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Driving tired is driving dangerously!

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Importance of SUSPENSION DAMPING

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he perceptible ride benefits of suspension damping gadgets too bring upkeep challenges for fleets.

Educate yourself on the advancement of damping techniques to better oversee long haul costs.

All vehicles, traveler or business, are outlined in view of damping when it comes to the suspension.

The essential objective of a suspension framework is to convey the heap from the vehicle while giving consistence between the sprung mass (undercarriage, trailer body, and so on.) furthermore, the unsprung mass (the suspension, tires, wheels, brakes, and so on).

Damping gadgets, such as safeguards, are intended to include solace and control by opposing the movement of the suspension. Without damping powers, a vehicle would tend to bounce at its common, or resounding, recurrence. In any case, over the administration life of the vehicle, generally suspension damping gadgets result in a bargain of either ride quality or included segment upkeep. In the trucking industry, overseeing issues like driver solace, freight security, vehicle safety and government consistence can be a confounded adjusting act. Understanding the basics of damping empowers fleets to better oversee long haul support and operation costs while keeping ride quality and driver fulfillment high.

What Is Damping and Why Do I Need It? Damping portrays the procedure of engrossing vitality of street inputs that are transmitted through the suspension framework. Suspension damping lessens the number and power of these inputs to the vehicle along these lines drawing out the life of the vehicle and its segments. Thus, this diminishes general working and support costs.

1. Results in fewer vibration inputs to the sprung mass of the trailer body. Reducing vibration helps extend the life of multiple trailer components, including door hinges, door seals, light fixtures and trailer fasteners. Protecting the trailer in this fashion extends the time between maintenance intervals and replacement cycles.

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2. Reduces the amount of energy that is transmitted from the road to the cargo, providing better protection for the trailer’s cargo, which can improve ROI and shipper satisfaction. 3. Enables the tires to maintain more consistent contact pressure relative to the road.

Consistent tire contact pressure helps the tire wear more evenly, increasing the tire’s service life.

4. Provides a more comfortable ride for enhanced driver satisfaction.

As vehicle mass is reduced, the payload-to-vehicle weight ratio naturally increases, which has trickledown effects throughout the vehicle. An extremely low mass automobile, in the order of 1,000 pounds or less, for example, will have an unusually high payload-tovehicle weight ratio. Variations in payload affect the natural frequency of the suspension. The critical damping force also varies with load. Over-damping (above 100 percent) dramatically reduces ride quality. As load increases, the vehicle rests lower on its suspension, and at lighter loads it rests higher. Heavy loads in the luggage compartment can affect the pitch of the vehicle.

A self-leveling suspension and active damping could improve the suspension characteristics, but at higher cost and increased mass.

Early pioneers believed that the primary job of the suspension system was to absorb bumps and smooth out the ride. Today we understand that an equally important function of the suspension is to keep the tires in contact with the road. This is not as easy as it might appear to be and it is not just about safety.

So it is important for us to understand each part of our trucks and trailers to ensure higher safety, low cost and longer life cycle!!!

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Industry News

New Peace Bridge Facility Expected to Speed Truck Inspections

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nother $24 million U.S. Customs office and truck assessment office on the Peace Bridge square ought to accelerate handling times and straight forwardness air contamination, authorities fringe authorities told the Buffalo News.

The broad redesigns and development to the 65-yearold office working by Front Park, combined with an overhauled load coves that ought to accelerate truck investigations, are a piece of a more extensive five-year change arrangement costing $186 million that now is in progress at the Peace Bridge court. The redesign work, did in stages in the course of recent years, expanded the span of the working by more than 50 percent to more than 67,000 square feet of space. The new building additionally will make it more productive for traditions officers to complete investigations on a percentage of the 940,000 trucks that cross the Peace Bridge every year, said Rose Hilmey, acting executive of the Buffalo field office of the Customs and Border Protection Service.

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Shippers Pushing Quicker Migration to ELDs

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rucking organizations that don’t have ELDs yet are being encouraged by their clients to accelerate innovation sending endeavors for keeping current cargo business and additionally procuring more sooner rather than later.

Armada Owner reports, numerous shippers are choosing it’s excessively unsafe, making it impossible to hold up until the December 2017 consistence due date in the U.S. to check whether center transporters have adequately advanced in introducing and using ELDs. The magazine profiles Louisville, KY-based Mercer Transportation which coordinated the majority of its 2,500 proprietor administrators to introduce ELDs by July of this current year and in addition download the transporter’s advanced mobile phone versatile application with a specific end goal to give basic shipment travel information to clients.

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Manufacturing Fails to efficient process, Other Indicators Look Better

CNG - What you need to know?

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he principal take a gander at April business conditions in the country’s drowsy assembling area demonstrates the circumstance is enhancing little. Different readings are marginally all the more reassuring.

The Flash U.S. Producing Purchasing Manager’s Index for April dropped to a perusing of 50.8 from a last perusing of 51.5 in March, as indicated by the money related data administrations supplier Market. While this most recent perusing is still over the 50 no change edge, indicating producing development, this is the weakest rate of assembling extension since September 2009, including the past post-Great Recession low recorded in October 2012 when it hit 51.

Gentler rates of assembling yield and new business development, close by

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a weaker ascent in staffing numbers, were the fundamental variables weighing on the feature file, the report said.

Producers refered to for the most part

stifled interest conditions, delays on spending choices among customers and continuous shortcoming in the vitality division.

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ffers of regular gas-controlled trucks have leveled off subsequent to the drop in oil and diesel costs, however armadas as of now utilizing the fuel keep on buying them, particularly compacted common gas.

What are a percentage of the rudiments included in the most recent CNG tanks and fuel frameworks?

It begins with reach, on the grounds that the quantity of miles secured in a run decides the required size and number of tanks. Weight and mass are likewise critical, similar to certain parts that can include productivity and dependability. The capacity limit of CNG tank frameworks has enhanced, improving the fuel a possibility for more pulls than previously.

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Industry News

Titanium CEO - acquisition strategy, driver turnover

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itanium Transportation Group spent its first year as a traded on an open market organization showing the kind of development speculators like to see.

The organization made two acquisitions in 2015 – Muskoka Transport and ProNorth Transportation – and adequately multiplied its size. Titanium reported its 2015 income this week, which indicated solid increments in income and EBITDA. On a phone call with examiners, Titanium CEO Ted Daniel offered a few experiences into where the organization is heading as Canada’s most up to date traded on an open market trucking organization.

Daniel said Titanium expects to make two acquisitions for each year, likely in Ontario. These will be resource based trucking organizations, Daniel uncovered, showing he’s not an aficionado of purchasing outsider logistics organizations. That division will depend on natural development.

Titanium’s inclination is to buy failing to meet expectations organizations and

to turn them around. There is no lack of hopefuls, Daniel said.

Daniel got energized when an examiner got some information about the organization’s amazingly low 9% driver turnover rate. Quite a bit of that, Daniel said, is constrained turnover, where drivers are given up because of wellbeing issues or resigning from the business through and through. Daniel said the organization has imparted a positive corporate society that drivers appreciate.

He additionally showed numerous drivers are shareholders, so they partake in the organization’s prosperity.

“I cherish discussing what an astonishing society we have,” Daniel said.

“Our turnover is completely predictable with our corporate society.”

Low turnover, Daniel clarified, results in more secure operations, which thus delivers better client benefit and enhanced gainfulness.

“Security is not only an ethical commitment, it means each level,” he said.

FTR reports decline in trailer order activity

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S trailer net requests are down 35% month-tomonth and 39% year-to-year for the month of March, as per a FTR report, which is the most reduced request action since July 2013.

Be that as it may, regardless of the low numbers, orders have totalled 291,000 units throughout the previous 12 months and excesses are just around 6%.

“The long, solid keep running of the trailer advertise at long last seems, by all accounts, to be directing.

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High Volume on US highways costing trucking industry

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raffic clog on US expressways included about $50 billion in operational expenses to the trucking business in 2014, as indicated by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

Using information sources covering the whole US National Highway System, ATRI’s outcomes uncovered ascertained deferral totalling more than 728 million hours of lost profitability, likening to 264,000 business truck drivers sitting unmoving for a working year.

“Lamentably, we’ve generally expected activity clog as a piece of our day by day lives yet ATRI’s most recent investigation delineates what a huge profitability deplete that blockage is on our industry and the economy everywhere,” said David Congdon, CEO of Old Dominion Freight Line.

Florida and Texas drove the route, each with over $4 billion in expanded expenses because of clog. Eightyeight for each penny of the clog costs focused on 18% of the system mileage, and 95% happened in metropolitan ranges.

The effect of blockage expenses on a for each truck premise found the middle value of $26,625 for those voyaging 150,000 miles every year.

ATRI has made a database to give granular cost data to transportation arranging authorities on the hours of postponement and related expense by significant ward sort and street level.

