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elcome to the March 2011 edition of Road Today and thanks for your continued interest in the awardwinning magazine for the changing trucking industry. The current edition carries stories, features, updates on new products and developments related to trucking industry. Regular features like Trucking Quotient Quiz, Road Safety Tips, Entertainment, Health Column, Kids Corner, etc. also make good read. The truck show season is ready to roll out with exciting events lined up through out the spring season. To start with, the Mid America Truck Show will be held later in the month in Louisville, USA, immediately followed by the ExpoCam in Montreal (April 7-9) and then continue with our own show here in Brampton to be held on May 28-29. I would like to encourage all our readers to spare some valuable time and visit these events to keep updated with the latest industry updates. Many of the shows offer free entry to pre-registered visitors, so check out their websites and don’t miss out on the opportunities to network and be well informed. The Red Tape Review Commission, established by the Prime Minister to identify federal regulatory requirements in areas where businesses feel reform is most needed to reduce the compliance burden, especially on small business is a welcome decision. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recently appeared at the commission’s roundtable discussion in Toronto and is encouraging all carriers to make their own views known and provide real life examples of where government red tape should be eliminated

or reduced by going to the commission’s website at http://reduceredtape.gc.ca Distracted driving continues to be a major reason for accidents on the roads. A recent oneweek enforcement campaign by the Toronto Police led to more than 2500 charges laid for distracted driving related offences. Readers need to note that it is an offence to operate a motor vehicle at anytime on the roads while using a hand-held entertainment or communication device or viewing a screen that does not have direct relation to the navigation of the vehicle. While the use of BlueTooth technology or wired head-sets are allowed under the distracted driving legislation, people should realize that the true danger to public safety lies in the distraction, not the device. In next few weeks, we will be launching Road Today 360 – 24/7 online tv. This video presentation will bring you latest updates, interviews, and coverage of industry events plus much more. Stay tuned for more updates as we embark upon another glorious chapter and please send us your valuable suggestions. If you want to reach the Road Today team through social media, we are readily available and visible on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. And don’t forget to tune in to ‘Good Morning Today’ our weekly radio program broadcast every Sunday on CJMR 1320 AM radio dial. Drive safe. Always remember: someone back home is waiting for you! Manan Gupta Editor

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Again this year, two fleets in North America will be recognized for their commitment to safety through the 2011 Volvo Trucks Safety Award. The honorees will each receive $25,000 to be used in their safety-related activities. The deadline for entry is June 30, 2011. Complete rules and entry forms are at http://www.volvotruckssafetyaward.com The winners of the 2010 Volvo Trucks Safety Award were MacKinnon Transport of Guelph, Ontario, and Upper Lakes Foods, Cloquet, Minnesota.

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avistar International Corporation has announced it has reached a development agreement with EcoMotors International™ in support of the company’s opoc® (Opposed Piston-Opposed Cylinder) engine architecture. EcoMotors International’s first product targeted for commercial application is a turbo-diesel version of the innovative opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder engine. “We continue to be on the cutting edge of technology and our development agreement with EcoMotors once again demonstrates our commitment to develop new, innovative approaches to the commercial vehicle industry,” said Dan Ustian, Navistar chairman, president and chief executive officer. “Our company has a long history of pushing the envelope to deliver state-of-the-art, customerfocused solutions and we see great promise in EcoMotors’ breakthrough engine design.” Khosla Ventures’ Vinod Khosla, EcoMotors primary investor along with Bill Gates, sees the Navistar-EcoMotors alliance as a reflection of the disruptive nature of the opoc technology. EcoMotors’ patented engine design creates a ground-breaking internal combustion engine family architecture that will operate on a number of different fuels, including gasoline, diesel, natural gas and ethanol. The opoc’s new opposed piston-opposed cylinder direct gas exchange operation provides the well known emissions benefits of 4-cycle engines, the simplicity benefits of 2-cycle engines, the power density of the less well known opposed piston engine, and the extraordinary developments in electronics and combustion technology all tied together in a new and proprietary engine architecture. The opoc engine comprises two opposing cylinders per module, with a crankshaft between them— each cylinder has two pistons moving in opposite directions. This innovative design configuration eliminates the cylinder-head and valve-train components of conventional engines, offering an efficient, compact and simple core engine structure. The result is an engine family that is lighter, more efficient and economical, with lower exhaust emissions. EcoMotors’ opoc engine has a number of distinct advantages over traditional internal combustion engines. The opoc engine has very high power density of nearly one horsepower per pound resulting in an unprecedented lightweight and compact engine. The opoc engine is perfectly balanced enabling stackable power modules. This unique modular displacement capability is one of the long standing, but elusive goals of engine engineers’ quest for high efficiency. In addition, it also results in much less NVH than a conventional engine of comparable power. It’s elegantly simple design allows for low cost, efficient www.roadtoday.com

