Regulations ATA unveils highway safety agenda October 29, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va. -- The American Trucking Associations (ATA) has published a highway safety agenda it feels will redu...
Regulations OTA responds to Ontario cell phone ban October 29, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. -- Ontario has introduced new legislation that would ban the use of handheld devices such as cell pho...
Regulations Ontario to ban cell phone use while driving October 28, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. -- Media reports today have suggested the province of Ontario will ban the use of cell phones and oth...
Regulations Alberta going after $126 million in unpaid traffic tickets October 27, 2008 EDMONTON, Alta. -- The Alberta government is cracking down on motorists with unpaid traffic tickets in an attempt t...
Regulations Ontario street racing law nets nearly 8,000 in first year September 30, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. -- A year after Ontario passed a law aimed at street racers that impounds the vehicles of drivers tra...
Regulations Green Party to call for twinning of rail lines September 17, 2008 HALIFAX, N.S. -- It'll be a Green shift of a different variety today on the campaign trail, as the Green Party unve...
Regulations US Customs and Border Protection launches WHTI advertising campaign in Canada September 16, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The US Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection is launching a televisio...
Regulations SPECIAL REPORT: Administrative nightmare for obligatory training in Quebec to end September 5, 2008 MONTREAL, Que. -- A newly-created co-operative will soon relieve Quebec companies of the crippling administrative b...
Regulations Nova Scotia takes action to remove weight tolerance August 22, 2008 HALIFAX, N.S. -- The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal in Nova Scotia has announced its three...
Regulations OTA opposed to ban on in-cab electronic communication devices August 7, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. -- The Ontario Trucking Association is opposed to an outright ban on all electronic communication dev...
Regulations APTA pushes for rejection of carbon tax proposal August 6, 2008 DIEPPE, N.B. -- The head of the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association is urging the Atlantic Federal Liberal Cauc...
Regulations OOIDA blasts FMCSA for extending Mexican truck program August 4, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Just last week the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association (OOIDA) was applauding a bill...
Regulations Nova Scotia launches long-combination vehicle pilot project August 1, 2008 HALIFAX, N.S. -- A pilot project in Nova Scotia will allow double 53-ft. semi-trailers to be hauled by a single tra...
Regulations OOIDA applauds Bill that kills Mexican truck program August 1, 2008 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The controversial pilot project granting Mexican trucks access to the US may be halted, much to...
Regulations Ontario pondering ban on in-vehicle distractions July 31, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. -- The province of Ontario will introduce legislation this fall that will ban the use of electronic d...