Ontario Commits $20M to Repair Municipal Roads, Bridges

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ntario confirmed its commitment of $20 million in 2016-17 to municipalities across the province through the Connecting Links program to make roads and bridges safer. Through the Connecting Links program, Ontario is helping municipalities repair their roadways and bridges that connect two ends of a provincial highway through a community or to a border crossing. Currently, there are 352 kilometres of connecting links, with 70 bridges in 77 Ontario municipalities. The Connecting Links Program will provide $20 million in 2016-17, $25 million in 2017-18 and $30 million in 2018-19 and the following years for the construction and repair of roads and bridges on connecting links. Continued on page 51 www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

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Industry News

Wheel partitions can be disposed of, CFMS board battles

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nquired as to whether business vehicle wheel detachments can be totally kept, all individuals from a Canadian Fleet Maintenance Summit (CFMS) board gave a reverberating “yes.”

Notwithstanding, that aspiring objective might be accomplished if wheel establishments are done appropriately, by qualified and all around prepared individuals. Rolf VanderZwaag, supervisor, support and specialized issues with the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA), said there is nothing on a very basic level amiss with the gear that is being used today. Issues emerge when professionals or wheel installers take easy routes and don’t take after the systems laid out through the wheel installer course that is required in Ontario for anybody beside a specialist who performs wheel establishments.

Around 700 individuals a year experience the system yet VanderZwaag recognized numerous in the long run come back to their negative behavior patterns.

“One of the frustrating things I get notification from teachers is they prepare them and they backtrack to the work environment and fall back under old propensities once more,” VanderZwaag said. “Preparing is one a player in it

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yet having them thoroughly take after those methodology is the thing that makes the project fruitful.”

The territory is currently considering making wheel installers re-take the course at regular intervals to keep up their accreditation.

Dave McDonald, business deals director, Northern Ontario with Bridgestone, said one of the greatest missteps wheel installers make is not utilizing grease.

“A center point steered wheel torque is greased up torque,” he said. “Individuals are as yet putting them on dry and it’s a major issue.” He likewise said installers need to precisely perfect and examine all parts before collecting the haggle use quality parts. Continued on page 51

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Industry News

ATA Pleased by Decline in Truck-Involved Crashes T oday, American Trucking Associations authorities said they were satisfied by the declaration today by the Department of Transportation that deadly truck crashes fell 3.7% in 2014, proceeding with the decade-long change in security the business has encountered. "It is a catastrophe at whatever point there is a casualty on our interstates, however the trucking business is satisfied to see that it is a disaster that less and less Americans are encountering," said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves. "While the one-year decrease being accounted for by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is certain, the long haul pattern is of foremost significance, and that pattern is noteworthy. The quantity of accidents including expansive trucks had fallen 39% since 2004 and, while there is substantially more to do, that is a figure our expert drivers, our security chiefs, our

specialists and our wellbeing accomplices in government and state law authorization can be pleased with."

FMCSA's key findings are:

* The injury crash rate for large trucks (0.29 per 100 million miles) continues to be roughly half the rate for passenger vehicles (0.58 per 100 million miles); • The number of large trucks involved in fatal crashes fell 5% to 3,744 from 2013 to 2014, and is down 23.6% since 2004; • The number of miles traveled by large trucks rose by 1.5% in 2014, which coupled with the decline in truckinvolved crashes, dropped the truck-involved fatality rate to 1.40 per 100 million miles, a 2.9% decline from 2013 and a 40.1% decline since 2004.

• Speed, an issue where ATA has urged action at both the state and federal level for more than a decade, continues to be the number one driver-related factor in fatal crashes.

“For 10 years, ATA has advocated for return to a national maximum speed limit of 65 miles per hour, and for mandatory use of electronic devices to limit the top speed of large trucks,” said ATA Executive Vice President of National Advocacy Dave Osiecki. “Today’s FMCSA report, coupled with recent research by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety linking rising speed limits to increased highway fatalities, underscores the need for DOT to quickly advance a rule limiting top truck speeds, and for states to re-think the setting of higher and higher speed limits.” Continued on page 51

Consumer Group Urges NHTSA to Bolster Guidelines on Autonomous Driving A U.S. purchaser promotion group, Consumer Watchdog, approached the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to issue strict rules on the principles administering self-governing vehicles as they draw nearer to reality on open parkways.

As per a report by CCJ magazine, the gathering is asking NHTSA to guarantee a directing wheel, brake and quickening agent are compulsory in every single self-governing vehicle so a human driver can take control when essential.

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The gathering requested that NHTSA place these prerequisites in the rules the organization is creating on robotized vehicle innovation. Todate, all the test self-sufficient truck advances being tried available have incorporated each.

“Conveying a vehicle today without a directing wheel, brake, quickening agent and a human driver fit for mediating when something turns out badly is not just imprudent. It is hazardous,” says John M. Simpson, Consumer Watchdog’s Privacy Project executive.

“NHTSA’s independent vehicle rules must mirror this.”

Under California’s self-driving auto testing prerequisites, organizations testing self-governing innovations are required to record withdrawal reports with nitty gritty clarifications when a test driver took control of a vehicle working in independent mode. The reports demonstrates vehicles are not generally prepared to do “seeing” walkers, cyclists, activity lights, lowhanging branches or the nearness of stopped autos. www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

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Foreseen Enviro Rules to Refocus on NOx Control

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the benefits and feasibility of waste heat recovery.

Golden adds fuel efficiency requirements included in Phase II will challenge engine builders seeking to preserve low NOx emissions.

“There are significant tradeoffs in getting lower NOx,” he says, noting a higher combustion temperature helps

drive fuel efficiency while also creating more NOx. “How can you do that and have better fuel economy? You can’t get the best of both worlds. You have to make compromises.”

In addition there’s also the consideration that once OEMs hit the 2027 benchmark, the EPA is likely to continue its push for further limits.

s heavy truck and engine manufacturers continue to plan for EPA’s phase 2 emission reduction and fuel efficiency rules in 2018, some engineers are envisioning things beyond that – specifically how suppliers continue to equate fuel economy and NOx reduction compliance for future benchmarks.

From CCJ:

“As people get more and more fixated about CO2 or fuel economy standards, it’s also going to raise a question,” Dr. Steve Golden, chief technology officer for Clean Diesel Technologies, Inc., says. “This beautiful over-engineered emissions system, how’s it going to have to evolve to be consistent with the engine calibration changing, or [to get] better fuel economy, because all kinds of things have to change about engine design to get better fuel economy. How does that impact the next generation after treatment system?”

Jackie Yeager, Cummins’ global energy policy director, says the company is already mulling how it will rise to meet Phase II at benchmarks in 2021, 2024 and 2027.

“We’ve talked about building on the architecture you see today with our engines,” she says, “with EGR, DPF and SCR. That all stays, of course, because you have to meet NOx.” Yeager says making the same kind of base engine improvements – like combustion optimization, better air handling, reducing friction, reducing parasitic loads and after treatment efficiency improvement – will be a big part of the strategy, as will looking at www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

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CTA Concludes to Gov’t Agri-Forestry Committee Truck Freight Pricing: It’s a Roller Coaster

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rucking organizations and their shipper clients have been riding the crests and valleys of an evaluating “thrill ride” as of late, clarified Derek Leathers, president and COO of Werner Enterprises. He says he’d like to get off the ride.

As reported by the Journal of Commerce, Leathers told the 2016 NASSTRAC Shippers Conference this week that “forceful acquirement conduct” with respect to shippers is driving truckload rates lower in a delicate business sector. “I’m not throwing censure, I’m doubting why we do it,” he said. “We purposely and readily go into these cycle shifts with forceful conduct and there’s a superior way,” he told NASSTRAC shippers, bearers and logistics suppliers. That better way includes joint effort to keep long haul shipping costs low and still give gainful rates. There is still more limit in the truckload market than accessible cargo, because of excessively idealistic conjectures over a year prior and a record-breaking round of new truck requests and deals in 2015. Continued on page 51

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TA Vice President Stephen Laskowski and VP of Trade and Security Jennifer Fox today showed up before the Standing Committee on Agriculture and Forestry in Ottawa to give knowledge into the sustenance transportation framework in Canada and advise the panel on the issues influencing the related parts in the trucking business and the nourishment inventory network.

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Decision on Truck Size/Weight Changes - Is Enough Data Available?

OTA Seeks Lead Role in Environment Protection

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ately, OTA has been working with transporters and the normal gas industry on the improvement of a far reaching technique and impetus program for the utilization of characteristic gas and other low-carbon innovations in the trucking business in Ontario.

Because of business sector hazard and different boundaries to passage, the normal gas market in Ontario is right now constrained.

OTA has expressed that characteristic gas innovation is tried, dependable and accessible, all the more naturally agreeable then diesel, and ended up being fruitful in different wards crosswise over North America.

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U.S. government investigation of heavier and bigger trucks says more prominent examination and less information restrictions are important to gage sway on the transportation framework.

As reported by CCJ magazine, congress got the Comprehensive Truck Size and Weight Limits Study that the Federal Highway Administration began in 2012.

“At the finish of the Technical Reports, the division trusted that the present model and information restrictions were profound to the point that the outcomes couldn’t precisely be extrapolated to unhesitatingly anticipate national effects,” the organization expressed.

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Be a Considerate Driver in Work Zones Say Elite Professional Drivers

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oday, American Trucking Associations and America's Road Team are asking drivers to be intensely mindful of work zones keeping in mind the end goal to be protected on the country's roadways.

