Wanted: Fuel stories inked in red

Aug. 30, 2005
The American Trucking Assns. is calling upon the trucking industry to provide anecdotal information on how high fuel prices has hurt business to support its website designed to educate public officials

The American Trucking Assns. is calling upon the trucking industry to provide anecdotal information on how high fuel prices has hurt business to support its website designed to educate public officials.

The website is part of ATA’s National Fuel Price Crisis Watch at www.truckline.com/fuelpricecrisis.

“The effects of high fuel prices follow safety as a major concern for our industry,” said ATA president & CEO Bill Graves. “They are starting to become a drag on economic growth.”

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