is preparing a vote on legislation that would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse gases as pollutants.
North Dakota bills cover driving on closed roads, state police budget
A bad driving decision could soon cost travelers in North Dakota quite a bit more than mere pocket change. The House voted 60-34 on Tuesday, March 29, to advance a bill that would authorize tougher penalties for drivers who use roads closed due to hars…
Wreck saves choking trucker’s life
If he hadn’t wrecked his rig, truck driver Richard Paylor might not be alive today.
PETA interested in sponsoring ‘Fishing Hurts’ rest stop in Virginia
As a way to boost revenue to help pay for the state’s 42 rest stops, VDOT has designed a new program that would allow companies and organizations to pay for sponsorship opportunities at the sites. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or P…
OOIDA member to Congress: Keep highway funds for highways
Kris Kane, an OOIDA life member from Oakland Mills, PA, told Congress Tuesday that “drivers’ time is not accounted for in the supply chain.” Kane gave testimony before the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure’s subcommittee…
Uniform speeds in Texas one step closer to reality
Keeping track of the speed limit while driving through Texas could soon be a whole lot easier. A Texas House panel has advanced a bill that would also allow trucks to travel at the same speed as other vehicles.
The doors are open at 40th annual Mid-America Trucking Show
The weather in Louisville this week has been dreary, but it is starting to improve. That is good news for the 70,000 expected attendees who are beginning to arrive at the Kentucky Expo Center for the 40th annual Mid-America Trucking Show, which opened …
Extended service interval grease
Chevron Products Co. introduced an extended service interval grease called Delo Grease ESI March 31 in Louisville, Ky.
Jim Gambill, manager of direct marketing, said, “Many fleets have gone to extended drain intervals. This is a new product designed to support that.” Although not a synthetic grease, Gambill described it as “a 30,000-35,000-mile grease.”
Chevron recommends following […]
Ultra-capacitor for truck starts
Maxwell Technologies will market a device later this year called an ultra-capacitor that will replace one or two truck batteries and help start a truck, the company announced Thursday, March 31, in Louisville.
The unit is dry, maintenance-free, saves weight and provides a line of protection against no-starts, said Dennis Flynn, director marketing research and brand […]
Ice Road Trucker eyes federal election run
Ice Road Truckers star Alex Debogorski stands in Times Square in New York City, while on tour to promote his book King of the Road in October 2010.