As a component of National Work Zone Awareness Week, America's Road Team Captains, world class drivers with a great many mishap free miles, are giving safe driving tips to keep both drivers and specialists safe amid this present spring's development season.

"The men and ladies attempting to enhance interstates and fabricate foundation are focused on getting each of us home securely, which is the reason as an expert truck driver, I think all drivers ought to give careful consideration to wellbeing when entering work zones," said America's Road Team Captain Paul Savill, of UPS Freight. "Backing off and not being diverted are two lifesparing propensities that we are attempting to advance." National Work Zone Awareness Week, now in its seventeenth year, happens each April to support safe driving amid the springtime resurgence of development activities along roadways. The current year's subject, "Don't Be That Driver" stresses the message that all drivers ought to be always engaged and arranged for

testing conditions in and around work zones. America's Road Team Captains, proficient truck drivers chose for their noteworthy driving records and duty to wellbeing, are sharing their abundance of experience from the street: Work Zone Safety Tips for Motorists • Expect the Unexpected – Speed cutoff points might be decreased, activity paths might be changed, and individuals might be taking a shot at or close to the street.

• Be Patient and Considerate – Work zone group individuals are attempting to enhance the street and improve your future drive and more secure.

• Slow Down – Speeding is one of the real reasons for work zone crashes.

• Don't Tailgate – Keep a sheltered after separation amongst you and the auto ahead.

• Pay Attention to Posted Signs – Warning signs are there to guide you, use them.

• Stay Alert and Avoid Distracted Driving – Work zones present unprec-

High Volume on US highways costing trucking industry

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raffic clog on US expressways included about $50 billion in operational expenses to the trucking business in 2014, as indicated by the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI).

Using information sources covering the whole US National Highway System, ATRI's outcomes uncovered ascertained deferral totalling more than 728 million hours of lost profitability, likening to 264,000 business truck drivers sitting unmoving for a working year.

"Lamentably, we've generally expected activity clog as a www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

edented obstructions. Drivers need to pay consideration out and about and their environment.

• Plan Your Trip – Schedule your excursion with a lot of additional time. Expect postpones and leave early so you are not on edge while driving.

• Be Aware of Blind Spots – Trucks have vast blind sides in front, back and either side. Attempt to abstain from waiting in this space and don't cut before a truck.

"We're all attempting to be as protected as could be expected under the circumstances out on the streets, so we owe it to the development laborers to take further safety measures when we're going through their work zones," said America's Road Team Captain and expert driver with Walmart Transportation Charlie Demchock. "With better streets, future outings turn out to be even more secure and I welcome the work those men and ladies do to make my occupation as an expert truck driver less demanding."

piece of our day by day lives yet ATRI's most recent investigation delineates what a huge profitability deplete that blockage is on our industry and the economy everywhere," said David Congdon, CEO of Old Dominion Freight Line.

Florida and Texas drove the route, each with over $4 billion in expanded expenses because of clog. Eighty-eight for each penny of the clog costs focused on 18% of the system mileage, and 95% happened in metropolitan ranges.

The effect of blockage expenses on a for each truck premise found the middle value of $26,625 for those voyaging 150,000 miles every year. ATRI has made a database to give granular cost data to transportation arranging authorities on the hours of postponement and related expense by significant ward sort and street level.

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Driver Safety

Driving tired is driving dangerously!

DRIVING while FATIGUED could spell............DISASTER!!!!

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By Dave Raynsford Director Safety & Compliance

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s the title implies, FATIGUE can lead to disaster very quickly and without prejudice. We are all subject to the effects of fatigue and need a certain amount of rest and recovery time to function properly. If diet, rest and work pace were properly managed, fatigue would be far easier to deal with and probably much less of an issue. However, too often we ignore our primary need for rest and deal with the residual effects of lack of restorative sleep. The results on our health are not favourable!

Humans have two "up" cycles and two "down" cycles each day. These cycles are known as “circadian rhythms�.

Circadian rhythms are physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light and darkness. Studies conducted by the Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation, Trucking Research Institute and the American Trucking Associations Foundation in conjunction with the Transportation Development Centre and Transport Canada have concluded, "circadian rhythms" have a significant effect on productivity and fatigue. Generally, the low points occur between 2:00 and 4:00 a.m. and again between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. The "up" cycles are somewhere in the neighbourhood of www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

Driver Safety 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. and again between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. Of course, these times may vary from individual to individual but they can be used as a general guide.

There are two categories of fatigue professional drivers must pay attention to.

The first and most obvious condition is “physical” fatigue which can be generally easy to recognize by the individual experiencing the condition. The physical effects of sleep deprivation, sleep disorder, cumulative sleep debt, circadian rhythms as well as environmental and nutritional conditions all have impact on how well you can physically function.

The second type is “cognitive fatigue” and this condition can be more difficult to determine. The affected body will function at a reduced level of awareness and will not respond “sharply” to circumstantial change. Many human performance factors such as decisionmaking, reasoning and judgement are affected by cognitive fatigue. If cognitive fatigue is not dealt with properly, it becomes a very dangerous condition when driving or operating equipment.

The hours of work for commercial drivers are designed to help manage work time and properly administer rest and recovery time. That is why we have maximum numbers for driving and on duty hours while maintaining minimums for sleeper berth and off duty hours. These shift times, coupled with the maximum hours restrictions per cycle will at the very least, aid in structuring a work-rest balance. It is up to you to make the most of your off duty time. Include a mixture of personal life along with appropriate rest and recovery time!

Fatigue often attacks during two primary work-cycle times even though it can become evident at any point within the cycle. You can probably relate to the difficulty of your first work trip after an extended absence or time off since getting back into the work cycle can be quite physically difficult. Since a large portion of dispatches take place in early morning or late evening, it can sometimes be a challenge to stretch the first www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

drive time to a full capacity shift. The body has some adjusting to do because it has most likely become accustomed to a different schedule during your time off.

For team driving, in order to maximize efficiency the "starter" (first shift vehicle operator) may run a shorter leg while the co-driver sleeps toward a full shift.

Many of the experienced teams are running in 8 to 10 hour shifts. This provides some consistency in driving and sleeping times each day, while allowing the body sufficient time to "wind down" before sleeping and "gear up" before taking a driving shift. Sleep shifts that

Even if you are receiving substantial rest between shifts the cumulative fatigue effect becomes more and more evident as the work cycle continues. There is good reason for adequate "recovery" time after an extensive or intensive period of work. Your body and your mind need to recoup.

Develop good sleep habits; ones that will allow your body and mind the necessary wind down and gear up periods for proper rest and proper work periods. Operate according to your personal needs without sacrificing safety for yourself or for others. Regardless of

are too short in timing do not allow for adequate rest and sleep deprivation becomes a major consideration.

Single operators are quite often forced to take recuperative naps at prime time in their driving shifts. In Canada, there is a two hour off duty window that may be utilized for such eventuality. However the US hours of service shifts operating on an 11 hour drive time and 14 hour “all-inclusive” window can put some undue pressure on vehicle operators crossing the border with very little or no time to spare in the shift! Often the driver will “push” the fatigue limits in order to make scheduled time. The trips occurring toward the end of your work cycles are subject to cumulative fatigue.

the shift durations you use, there will be times when the urge to sleep becomes very strong. It isn't possible to continually outrun this urge! The body WILL shut down and sleep at some point because fatigue is a condition that requires proper recovery. Each time you try to "push your driving" while hoping to overcome your fatigued condition (which you cannot) your certainty of a collision increases. IT WILL CATCH UP TO YOU, GUARANTEED! When you have a collision because of fatigue you have no control over the severity of the accident. You will simply wake up to discover the extent of the damage you have caused or you just WON'T WAKE UP! Continued on page 53 May 2016 | The Trucking Network | 25

Driver Safety

TCA holds annual convention in Las Vegas

By Ray J Haight Co founder - StakUp Haight Consulting, Healthy Trucker

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’m just recently returned from the Truckload Carriers Association’s annual convention, this year held at The Wynn Casino in Las Vegas.

This event has been one of our industry highlights each year. The overall theme of the convention was called “TCA Leading the Way” and as usual it was a very successful event.

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US Presidential election. I was every impressed with Mr. Rove, and his observations, he was of course an intricate part of George Bush juniors administration and is also a gifted speaker and political historian. On that note he suggested that if you think this election is ugly now just wait, he thinks they’re just getting started. It was interesting to also hear that both of the front-runners could be charges with criminal offences as this thing roles on. Hilary Clinton with the email scandal and Trump with his being charged with fraud over bilking thousands over the Trump University scam. Wow what a political creep show this is turning in to, we got nothing up here compared to this, thanks goodness.

The ever-popular driver shortage was once again a popular topic along with its closest friend the topic of retention.

There was a very good trade show with

all the latest technologies present and accounted for. One of the highlights for us each year though is to get reacquainted with old friends tip a few cocktails and tell a few stories. We may only see our trucking friends from all over North America once or twice a year but we get very comfortable with each other very quickly, as you know truckers are like that.

I was fortunate enough to be asked to sit in as a panelist during a round table with the theme “Growing your own, successful strategies to cultivate new drivers” where we discussed how to acclimate the new drivers coming from schools into our industries trucking companies and do our best to set them up for a successful rewarding career.

