Ontario introduces speed limiter legislation preview image Transportation Ontario introduces speed limiter legislation May 1, 2008 TORONTO, Ont. - A long-awaited and much-maligned law was introduced in the Ontario Legislature March 19 that would require all trucks operating within the province to have their speed mechanically lim...
Did you know? (May 01, 2008) preview image Transportation Did you know? (May 01, 2008) May 1, 2008 Despite significant improvements to its human resource strategies in recent years, trucking remains plagued with an acute driver shortage. And while that may not seem as important an issue during the ...
Transportation Truck News wins awards; Ritchie takes top honours May 1, 2008 LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Joanne Ritchie, OBAC executive director and author of the Truck News series of columns "Voice of the Owner/Operator," won the Truck Writers of North America's (TWNA) Best of Magazine...
Transportation Women in Trucking reaches 1,000 member mark (May 01, 2008) May 1, 2008 PLOVER, Wis. - Women in Trucking, an organization that encourages the employment of women in the trucking industry, has signed its 1,000th member just a year after being formed.
Transportation Ice road truckers to hit the big screen? May 1, 2008 YELLOWKNIFE, N. W. T. - A major Hollywood movie studio has purchased the rights to a TV show about ice road truck drivers in the Northwest Territories, which may be used as the premise for an action f...
Truck driving no longer Canada’s most common job for men preview image Transportation Truck driving no longer Canada’s most common job for men May 1, 2008 OTTAWA, Ont. - Retail salespersons and sales clerks have usurped truck drivers as having the most common occupation among Canadian men.
Transportation US truckers slow down to protest fuel prices May 1, 2008 WASHINGTON, D. C. - Truckers across the US parked their rigs or slowed down to a crawl Apr. 1, to protest rising fuel costs.
Transportation Seatbelt usage among US truckers hits record 65% (May 01, 2008) May 1, 2008 DENVER, Col. - The number of professional truckers buckling up their seatbelts jumped dramatically in 2007 to a record level of 65%. US Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters made the announcement...
Transportation ATA says industry will spend record amount on fuel May 1, 2008 ARLINGTON, Va. - The trucking industry will pay a record amount for fuel in 2008, according to projections from the American Trucking Associations.
Transportation OTA: How’s Port Huron treating you? May 1, 2008 PORT HURON, Mich. - The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) is surveying drivers to learn about the treatment they are receiving at the Port Huron, Mich. border crossing.
Western reaction: preview image Transportation Western reaction: May 1, 2008 DELTA, B. C. - Like their Ontario sister organization, the Western Canadian trucking associations support a move to limit truck speeds to 105 km/h. But unlike in Ontario, the associations have had lit...
Transportation De-mystifying the Nova Scotia cell phone ban May 1, 2008 HALIFAX, N. S. - On Apr. 1, Nova Scotia introduced a ban on using cell phones while driving, joining Quebec, whose own ban kicked in that same day, and Newfoundland, who has had the ban since 2003. Fo...
NSTSA holds first-ever safety awards preview image Transportation NSTSA holds first-ever safety awards May 1, 2008 KENTVILLE, N. S. - The Nova Scotia Trucking Safety Association recently held its first Safety Excellence Awards, honouring some of the safest carriers and industry leaders in the province.
Transportation Grounded! May 1, 2008 GATINEAU, Que. - One day before heading south in his company rig, Daniel Martineau opened a letter from the Societe de l'assurance automobile du Quebec (SAAQ).To his astonishment, it advised him that ...
