Wreaths Across America Follow Up
Volunteers in the trucking industry completed this year’s Wreaths Across America project this weekend, returning to Arlington Cemetery to clear the wreaths left during the holidays at veterans’ gravesites.

Volunteers in the trucking industry completed this year’s Wreaths Across America project this weekend, returning to Arlington Cemetery to clear the wreaths left during the holidays at veterans’ gravesites.

The truck-involved fatality rate had its largest year-to-year drop ever, declining by 12.3 percent, to 1.86 per 100 million miles in 2008.

Throughout the year, motor carrier safety officials carry out inspections on interstate trucks and drivers. Vehicles can be placed “out of service” when, by reason of mechanical condition or loading, they would likely cause an accident or breakdown.