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Two truckers hurt by thrown wheel

GANANOQUE, Ont. - Ontario Provincial Police are looking for the driver of the westbound truck that threw a wheel on Hwy. 401, initiating a head-on collision between two other rigs."Somebody would have...

Trucks boast strong safety record in Ontario

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association is again calling for the better training of car drivers, with the release of the province's annual report on road safety showing that car drivers are m...

Plan to be safe

I don't know of any professional driver who actually goes to work planning to be unsafe. And most fleets try to do a good job in the arena of safety.According to a recent American Trucking Association...

Tests shedding light on ABS warning systems

This winter's road testing of as many as 100 combination vehicles with the sometimes-controversial PLC4Trucks integrated circuit chip should help establish the reliability of the device, which is supp...

New CVOR system is a cut above the past

I have to hand it to the trucking industry and the Ontario Ministry of Transportation for developing the new and improved CVOR (Commercial Vehicle Operating Record) and its associated carrier abstract...

Winnipeg set to allow RTAC equipment weights

WINNIPEG, Man. - The city elders here have finally approved intra-city movements of RTAC equipment, so all that stands between one set of weight thresholds across all of Manitoba is for the new bylaw ...

Alberta fatigue pilot to start by April

CALGARY, Alta. - The Alberta Trucking Industry Safety Association (ATISA) says its fatigue management pilot project is almost ready to begin, looking for a way to manage driver fatigue beyond traditio...

The lucky drove during the hungry ’30s

CALGARY, Alta. - Today many truckers complain the rates are too low, but Lyle Lebbert can remember driving during the Great Depression when people drove truck for free."It went with the times, everybo...

Working real horsepower

GUELPH, Ont. - Ron Guest knows the true meaning of horsepower.His name was Jim. And throughout the late 1930s, Guest's horse and partner accompanied him on rounds as they delivered milk for the Credit...

Training choices on line with many programs

TORONTO, Ont. - Training Alternatives has launched an E-commerce site that takes its Flex School on line, bringing training for the transportation industry to the world of the Web.Courses include an i...

Some predictions for a millennial year

Certain topics have dominated this space over the past few years, and I'd like to engage in some wishful thinking as we turn the calendar to the year 2000.Cabotage: A more liberal viewBut over the pas...

Trial and tribulation at a modern keyboard

So who was the Einstein who invented this marvelous piece of technology called the computer? This "tech-no" piece of machinery that makes our lives easier. This space-age wizard of wonderment. This, t...

Cancom to bring Qualcomm north

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - CancomTracking Solutions will bring Qualcomm's MVPc system into Canada in the first half of the year, giving fleets a computer and communications system that's easily customized.Qu...

GE Capital enjoys E-commerce rush

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - In just five months since its initial launch, GE Capital Fleet Services' web ordering application, located at gefleet.com, now averages more than $3 million a day in online vehicl...

IRP restricts third-party plating

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The International Registration Plan's (IRP) Dispute Resolution Committee has decided it will no longer allow fleets to base plate their equipment in a third-part licensing outfit's s...