CTA to fight “eye popping” UCRA hike proposal

OTTAWA -- Now is not the time to increase fees of the Unified Carrier Registration Agreement (UCRA), Canadian and American truckers insist.

Over & Out: ON cell phone, texting ban includes CB radios

TORONTO -- It's enough to make CW McCall switch to singing the blues. Ontario's ban on hand-held cell phones, texting and other communication devices while driving kicks in on October 26

LCV: Long, Complicated, Vexing

MONTAGUE, P.E.I. -- Just when you thought Canada was getting its interprovincial act together, in comes this: If you want to run a Long Combination Vehicle (LCV) in Quebec, you must have a "T" designation on your commercial driver's license.

B.C. adopts pro-rated licence fees

VICTORIA -- The B.C. government officially approved pro-rated licence fees for commercial vehicles, including both trucks and buses.

Truckers have to ‘lead with their chin’ going forward: ATA boss

LAS VEGAS -- "A trucker has to be an optimist or else he wouldn't be trucking."

Global biofuel use to spike; BCTA wants domestic rules cleaned up

VICTORIA -- Global use of biofuels should more than double by 2015, with U.S. biofuel use expected to grow by more than 35 percent, according to a report by Hart's Global Biofuels Center.

Truckers fuming mad over smoking fine

WINDSOR, Ont. -- A trucker was recently fined for smoking while driving his rig along Highway 401 near Windsor, Ont. and the ticket has sparked a bit of outrage among other drivers.

Western provinces reduce trucking barriers

REGINA -- Saskatchewan and Alberta have reached an understanding in an effort to help truckers operate more efficiently and safely between the two provinces.

New U.S. drug testing rules in effect

CALGARY -- File this under 'not-so-great job, but someone has to do it.'

N.Y. to crack down on wayward trucks

ALBANY, N.Y. -- Legislation is being proposed in New York that calls for stricter enforcement of driving laws aimed at reducing the number of bridge strikes by truck drivers.

Truckers, port reach settlement over Clean Trucks program

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The American Trucking Associations and the Port of Long Beach announced a settlement that will end the trucking group's legal challenge of the port's Clean Trucks Program. The association will continue to pursue legal action against the Port of Los Angeles.

NY becoming worst state for truckers to haul in: OOIDA

ALBANY, N.Y. -- America's largest owner-op group says there's something rotten about the Big Apple's governor proposing to crack down on commercial trucks using secondary state roads.

Treatment of marine transport unfair to truckers: CTA boss

OTTAWA -- Canadian officials are urging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide marine shippers safe harbor from strict new pollution rules -- and that's got the nation's top trucking advocate steamed.

Rulemakers consider new truck pedal designs, interlock device

WASHINGTON -- American truck regulators are considering a proposal to require trucks with automatic transmissions and buses to have installed technology that prevents unintended acceleration.

Pining for bigger woodchip-hauling Super Bs in B.C.

VICTORIA -- Urged on by the pulp and paper industry, B.C.'s Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure's Commercial Vehicle and Safety Enforcement (CVSE) branch is allowing permits that extend the length and height of Super B-Trains