John G Smith

Brakes have evolved, but not every fleet uses the right friction

Tractor-trailers don’t stop on a dime. You can blame the realities of physics for that. But a standard 6×4 tractor traveling at highway speeds still needs to stop within 250…

Truck drivers paying price for border vaccine confusion

Don Slater is unvaccinated, and he’s preparing to haul a load to Texas despite a vaccine mandate that Canada imposed on cross-border truck drivers this weekend. Before a related U.S.

Canada’s cross-border truck drivers to face vaccine mandate … again

Canada’s on-and-off vaccine mandate for its cross-border truck drivers appears to be on once again – meaning new restrictions for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated truck drivers as of Jan. 15.

U.S. Supreme Court blocks vax rules for large employers

A Covid-19 vaccine and testing mandate that would have applied to U.S. businesses with more than 100 employees has been blocked in a split decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

U.S. truck drivers largely exempt from vaccine, testing rules for large businesses

A large share of truck drivers who work for big U.S. fleets will not face vaccine or testing requirements under rules introduced for U.S. businesses with 100 or more employees.

BREAKING NEWS: Border-crossing Canadian truck drivers won’t face quarantines, testing under vaccine mandate

Canada’s federal government is reversing course and will not impose testing and quarantine requirements for unvaccinated or partially vaccinated Canadian truck drivers at the international border when a new vaccine…

Border-crossing truck drivers told to download ArriveCAN app

Canadian border officials are preparing to take a hard line on a vaccine mandate for border-crossing truck drivers on Jan. 15. But enforcement teams may initially take an educational approach…

Entire Thermo King portfolio shifts to R452A refrigerant

Thermo King has officially switched to a refrigerant with a lower global warming potential (GWP) in all its new truck and trailer units. The standard refrigerant halves the carbon…

Unvaccinated cross-border truck drivers face quarantines and screening Jan. 15

Don Slater has no plans to get a Covid-19 vaccine, and as of Jan. 15 that means the lifelong truck driver will face new restrictions when crossing the border into…

Carrier Transicold bundles equipment fees, airtime service

Carrier Transicold’s eSolutions bundled subscriptions will now package equipment fees and airtime service into monthly plans. “Regardless of the 3G telematics equipment currently being used on a fleet’s Carrier…

Truck driver vaccine mandates loom for cross-border operations

Canadian fleets are reporting a “modest” increase in Covid-19 vaccines among their truck drivers, but Canada’s largest trucking association continues to warn of supply chain chaos if vaccine mandates go…

Truck driver’s 110-year sentence was ‘nuclear’ and unjust

Truck driver Roger Aguilera-Mederos faces up to a decade in prison for an April 2019 crash that killed four people in Colorado, but it’s far less than the 110 years…

Aceinna system refines autonomous navigation

Aceinna (pronounced “a-see-nah”) is refining the positions of autonomous vehicles with an inertial navigation system. The INS401 features an RTK (real-time kinematic)-enabled dual-frequency GNSS receiver, triple-redundant inertial sensors, and…

Top 10 trucking products of 2021

It was a roller coaster of a year. Demand for trucks, trailers, and every imaginable piece of equipment continues to soar. But shortages of everything from microchips to assembly line…

Petition calls for end to ‘carnage’ on Hwy 11/17

Richard Deschamps says it’s time for the carnage on Ontario Highway 11/17 to come to an end, and as of Thursday morning more than 7,500 people agree with him. The…