Industry Issues: It’s your chance to comment on speed limiters preview image Regulations Industry Issues: It’s your chance to comment on speed limiters September 1, 2005 By now, you will have read or heard that the OTA board of directors has endorsed a policy directive to make it mandatory for speed limiters to be activated on all trucks. This would be part of a compr...
Voice of the O/O: Daycare for truckers preview image Transportation Voice of the O/O: Daycare for truckers September 1, 2005 Slap my wrist for criticizing a carrier's business model, but there's an industry practice out there that's a little hard to take....
Private Links: Active supporters also work behind the scenes preview image Transportation Private Links: Active supporters also work behind the scenes September 1, 2005 This month I'd like to use this space to follow up and perhaps expand a little on the article I wrote for the July 2005 issue of Truck News....
Let’s talk Insurance: The United “Hot” States of America preview image Transportation Let’s talk Insurance: The United “Hot” States of America September 1, 2005 The dog days of summer are upon us - a time when temperatures in Mississauga rival those in Mississippi....
Law and the Border: Criminal Code changes do affect waivers preview image Regulations Law and the Border: Criminal Code changes do affect waivers September 1, 2005 Not everyone with a criminal record needs a waiver, even if the person has multiple convictions. For example, offenses committed before the person was age 18, typically do not affect admissibility....
A Trucker’s wife: Summer heat making both mom and kids crazy preview image Transportation A Trucker’s wife: Summer heat making both mom and kids crazy September 1, 2005 Dear Kelly,...
Transportation Speed limiters a good idea, but better training needed September 1, 2005 Dear Editor,...
FDA covers Queenston-Lewiston bridge on Sundays preview image Transportation FDA covers Queenston-Lewiston bridge on Sundays September 1, 2005 NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - As of July 17, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been providing coverage at the Queenston -Lewiston Bridge on Sundays by remotely reviewing entries for trucks at the brid...
Transportation Competition to crown national driving champion September 1, 2005 MONCTON, N.B. - The nation's best truck drivers will soon be heading out to the Moncton Coliseum Complex to try and write, weave and wheel their way to the top of the 2005 National Professional Truck...
Regulations Montreal company puts moves on truck manifest market September 1, 2005 MONTREAL, Que. - A high-tech Montreal company wants to do for the trucking industry what it has already achieved for air and sea shippers....
ExpoCam 2005 coming in October preview image Transportation ExpoCam 2005 coming in October September 1, 2005 MONTREAL, Que. - ExpoCam 2005 organizers are gambling that donating space to Quebec's truck technician training schools will make this year's event even more successful than the last, says Michel Berg...
Stay off the juice preview image Transportation Stay off the juice September 1, 2005 CALGARY, Alta. - It's a blustery February morning in Northern Manitoba and you awake to find your brakes have seized up overnight. Assuming the culprit is moisture in the air lines, what do you do? If...
It’s a good time to start trucking preview image Transportation It’s a good time to start trucking September 1, 2005 TORONTO, Ont. - Canada's largest profession desperately needs more drivers. And with opportunities abounding, this is a great time to choose trucking as a career....
On the skids and loving it preview image Transportation On the skids and loving it September 1, 2005 GRAND BEND, Ont. - Skid school is a blast. Where else do you get a chance to spin tractors and jackknife trailers? But there's a serious lesson being taught at the Canadian Centre for Decision Driving...
