Arkansas offers real-time drug test results
Friday, August 29, 2008
Arkansas offers real-time drug test results (Fleet Owner)"Nearly eight months after its creation, Arkansas’ one-of-a-kind online alcohol and drug test database for commercial truck drivers is getting positive feedback – and it’s being looked at as a possible model for developing a similar system for tracking alcohol and drug test results on a national basis."
Other trucking industry headlines from Friday, Aug. 29, 2008:
Fleet Owner
Load binder released
Wabash announces price increases
$14.7M designated to improve safety on rural roads
ATA submits brief in ports challenge
Trailer/Body Builders
Waltco Consolidates Manufacturing Operations
Blogs
Steel & Chrome (Trucks At Work)
"Since Labor Day is the holiday weekend that traditionally heralds the end of the summer, I thought we’d close things out with a bang and have a little fun – which for me means combining big rigs and heavy metal!"
Other stories
DOT Won’t Block DHL-UPS Air Deal (Transport Topics)
Transportation Secretary Mary Peters told Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D) she does not believe a plan by DHL Express to use UPS Inc. for its U.S. air cargo operations constitutes unfair competition.
June NAFTA trade up 6.6% from last year (Commercial Carrier Journal)
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement partners Canada and Mexico was 6.6 percent higher in June 2008 than in June 2007, reaching $74.1 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics of the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Teamster Driver Speaks at Democratic National Convention (Truckinginfo.com)
Last night, more than 75,000 attendees to the Democratic National Convention in Denver heard from a real-life truck driver -- Teamster Roy Gross from Taylor, Michigan.
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