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Southwood J. "Woody" Morcott, chairman and chief executive officer of Dana Corp., Toledo, Ohio, is the 1998 Automotive Industry Leader of the Year.

A grand jury chose not to indict a trucker accused of vehicular homicide.

More and more, electronics are replacing the telephone at truck stops as the main communication service for many companies and drivers.

The best investment for a transportation provider seeking growth and profitability could cost no more than the time required to think it through. Preparing a strategic plan is within the means of any company, large or small.

Last week’s off-year elections saw voters return key trucking lawmakers to Capitol Hill, with no major changes in the makeup of congressional committees dealing with transportation issues precipitated by the American electorate.

TruckPac, American Trucking Associations’ political action committee, raised and spent more in the 1998 elections than it did in the previous two election cycles, according to Federal Election Commission records and interviews with ATA officials.

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ slow-motion national election began Nov. 2 when the federal government dropped some 1.4 million ballots into the mail.

The fatal crash rate for large trucks fell to 2.39 per 100 million miles in 1997 from 2.41 the year before, according to newly released statistics from the Federal Highway Administration.

Michael A. Meredith, the long-time president of the Oregon Trucking Assns., has joined American Trucking Associations to help guide and strengthen ATA’s relationship with the state associations in the next century.