This panel served a couple purposes for me beyond just the education of the membership. It also helped another effort I’m involved with which is tied www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

to try to raise the awareness of PTDI (Professional Truck Driver’s Institute).

I have been fortunate to be associated with this group for over 15 years now and we felt that it was time for PTDI to start raising awareness to the gold standard in driver training in the industry. Please feel free to check us out at www.PTDI.org , and as always like us on Facebook.

As I do annually I would like to congratulate all the winners of the great contest that are associated with the Truckload Carriers Association, www.truckload.org . They include Best Fleets To Drive For, that featured many of Canada’s best, the National Fleet Safety Award, probably the most coveted safety award in North America that was again won by Bison Transport, The driver of the year, featuring one of our best, and my friend, Mr. Guy Broderick and the Owner Operator of the Year which was won by our own Mr. Mark Tricco of Bison Transport. I had the opportunity to talk to Mark and his wife, they are very nice people and I was thrilled to see them along with all the other folk who were honored during this event.

One of my partners at www.

TCAIngauge.com, Mr. Chris Henry and I were asked to come early to Vegas to attend a TCA two day benchmarking session that included a dozen of some of the best managed refrigerated trucking companies in North America. This was interesting exercise for us, to witness the process of one of these groups up front and in person. TCA is the only trucking industry trade association to have these groups and they have been at it for over 13 years now. We were asked to participate because our new company InGauge, http://tcaingauge.com/ will now be the gate keeper, so to speak, in that all participants wanting access to this intense business success incubator will now have to begin their exposure to benchmarking by utilizing our online service. We of course are thrilled to play this role for TCA, we help them and they in turn help us to help the industry at large. We www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

will also become the standard platform for all existing companies currently involved with the TCA benchmarking Best Practice Groups, as they’re called within TCA. Since 2011 participants to date have seen an on average increase in annual profit of 350%, a improvement in operating ratio of 6.2% to name a couple of the reasons to check it out if you’re a trucking company looking to become

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“Best In Class”. This newly audited information coming from TCA created a lot of buzz, as I’m sure anyone could understand. To say were excited about the future of TCAInGauge is an understatement to say the least.

To quote one owner of a mid size Canadian fleet in Ontario, “how can you not be involved with this program?”

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Looking for a way to motivate your staff and drivers to become more active? Step it up in the next Healthy Fleet Challenge!

Glenn Caldwell

Vice President Sales NAL Insurance Healthy Trucker

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he next Healthy Fleet Challenge begins May 1st and is set up to break during June and August, to allow participants to take a rest. We see some incredible levels of commitment, and we have found that running a 3-month continuous challenge can be exhausting for participants.”

Said Glenn Caldwell, Vice President of Sales at Healthy Trucker (a division of NAL Insurance. “Allowing people to recharge means they will be able to bring their A-game throughout the entire challenge, rather than burning out halfway through.

shape,” he said. “So then we decided to get the TST Solutions LP group started in January 2015 with the Healthy Fleet Challenge.”

The TST Solutions LP group saw great success last year, winning the most recent Healthy Fleet Challenge by a landslide in December 2015 and placing second in the year’s first challenge,

be successful and healthy, you have to have good, healthy employees and good, healthy customers,” explained O’Reilly.

Today, TST has over 100 participants on their team and the company has since rolled out a brand new wellness program early this year designed to help its employees get more active, eat

which ran from January-May 2015. In addition, two of its nine members, Reg Peters and Paul Bomben combined lost 75 lbs during the first Healthy Fleet Challenge of 2015.

“The success of the small TST group participating in the walking challenge really turned the heads of the senior staff at TST and they wanted to get the whole company involved.” O’Reilly continued. “Because for a company to

better and quit smoking. See complete story for details http://www.trucknews.com/features/1003070115/ So what about you? Is your company ready to take the next step to getting fit?

The Healthy Fleet Challenge is proud to announce Truck News as the official media partner for the challenge. Truck News will be your #1 destination for all of the updates, videos, and results!

Challenge Dates

• Healthy Fleet Challenge Part 1: May 1st to May 31st • Healthy Fleet Challenge Part 2: July 1st to July 31st • Healthy Fleet Challenge Part 3: September 1st-September 30th We continue to hear tremendous stories from companies that have participated in previous challenges.

Rob O’Reilly, President of TST Overland Express told Sonia Straface at Truck News “I started talking to my executive group at TST Overland Express , and we thought this could be a really good thing for us to get involved in.

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Healthy Fleet is also working with American Trucking Associations for the event. “ATA is dedicated to promoting health in the trucking industry and our work with Healthy Fleet is evidence of that commitment,” said ATA President and CEO Bill Graves.

“We are working together to encourage drivers and all industry professionals to form healthier eating habits, get more exercise, and be proactive about mental health concerns.” The ATA is inviting all members to form a team or individuals can also join under their team as well.

Over the past few months, the team at Healthy Fleet has been busy working on new features that allow participants to further customize their experience and interact with each other more. Participants will be able to track other forms of exercise in a subsection of the leaderboard. Andrea Morley, Nutritionist and Health Coach at Healthy Trucker explained, “While walking is one of the most universal www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

and convenient forms of exercise, there are countless ways to get an incredible workout without taking a lot of steps.

This can include cycling, weight lifting, and swimming, to name a few. Until now participants could only show their steps, and if they were mostly doing other forms of exercise, it would appear on the leaderboard as though they were inactive. This will give a better representation of people’s true activity, and promote of all forms of exercise for a well-rounded fitness routine.”

Additionally, participants can now privately input and track health data (weight, blood pressure, etc.), add friends, participate in group discussions, and enhance the look of their profile with cover photos.

As always, participants will track their steps using wearable technology (Fitbit, Garmin, Withings) or by turning their smartphone into a pedometer using an app (Moves). The steps are automatically pulled to the online leaderboard. Although you may be reading

this article after the May 1st start date, fleets and allied trades are invited to come in any time as we measure the average step count on a daily and 7 day average.

Still not sure if the challenge is for your company? Check out more of the testimonials from other participantshttp://www.healthyfleet.com/ testimonials/ . Also, here’s some of the videos from previous challenges http://www.healthyfleet. com/category/step-challenge/ and feedback from the American Road Team Captains on what the challenge has meant to them. http://trck.ng/ Health16.

You only need 3 to start forming your team and signing up is FREE and easy!

Simply send a high resolution copy of your company’s logo toinfo@healthyfleet.com. The staff will set your team up and send you everything you need to know on signing up participants, tracking steps, and encouraging participation in your company May 2016 | The Trucking Network | 29

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What do Vitamins and Washer Fluid have in Common?

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hen losing weight, it is important to know how to go about it while still nourishing your body properly. Often times when people try to lose weight, they simply eat less food and more “light” products to try and restrict their calorie intake. While portion control and keeping calories in check is important, we want to make sure we are still getting adequate nutrients to support our health. This is the difference between calories and vitamins.

Below are some of the common strategies to losing weight that don’t take general nutrition and health into account: • Calorie restriction • Eating “light” or “low-fat” packaged products • Eliminating all carbohydrates from your diet (bread, rice, fruit, beans, etc.)

Any one of these methods can certainly result in weight loss, but weight is just a small piece of the overall “health” puzzle. Relying on these methods can mean that your diet is seriously lacking in important vitamins such as iron or calcium.

Calories are a form of energy that our bodies burn, just like diesel in a truck. Vitamins, however, are needed for other body functions, such as protecting the immune system and promoting healthy skin and nails. You can think of vitamins as all of the other fluids that go into your truck – oil, washer fluid, anti-freeze, etc. Sure, the truck could still run without some of those things, but its performance will really suffer, and it won’t put as many miles on as a truck that is given what it needs.

You probably know several people who eat whatever food they want, much of it fast food and packaged food, but maintain a low body weight. They probably keep the weight off thanks to a high metabolism, meaning their body burns calories at a high rate. However, if you haven’t already guessed it, they may not have a strong health profile in other areas, such as cholesterol levels, blood pressure, etc. If you take an even closer look, they may have signs of minor or serious vitamin-deficiencies as well, such as cracked skin, brittle nails, or even rickets or anemia.

This is why it is important to approach weight loss from a whole-food approach. Eating “whole food” means you will be eating natural, nutrient-dense food that is full of vitamins, encouraging long-term health as well as weight loss.

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Whether looking to lose weight or not, avoid foods that are calorie-dense and nutrient-sparse. These foods are typically packaged, processed, and low in nutrients – think potato chips, cookies, and candy.

Instead, look for nutrient-dense foods such as the following: - Vegetables of all colours. Frozen veggies contain just as many nutrients as fresh since they are “flash-frozen.”

You can enjoy them raw or cooked, depending on preference and convenience.

- Fruit, although you should avoid canned fruit with added sugar.

- Nuts, seeds, unprocessed oils like olive and coconut. These are naturally high in both calories and vitamins and are great as part of a healthy diet when in their most natural state.

- Lean meats that are grilled, baked, or stir-fried - Complex carbs like brown rice and beans The best part of eating nutrient-dense food is that a diet full of produce, lean meats, and complex carbs is typically calorie-balanced, meaning they calorie count will fall right into place without you having to count calories. The result?