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he Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) is challenging government claims that its members stand to reduce their carbon footprint in any significant manner through a biodiesel mandate announced by Minister of the Environment Peter Kent and Minister of Agriculture Gerry Ritz. According to CTA, there is strong evidence, including a 2009 study done by EcoRessources Consultants (ERC) for Environment Canada, that shows the environmental impact of a biodiesel mandate in terms of GHG reduction is negligible and certainly outweighed by the costs. According to ERC, the total incremental cost to society of the proposed biodiesel regulation for onroad use would be $4.5 billion between 2011 - 2035, whereas the benefits, in the form of reduced GHG emissions, are valued at only a tad over $860 million. On a regional basis, Western Canada would take the biggest cost hit at about $1.8 billion, followed by Ontario at $1.3 billion and Quebec at more than $450 million. The report makes clear that consumers - the trucking industry and the increasing number of people buying more fuel-efficient diesel powered light-duty vehicles - would ultimately be burdened with the incremental costs of a biodiesel mandate, both in terms of direct costs and by the flow through of the increased costs to the petroleum refining sector, with very little GHG reduction benefit. According to CTA’s CEO, David Bradley, “It’s no wonder other countries are re-thinking their biodiesel policies. Furthermore, under the proposed US heavy-duty truck GHG reduction regulation, which Canada says it will harmonize with, biodiesel isn’t even mentioned as an option for meeting the new standard. If this is about the environment, then it behooves the Minister of the Environment to provide the trucking industry with emission credits for using this product.” “CTA made it clear from the outset,” says David Bradley, “that we are not opposed to the introduction of alternative fuels that could reduce our reliance on oil-based product, so long as it works in our engines, is in plentiful supply, is affordable and won’t impair our engine warranties.” CTA concluded that in a time of rising fuel prices it is frustrating that a government would add cost to hard working businesses with questionable environmental returns as the basis. www.roadtoday.com

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CTA and Provincial Trucking Associations Appear Before Red Tape Reduction Commission

he Red Tape Review Commission, established recently by the Prime Minister to identify federal regulatory requirements in areas where businesses feel reform is most needed to reduce the compliance burden, especially on small business, is travelling the country holding hearings. And at each stop so far the local provincial trucking association has been on hand to provide input. The commission is made up of both Parliamentarians and private sector representatives, including Denis Prud’homme, former owner of Prud’homme Trucking and past president of the Saskatchewan Trucking Association. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) recently appeared at the commission’s roundtable discussion in Toronto. The CTA’s submission focused on the ongoing problem of lack of adherence to national standards governing extraprovincial trucking; the increased burden of complying with and the overlapping of border security measures; and the way certain regulations, or the way they are administered, or the lack of meaningful consultation at the early stage of their development impede innovation and competitiveness. Carriers are encouraged to make their own views known and provide real life examples of where government red tape should be eliminated or reduced by going to the commission’s website at http://reduceredtape.gc.ca/index-eng.asp

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Rumours that a top south star finished her career there: Nothing of that sort happened. These were different kinds of rumours.

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I had the number one position for 12 years in the South Indian film industry. There comes a point when you want to move on and do something different. I wanted to do Hindi films which I am doing. Just that at times I feel Hindi movies are overrated. Maybe because they give national and international fame. But regional movies emphasise tradition and culture. My Bhojpuri movies always have a social message.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just that at that time I took a break, went into art of living, started teaching it. When you are on top and quit, speculations arise. It was my wish. I wanted to do something else.

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erupted, I was campaigning for the Congress. I consciously decided to step away from what I was doing. There were parliamentary sessions going on. But nothing about me came up or became an issue. I believe in doing my work. About a career in politics, if it has to, it will happen. I had never planned anything in life. As long as I live I would like to make a difference.

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n a submission to the United States Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) cautioned US officials that there will be serious disruptions at the land border unless industry is given adequate time to prepare for impending rule changes governing treatment of wood packaging materials (WPM) that are designed to reduce the spread of harmful insects that attack forests.

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