OSHA to Stop Fining Truckers Over Chocks Federal job safety inspectors will no longer fine truckers for failing to place wheel chocks to stop trailers from rolling because trucking safety regulations have been held to supersede the authority of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, officials said. The Federal Reserve s periodic snapshot of U.S. economic conditions warned Wednesday that retail sales and manufacturing have continued to weaken, while surging costs for motor fuel have hit the trucking industry especially hard. This cartoon appears in the April 30 print edition of Transport Topics. Subscribe today . Click here to see more cartoons by Transport Topics' Rick Beckrich.
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Highlights Stocking the Jukebox With Binary Code Electronic storage and retrieval of bills of lading, contracts, driver logbooks and other paper is a high-tech solution to recordkeeping and workflow management for a growing number of trucking companies. But the evolution was already under way. The past year was truly a mixed one for the industry. But skyrocketing diesel prices, a continued driver shortage and a softening economy made life harder for the nation's trucking fleets.