A healthy, thriving body AND a healthy body weight!

Andrea Morley Nutritionist & Health Coach Healthy Trucker

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‘Textalyzer’ Coming To NY State

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olice in NY State may soon have a new tool at their disposal to identify distracted drivers thanks to a relentless campaign by a grieving father. Chappaqua resident, Ben Lieberman lost his 19-year-old son Evan in a June 2011 car accident.

Initially no charges were laid in the

technology is being developed by forensics tech firm Cellebrite.

The idea is part of a new bill recently introduced to the New York Senate called “Evan’s Bill”. In a statement following the bills introduction Lieberman said "The general public knows distracted driving is a prob-

driving during the past month were more than 40% more likely to not always wear their seat belts than were teens who engaged in texting while driving once or twice in the past 30 days.

- Teens who texted every day while driving during the past month were

incident; however a subsequent civil trial revealed distracted driving to be the cause.

According to an April 22nd Today’s Trucking report,Lieberman was surprised to learn that the local police force was not to blame for avoiding the driver's cell phone in their investigation, but rather that this was typical because there is no official, consistent police protocol.

The discovery inspired the idea for the ‘textalyzer’. A device which would allowpolice involved in crash investigations to access a driver’s call and text logs to determine if texting occurred at the suspected time of the crash.The

lem, but if people knew the extent of the damage caused by this behavior, they would be amazed.”

Distracted driving is considered to be six times more dangerous than driving while intoxicated. According to a study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted in the same year (2011) of the accident.

- 45% of all students 16 and older reported they had texted or e-mailed while driving during the past 30 days - Teens who texted while driving were five times more likely than those who didn't to drive when they had been drinking alcohol.

- Teens who texted every day while

more than 40% more likely to not always wear their seat belts than were teens who engaged in texting while driving once or twice in the past 30 days.

- 31% of drivers ages 18-64 reported they had read or sent text messages or emails while driving at least once within the 30 days before they were surveyed.

Evan’s Bill launched with the support of New York State Senator Terrence Murphy (R-Westchester) and Assembly Assistant Speaker Felix Ortiz (D-Kings), together with awareness organization Distracted Operators Risk Casualties (DORCs), which was co-founded by Lieberman. TTN WRITERS

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ies grfˆt ivcoˆ $30,000 imltrI vYtrnfˆ dI tryinMg vfly pRogrfm vfsqy rwiKaf jfvygf. vYtrn bYnyiPt ÈurU hox qoˆ pihlfˆ aqy tryinMg dOrfn ijhVI shfieqf dI loV huMdI hY, ieh PMz Aus vfsqy PImyl vYtrnfˆ dI mdd krygf. bfkI df $20,000 XUnIvrsl tYknIkl ieMstIicAUt PfAUˆzyÈn dy aOrqfˆ dI tYknIkl tryinMg leI clfey jfˆdy `strOˆg stfrt` pRogrfm vfsqy hY. ieh Aunfˆ aOrq stUzYˆts vfsqy hY, ijhVy afto zIËl Kyqr ivc tryinMg lYx dIafˆ ieCuwk hox. ies vkq ies sMsQf ivc isrP 3 PIsdI mihlf stUzYˆt hn aqy ieMzstrI ivc Aunfˆ dI ÈmUlIaq nUM vDfAuxf smyˆ dI loV hY. May 2016 | The Trucking Network | 39

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vfqfvrx dI sMBfl dy nukqy qoˆ bxfey gey mYk dy nvyˆ Auqpfd dOrfn trwk dI pujIÈn nUM jfx lYˆdf hY aqy Aus rsqy jfˆ Qfˆ dI hflq df vyrvf Ausdy isstm ivc drj ho jfˆdf hY. aglI vfr jdoˆ trwk zrfievr Aus ielfky ivcoˆ lMG irhf huMdf hY qfˆ ies isstm nUM ieh Xfd rihMdf hY ik ieh ielfkf iks qrfˆ df sI. Aus nUM rsqy dIafˆ Aucfxfˆ jfˆ invfxfˆ df pqf huMdf hY aqy Ausdy anusfr afpxy afp ieMjn dI vrqoˆ nUM kMtrol kr lYˆdf hY. ies nfl qyl dI bcq huMdI hY.

mYk dy nvyˆ 2017 mfzl dy zIËl ieMjnfˆ ivc qyl dI bcq aqy ËihrIlIafˆ gYsfˆ dy inkfs dy pwK qoˆ keI qrfˆ dy nvyˆ suDfr kIqy gey hn.

mYk nOrQ amrIkf ivc hYvIizAUtI trwk bxfAux vflIafˆ sB qoˆ vwzIafˆ kMpnIafˆ ivcoˆ hY. kMpnI duafrf sfl 2017 mfzl dy afpxy pfvrtryn Auqpfdfˆ df aYlfn bIqy idnIˆ tYkss ivc kIqf igaf. ienHfˆ nvyˆ Auqpfdfˆ bfry kMpnI duafrf ieh dfavf kIqf jf irhf hY ik ieh vfqfvrx ivc kfrbn dy inkfs nUM Gwt krn ivc mdd krn vfly hn aqy nfl hI qyl dI bcq vI krdy hn. iehI vjHf sI ik ienHfˆ Auqpfdfˆ df aYlfn `DrqI idvs` ( arQ zy) vfly idn kIqf igaf. kMpnI irlIË muqfbk ienHfˆ Auqpfdfˆ ivc nvyˆ zIËl ieMjn, aYgËfst afPtrtrItmYˆt apryts, krUË kMtrol, aqy 13- aqy 14-spIz aftomytz mYnUal trfˆsimÈn Èfml hn. mYk nOrQ amrIkf dI pihlI trwk mYnUPYkcirMg kMpnI sI, ijs duafrf vrtIkl ieMtIgryÈn qknIk dI vrqoˆ kIqI geI. vfqfvrx dI sMBfl aqy qyl dI bcq dy nukqy qoˆ kMpnI duafrf srkfrI nIqIafˆ df gMBIrqf nfl pflx kIqf jfˆdf hY qfˆ jo vfqfvrx ivc ho rhy ËihrIly inkfs nUM GtfAux ivc afpxf Xogdfn pfieaf jf sky. mYk dy sfl 2017 dy nvyˆ Auqpfdfˆ ivc 10[8- lItr aYmpI-7 aqy 12[8- lItr aYmI-8 zIËl ieMjn hn, ijnHfˆ nUM qyl dI bcq aqy ËihrIly pdfrQfˆ dy Gwt inkfs dy nukqy qoˆ suDfiraf igaf hY. ienHfˆ ivc mOjUdf XUint-pMp ieMjYkÈn isstm dI Qfˆ qy kOmn-ryl iPAUl isstm lgfieaf igaf hY. aYmpI-7 qy ijhVf tU-spIz vftr pMp lgfieaf igaf hY, Auh kUlMt nUM clfAux vflI AUrjf dI Kpq nUM GtfAuˆdf hY. nvyˆ aYmpI-8 ieMjn df Auqpfdfn akqUbr dy mhIny ÈurU ho jfvygf. ieh Auqpfdn kMpnI dy hYjrËtfAUn ivcly pfvrtryn plfˆt ivc hovygf, ijQy Aunfˆ dI iek dUjI kMpnI vOlvo dy ieMjn vI bxdy hn. nvyˆ aYmpI-7 df Auqfpdfn jnvrI dy mhIny arMB hovygf. kMpnI df nvfˆ aftomytz mYnUal trfˆsimÈn dUjf aihm Auqpfd hY, ijs nUM qyl dI bcq dy nukqy qoˆ mhwqvpUrn smiJaf jf irhf hY. aYm-zrfeIv aftomytz mYnUal trfˆsimÈn jI pI aYs isstm dI vrqoˆ krdy hoey sPr www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

kMpnI dI nvIˆ 13-, 14-spIz aYm-zrfeIv vI qyl dI bcq dy pwK qoˆ iek aihm pyÈkdmI hY.

nvfˆ agËfst-afPtrtrItmYˆt apryts hlkf vI hY aqy Cotf vI. kMpnI duafrf ies nUM klIar-tYwk vMn (Called ClearTech One) df nfˆ idqf igaf hY. ieh ies qrIky nfl izËfien kIqf igaf hY ik ies nUM sfP krn leI hux vfly isstmfˆ nfloˆ awDf tfeIm lwgdf hY. klIar-tYwk vMn isstm mYk dy ipnykl aqy grynfeIt mfzlfˆ qy agsq dy mhIny AuplbD hovygf.

klIar-tYwk vMn agËfst isstm pihlfˆ nfloˆ hlkf aqy Cotf hY aqy sfP krnf sOKf hY.

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zrwg tYsitMg ivc af rhIafˆ qbdIlIafˆ df kI asr pvygf? kYnyzf ivc hr sfl 50 hËfr qoˆ vwD lok Èrfb pI ky zrfieivMg krn dy doÈ ivc pkVy jfˆdy hn pr ienHfˆ ivcoˆ muÈkl nfl 1 hËfr lokfˆ dy iKlfP ieh doÈ sfbq huMdy hn. ies df kfrn ieh dwisaf jfˆdf hY ik kYnyzf ivc zrwg tYsitMg dy kfnUMn kmËor hn aqy tYsitMg dI ivDI puKqf nhIˆ hY. hux kYnyzf vI BMg jfˆ mYroafnf dI vrqoˆ nUM kfnUMnI mfnqf dyx dy rsqy qy ipaf hoieaf hY aqy ies df zrfieivMg nfl sbMDq inXmfˆ qy kI asr pvygf, Auh vI iek ivvfd df ivÈf hY. ies qrfˆ dy vwK vwK pihlUafˆ qy zrwgË sbMDI kYnyzf aqy amrIkf ivc vwKo vwKry kfnUMn hn. ies nfl Aunfˆ trwk zrfievrfˆ leI cuxOqI KVHI ho jfˆdI hY, ijnHfˆ ny lgfqfr amrIkf jfxf huMdf hY. jfˆ ijnHfˆ kMpnIafˆ dy trwk lgfqfr amrIkf jfˆdy hn, Aunfˆ nUM vI keI pihlUafˆ qy duibDf df sfhmxf krnf pY skdf hY. ikhf jfˆdf hY ik zrwg tYst df sB qoˆ kfrgr qrIkf blwz tYst hY. pr sVk dy iknfry rok ky iksy zrfievr df blwz tYst lYxf sMBv nhIˆ ho skdf. ies krky amrIkf aqy kYnyzf dIafˆ eyjMsIafˆ ies bfry iek rfey nhIˆ hn. iehI vjHf hY ik ies nfl AulJx pYdf ho jfˆdI hY. iesy krky slfeIvf tYst vwl awj kwlH kfPI iDafn idwqf jf irhf hY. amrIkf dy izpfrtmYˆt aOP trfˆsport duafrf kmrÈIal zrfievrfˆ vfsqy mYzIkl mYroafnf dI vrqoˆ qy pfbMdI lf idwqI geI hY. hux jy koeI kYnyzIan zrfievr mYzIkl mYroafnf lY irhf hovygf qfˆ Auh amrIkf ivc zrfeIv nhIˆ kr skygf. amrIkf ivc izpfrtmYˆt aOP trfˆsport dy aDIn trwikMg ieMzstrI dI dyKryK leI jo eyjMsI kMm krdI hY, Ausdf nfˆ PYzrl motr kYrIar syPtI aYziminstryÈn (FMCSA) hY. zrwg tYsitMg df kMm ies eyjMsI duafrf hI kIqf jfˆdf hY. hux ijs muwdy nUM lY ky gwlbfq cwl rhI hY, Auh Aunfˆ zrfievrfˆ sMbMDI hY, ijhVy trwk tYst dOrfn Pyl ho jfˆdy hn jfˆ zrwg tYst dyx qoˆ ienkfrI ho jfˆdy hn. ies bfry iek ÈMkf ieh pRgt kIqI jf rhI sI ik ijhVy zrfievr iek vfr tYst irport pfiËitv afAux kfrn doÈI pfey jfˆdy hn, Auh bVI asfnI nfl iek kMpnI qoˆ htky dUjI ivc jf lwgdy sn. ies nUM rokx leI hux iek `klIairMg hfAUs` zytfbys dI qjvIË pyÈ kIqI jf rhI hY qfˆ jo ijhVy zrfievr ies qrfˆ iek vfr pkVy jfˆdy hn, Aunfˆ leI iek Qfˆ qoˆ htky iksy dUjI Qfˆ jf ky kMm krnf asfn nf www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

hovy. nvfˆ kfnUMn ieh bxfieaf jf irhf hY ik jdoˆ koeI kMpnI iksy zrfievr nUM rwKdI hY qfˆ Aus nUM pihlfˆ ieh zYtfbys cYwk krnf pvygf. Aunfˆ df ijhVf zrfievr tYst ivc pfiËitv pfieaf igaf, AusdI jfxkfrI zytfbys ivc awploz krnI hovygI aqy ies qoˆ ielfvf afpxy zrfievrfˆ bfry sfl ivc iek vfr ies zytfbys nUM cYwk krnf hovygf. pRfeIvysI dy pwK qoˆ ieh pRbMD kIqy gey hn ik ijhVy vI zrfievr df nfˆ ies zytfbys ivc pfieaf jfvygf, Aus nUM ies bfry iek sihmqI Pfrm qy dsqKq krny pYxgy. pr kYnyzf ivc ies kfnUMn dy ienHfˆ pihlUafˆ nUM lY ky icMqf pfeI jf rhI hY. ikAuˆik kYnyzf dy pRfeIvysI kfnUMn amrIkf nfloˆ vwKry hn. ies nfl

af jfˆdf hY qfˆ kMpnIafˆ hux XUirn jfˆ slfeIvf ivcoˆ koeI vI qrIkf tYst leI cux skxgIafˆ. ikhf jfˆdf hY ik slfeIvf XUirn nfloˆ vwD smyˆ qwk srIr ivc zrwg dI mOjUdgI dws skdf hY. ies qoˆ ielfvf amrIkf ivc vflfˆ df tYst vI iek ivDI hY aqy kfPI PYl rhI hY. ikhf jfˆdf hY ik vfl dy zyZ ku ieMc dy iek lYb tYst nfl krIb iqMn mhIny pihlfˆ ley zrwg df vI pqf lwg jfˆdf hY. bhuq sfrIafˆ kMpnIafˆ hux ies ivDI df iesqymfl vI kr rhIafˆ hn. ieh ivDI ajy kYnyzf ivc iËafdf nhIˆ cwl skI. kuwJ lok ies dy iKlfP vI hn. zrwg tYsitMg iek aijhf pihlU hY, ijs bfry

keI qrfˆ dIafˆ kfnUMnI AulJxfˆ pYdf ho skdIafˆ hn. ies kfnUMnI GuMzI df hux kI hwl inkldf hY, Auh dyKxf hovygf. ies mfmly ivc iek hor aihm qbdIlI ieh ho rhI hY ik ijhVy zrwgË vfsqy tYst kIqf jfˆdf hY, Aus ivc kuwJ nvyˆ zrwgË joVy jf rhy hn. hux qwk ies ivc isrP pMj zrwgË sn ( aYmPYtfmfeIn, kokyn, mYroafnf, EpIeyts aqy pI sI pI). hux pqf lwgf hY ik kuwJ pRsikRpÈn zrwgË vI ies sUcI ivc Èfml kIqy jf rhy hn. trwikMg ieMzstrI nfl juVy lokfˆ nUM ies bfry sucyq rihx dI loV hY. imsfl dy qOr qy kuwJ pyniklr ijvyˆ ik aOksIkozon aqy hfeIzRokozon vI ies sUcI ivc joVy jf rhy hn. ies qoˆ ielfvf zrwg tYst dI ivDI nUM lY ky vI kuwJ qbdIlIafˆ ho rhIafˆ hn. hux qwk XUirn tYst hI ies vfsqy iekmfqr qrIkf sI. pr hux mUMh ivcoˆ ley jfx vfly slfeIvy df tYst vI ÈurU kIqf jf irhf hY. jdoˆ ieh inXm sfhmxy

asl ivc amrIkf aqy kYnyzf df isstm ibwlkuwl ieksfr hoxf cfhIdf hY pr do vwKo vwKry mulk hox kfrn ieh Èfied pUrI qrfˆ sMBv nhIˆ hY. trwikMg nfl juVy lokfˆ leI ivhfrk rsqf iehI hY ik Auh dovyˆ mulk dy kfnUMnfˆ bfry jfgrUk rihx, Kfs krky Auh zrfievr aqy kMpnIafˆ ijnHfˆ df amrIkf dI mfrkIt nfl iswDf vfh pYd ˆ f hY. kuwJ irportfˆ muqfbk ipCly sflfˆ dOrfn ies duafrf kIqy jfˆdy rYˆzm tYstfˆ dOrfn ijhVy lok zrwg tYst ivc Pyl huMdy hn, Aunfˆ dI igxqI koeI bhuq iËafdf nhIˆ hY. ies vkq zrwg tYst ivc Pyl hox vfly lokfˆ dI dr 0[5 PIsdI hY. iesy dy mwdynËr eyjMsI ny afpxy rYˆzm tYstfˆ dI dr 50 PIsdI qoˆ Gtfky 25 PIsdI kr idwqI hY. alkohl vfly tYst qfˆ pihlfˆ hI kfPI Gwt kr idwqy gey hn. ies qoˆ iek gwl qfˆ pRqwK huMdI hY ik zrgË dI vrqoˆ dy mfmly ivc trwikMg nfl juVy lokfˆ aMdr jfgrqI df pwDr kfPI vD cuwkf hY, ijhVf ik iek cMgf ruJfn hY. May 2016 | The Trucking Network | 43

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trwk zrfievrfˆ nUM syP zrfeIivMg dI slfh

amrIkI trwikMg aYsosIeyÈn aqy `amYirkfË ro z tIm` dua frf trwk zrfievrfˆ nUM apIl kIqI geI hY ik Auh zrfeIivMg kridafˆ ies gwl df iDafn rwKx ik ikqy kfhlI kridafˆ Auh afpxI mMiËl qoˆ hI nf KuMJ jfx. aYsosIeyÈn ny trwk zrfievrfˆ nUM ieh apIl vI kIqI ik vrk-Ëon vfly rsiqafˆ qy afpxI zrfeIivMg bfry hor vI iËafdf iehiqafq vrqx. nY È nl vrk Ëo n jfgrqI hPqy dy sbM D ivc `amYirkfË roz tIm` dy kYptnfˆ duafrf zrfievrfˆ nUM syP zrfieMg sbMDI nukqy smJfey jf rhy hn. ies tIm ivc Auh zrfievr Èfml hn, ijhVy syP zrfieivMg dy pwK qoˆ amrIkf dy coxvyˆ zrfievr hn. ienHfˆ ivÈyÈ zrfievrfˆ

dI tIm dy kYptn pOl syivl df kihxf hY ik iek anuBvI zrfievr dy qOr qy mYˆ ieh smJdf hfˆ ik iksy vrk-Ëon ivc dfKl huMdy vkq zrfievrfˆ nUM bhuq hI iËafdf sfvDfn rihxf cfhIdf hY. nYÈnl vrk-Ëon jfgrqI hPqf hr sfl aprYl dy mhIny mnfieaf jfˆdf hY. ies df mksd zrfievrfˆ nUM syP zrfeIivMg dIafˆ afdqfˆ bfry sucyq krnf hY, Kfs krky spirMg dy smyˆ jdoˆ sVkfˆ dy afly duafly murMmq qy ivkfs dy kMm cflU ho jfˆdy hn. ies tIm ivc Auh zrfievr Èfml kIqy jfˆdy hn, ijnHfˆ df syP zrfeIivMg df Èfndfr irkfrz hovy. ieh zrfievr afpxf muwlvfn qËrbf dUjy zrfievrfˆ nfl sfˆJf krdy hn.

ies sfl dI kYˆpyn df muwK ivÈf vrk-Ëonfˆ ivcoˆ lMGx vkq iDafngocry muwidafˆ nUM sfhmxy ilafAuxf sI. muihMm ivc Èfml mfhr zrfievrfˆ df kihxf hY ik vrk-Ëonfˆ ivc kMm kr rhy lok asl ivc sfzI sB dI surwiKaf leI hI kMm kr rhy huMdy hn qfˆ jo sB nUM sfnUM byhqr sVkfˆ iml skx. zrfievrfˆ nfl kuwJ PfiedymMd nukqy sfˆJy kridafˆ Aunfˆ ikhf ik jy sfnUM afpxy rsqy ivc cwl rhy kMm df pihlfˆ pqf hovy qfˆ asIˆ agyqf qur skdy hfˆ aqy Aus sUrq ivc lyt hox dy zroˆ kfhlI krn qoˆ bc skdy hfˆ. vrk Ëonfˆ ivcoˆ lMGdy vkq sB qoˆ vwD iDafn rwKx vflI gwl ieh huMdI hY ik ies Qfˆ qy lwgy sfeInfˆ nUM cMgI qrfˆ iDafn nfl piVHaf jfvy.

loar mynlYˆz bIsI ivc 8 nvyˆ vy-skyl ibRitÈ kolMbIaf srkfr duafrf kmrÈIal vfhnfˆ dI surwiKaf XkInI bxfAux leI clfey jf rhy iek pRogrfm kmrÈIal vIeykl syPtI ienPorsmYˆt qihq sUby dy loar mynlYˆz Kyqr ivc $2[3 imlIan zflr dI lfgq nfl awT nvyˆ mobfiel vy-skyl bxfey gey hn. ies bfry gwl krdy hoey sUby dy trfˆsportyÈn aqy ienPrfstrwkcr mMqrI tOz ston ny ikhf ik surwiKaf sfzf sB qoˆ pihlf AudyÈ hY aqy sUbf srkfr ies gwl leI vcnbwD hY ik sUby ivc ijMny vI kmrÈIal trwk cwl rhy hn, Auh sfrIafˆ surwiKaf loVfˆ pUrIafˆ krdy hox. Aunfˆ ikhf ik hr sfl hËfrfˆ-lwKfˆ trwk vy-skylfˆ aqy ieMspYkÈn sfeItfˆ ivcoˆ guËrdy hn aqy sI

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vI aYs eI aPsrfˆ dI izAUtI bhuq ruJyvyˆ vflI hY. nvIafˆ vy-skylfˆ ienfˆ aPsrfˆ dy kMmkfË nUM sucfrU aqy PurqIlf bxfAux ivc mdd krngIafˆ. ieh nvIafˆ vy-skylfˆ ies ihsfb nfl bxfeIafˆ geIafˆ hn ik ies nfl vwD qoˆ vwD Kyqr aqy sfry aihm Qfˆ kvr ho jfx aqy inXmfˆ dI AulMGxfˆ krn vfilafˆ nUM pkiVaf jf sky. nvyˆ bxfey gey vy-skyl ies pRkfr hn: hfeIvy 99 aqy lYznr trMk roz sfAUQ (zYltf), hfeIvy 91 eIstbfAUˆz aOn-tU hfeIvy 91ey nOrQbfAUˆz ( ircmMz), hfeIvy 91 nOrQbfAUˆz; nOrQ aOP hfeIvy 10 (zYltf), hfeIvy 10 aYt 232 strIt-aOn rYˆp tU hfeIvy 1 eIstbfAUˆz (lYˆglI), 264vIˆ strIt aOn-rYˆp tU hfeIvy 1 vYstbfAUˆz (lYˆglI),

264vIˆ strIt aOn-rYˆp tU hfeIvy 1 eIstbfAUˆz ( lYˆglI), hfeIvy 1 vYstbfAUˆz bryk cYwk ( vYst vYnkUvr), hfeIvy 99 aYˆz lYznr trMk roz vYstbfAUˆz aOn-rYˆp ( zYltf).

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Building a Stronger Industry – Team Canada Elite

Q & A with National Truck League President Rod Stiller

Q: You’ve been a Team Canada Elite member of the Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) for over 10 years; could you start by commenting as to why you’re a part of this membership and what value you feel it offers the industry?

Being a member of the CTA through the Team Canada Elite program is an invaluable resource for National Truck League as it allows us to work alongside carriers and other key suppliers to support the CTA in tackling important issues affecting the transportation industry. We are able to stay on top of industry and government changes which greatly benefits our organization and our clients.

Q: A lot of important topics affecting the Canadian transportation industry were discussed at the CTA’s most recent board meeting; was there anything which stood out to you as particularly pressing and/or interesting?

There were quite a few topics which I found to be particularly intriguing including the resignation of David Bradley as CTA President, the plans to work with the new federal government and also the traction occurring with the new border initiative.

As with any industry, changes in key players and political climate can greatly affect plans and agendas and so I always think it’s important to take an interest in new appointments and evaluate how they will affect the transportation industry.

Q: The driver shortage was again a topic heavily discussed at the CTA’s most recent board meeting; could you provide some personal insight on the topic and your thoughts on the steps being taken to solve this issue?

Although there are many good ideas and plans in place to work towards solving the driver shortage, I am particularly interested in the steps being taken to increase skill recognition and create a certification process for professional drivers.

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nized professionalism of the transportation industry and emphasize trucking as a skilled occupation. I think raising the profile of trucking as a certified skill set would not only increase the appreciation professional drivers receive but also make truck driving more appealing as a career to new drivers. My only concern would be ensuring the pricing of training and certifications is reasonable to ensure the new system would not discourage those considering trucking as a career.

Q: Is there anything you are particularly excited about in regards to the future of trucking in Canada?

I am truly excited about how new technologies will continue to impact the trucking industry. Human error is a factor in most road collisions (truck related or not) and I find the recent developments in safety features and capabilities very promising.

While there are still many technical and regulatory issues to sort out with autonomous trucks, the technological advances such as adaptive cruise control and automated brake assistance are astounding and will greatly increase driver productivity and efficiency while also increasing safety.

Innovations such as the Samsung transparent safety truck just continue to show me how advances in technology can continue to shape trucking and make the industry safer and more efficient; that’s really exciting to me.

Q: Any closing comments you would like to add?

I would just like to reiterate the value I feel groups such as the CTA provide the transportation industry and how important it is to stay informed and share information on industry changes and topics.

As an insurance brokerage, National Truck League is able to ensure our policies and procedures reflect any changing trends and legislation and we appreciate the opportunity to learn from various industry leaders and share in important discussions.

By Rod Stiller President of National Truck League Insurance Solutions

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Military Licences Now Transferable in Nova Scotia

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ova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil has announced his province is the latest to allow former military drivers to transfer their credentials directly to the trucking industry. The April 21st announcement meansanyone with a current Defense 404 licence for military vehicles can obtain the equivalent civilian licence without additional testing. Military members who have retired within the past three years will also be able to qualify.

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Nova Scotia has a proud military tradition and our workforce can benefit tremendously by tapping into the skills these men and women have developed during their careers in service to our country," said McNeil "Removing barriers for people returning to civilian life is a win-win for the individual and industry."

The changes, which apply to transport trucks, buses and motor coaches, are an attempt to both ad-

dress the impending driver shortage, while providing opportunities for veterans. The Conference Board of Canada has estimated that Canada could experience a labour shortage of 25,000 to 33,000 trained and qualified truck drivers by 2020.

Nova Scotia is the seventh Province to make the change after Ontario, Quebec, B.C, Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, and more recently Alberta. TTN WRITERS

CVSA Roadcheck to Focus on Tires

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ire safety will be the focus of this year’s 29th annual International Roadcheck, organized by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA). The three day event is scheduled for June 7-9 and will see up to 10 000 inspectors evaluating nearly 17 trucks or buses, on average, every minute in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.

According to an April 6th CVSA news release there will be special attention paid to measuring tread depth, checking pressure, and making sure no items are lodged between dual tires.Inspectors will also examine the overall condition of the tire to ensure no deep cuts or bulges exist in the sidewalls of the tire.

Inspectors will mostly conduct the North American Standard Level 1 Inspection, which is the most thorough roadside inspection. It is a 37-step procedure that includes an examination of both the driver and vehicle. Drivers are required to provide items such as their license, endorsements, medical card and hours-of-service documentation, and may be checked for seat belt usage and the use of alcohol and/or drugs. The vehicle inspection includes checking items such as the braking system, securement of cargo, coupling devices, exhaust system, frame, fuel system, lights, steering mechanism, driveline/driveshaft, suspension, tires, van and open-top trailer bodies, wheels and www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

rims, windshield wipers, and emergency exits on buses.

International Roadcheck is a CVSA program organized in partnership with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators, Transport Canada and the Secretariat of Communications and Transportation (Mexico).

More than 1.4 million inspections have been conducted during International Roadcheck since its inception in 1988.

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Informative

The Evolution of Truck Stops

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he modern-day travel plaza with a movie theater, food court and gym has its roots in the old West. It can be traced back to the famed Pony Express mail delivery and the stagecoach lines which brought passengers, freight and mail west.

For as long as Americans have been crossing the country, they’ve needed places to rest, refuel and get something to eat. For Pony Express riders who, in 1860, began carrying saddlebags of mail from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento, Ca., the way stations were little more than places to swap horses along the 2,000-mile trail.

Because they could carry up to nine passengers, stagecoaches, which reached their peak in the 1860s, required something a little more hospitable. Stagecoach stations were about 12 miles apart and the nicer ones offered a meal and overnight lodging.

Soon, horses gave way to railroads, then the internal combustion engine. As the cars grew more powerful and drivers ranged farther from home, there grew a need for places for

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them to eat and refuel.

At first these were little more than gas stations with diners attached, but truckstops really came into their own in the 1960s after the Federal-Aid Highway Act launched construction of more than 40,000 miles of interstate highway.

Mom-and-pop stops gave way to franchises and services which had been spread among a cluster of buildings were consolidated under single, ever-growing roofs.

Truckstops began evolving into travel plazas in the 1980s as operators pursued four-wheelers and RVs. Corporate ownership did their best to scrub the sites of the seamy images truck stops once had and began adding features such as gift shops, movie theaters and more.

Though the corporatization of travel plazas has resulted in a certain sanitized sameness, there are still some truck stops out there that have become destinations purely for their size or kitschy appeal.

Among them, South of the Border, a 67-year-old, Mexicanthemed stop in Hamer, S.C., which features a reptile lagoon, amusement rides and a sombrero-shaped restaurant; Iowa 80 Truckstop, “The World’s Largest,” which opened in Walcott in 1964 and sprawls over more than 600 acres to accommodate a trucking museum, dentist, barber shop, chiropractor, move theater etc.; and Sierra Sid’s in Sparks, Nev., which has a casino, gun collection and John Wayne memorabilia.

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Informative Owner operator Thomas Miller said the price of fuel is the biggest factor when considering where to stop. The RoadPro Pro Driver Council member said he also likes to stop as close to shippers and receivers as possible and that adequate parking is a must. Healthier food options are a plus, but he doesn’t like the trend toward reserved parking.

A driver can't always predict exactly where he is going to be at the end of his day,” Miller said. “I find it incredibly irritating to arrive and the only spaces left to park are paid reserved spots, and then find out all of those are gone as well. In my opinion, it’s the travel centers just using parking as another source of revenue.

“I do a lot of my own cooking so food doesn't play a big role,” he said. “Amenities such as showers, TV room, and laundry facilities are certainly a plus.”

Fuel prices also determine where fellow Pro Driver Council member Maggie Riessen stops. What else matters? “I love a good sit-down restaurant,” she said. “Next is parking. I like a place with clean showers and laundry.I don't like to stop at ones that are always the same.I get bummed on fast food; variety is always best.”

TRUCK STOP FACTS 2,500 – Number of truck stops in the U.S., defined by National Association of Truck Stop Operators as anywhere with at least one shower, 15 parking spaces and diesel fuel for sale.

6,000 – Number of locations that sell diesel fuel, but don’t have other amenities.

950 – Number of overnight truck parking spaces at Iowa 80, the largest truck stop in the country.

500 – Number of overnight truck parking spaces at Florida 595 Truck Stop in Davie, Fla., and Petro Stopping Center in Atlanta, Ga. 325 – Number of overnight truck parking spaces at Jubitz in Portland, Or., the biggest stop on I-5. Courtesy: By Jim Sweeney

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Western Edition

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Wheel partitions can be disposed of, CFMS board battles Continued from page 19

“I get the reality you need to spare cash on your upkeep spending plan, however purchasing a less expensive nut to hold the wheel on is not a spot you need to spare your cash,” McDonald said.

VanderZwaag said even the best wheel installers can have an awful day.

Forms should be set up to guarantee any missteps are distinguished before a wheel partition happens.

McDonald concurred. “Our industry makes a longing for velocity. The moment that happens, the specialist takes a few alternate ways,” he said.

“I let them know, whether it takes 45 minutes to carry out the occupation, you can’t do it in 30 or you’re missing something. The primary thing that goes is grease and the second thing that goes is the cleaning of the parts.”

Experts additionally should be outfitted with the right devices to carry out the occupation and to know how to appropriately utilize them.

“A torque wrench is not an extravagance, it’s a need. You need to have it,” said Bryan Hantke, item administrator, hand devices and torque items with Snap-On. The specialists additionally underscored the significance of torque checks after an establishment is performed.

“The torque check is a review of the establishment and that is the means by which you have to take a gander at it,” VanderZwaag said. “On the off chance that something turned out badly with the establishment, there’s still a chance you can discover it.”

In the event that an issue is recognized amid the torque check, VanderZwaag said it’s sufficiently bad to simply settle it, research why the issue happened and address any issues that hinted at it so it doesn’t happen once more. “It’s a quality control check of the establishment,” he said.

Kerri Wirachowsky, head, implementation program assessment with the Ministry of Transportation, noted wheel partitions give off an impression of being on the ascent in Ontario yet the details don’t recount the whole story.

The MTO has asked its requirement accomplices to better report wheel partitions and therefore, the numbers have expanded. Ontario is the main ward that tracks wheel-offs.

“I have a large number of pictures of wheels that have fallen off or just about fall off,” Wirachowsky said. She said most wheel detachments are latch related. Wirachowsky asked drivers to make a superior showing with regards to assessing their wheels.

Continuations

Ontario Commits $20M to Repair Municipal Roads, Bridges Continued from page 17

Funding will be provided for up to 90 percent of total eligible project costs.

The maximum amount of funding for eligible costs is $3 million per project.

Funding is provided for the design, construction, renewal, rehabilitation and replacement of connecting link infrastructure. Premier Kathleen Wynne announced this funding in Barrie in 1st week of April 2016 with Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca.

ATA Pleased by Decline in Truck-Involved Crashes Continued from page 20

“Today’s announcement of a decline in truck related fatalities and crashes is significant,” said ATA Chairman Pat Thomas, senior vice president of state government affairs for UPS Inc. “It shows the continuation of the positive long-term trend, a trend made possible, in part, by our industry’s continued investment in safety tools and technologies.”

Truck Freight Pricing: It’s a Roller Coaster Continued from page 22

CTA Concludes to Gov’t Agri-Forestry Committee Continued from page 22

“CTA took this chance to teach the senate advisory group on a large group of issues affecting the enrollment which crosses the fringe and administration the agri-nourishment business,” says Laskowski.

CTA secured an assortment of agri-transport issues amid its accommodation, including: the Safe Food for Canadians Act; the FDA Food Modernization Act; CTA's own particular Food Safety Program; how hours of administration, outskirt operations and cabotage rules www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

influences domesticated animals transport; APHIS fringe assessment charges; and CFIA necessities for products traveling through Canada, among different issues.

"Crossing the outskirt keeps on being an always advancing procedure that requires a genuine association between the inventory network and government organizations with a specific end goal to keep up adequacy and judgment skills decides that effect bearers moving horticultural items crucial to Canadians and the economy," said Fox.

Valuing power has swung back to shippers and they’re not hesitant to utilize it, JOC brings up.

Logistics directors have told JOC.com they are being advised by CEOs and CFOs to seek after twofold digit investment funds from transport administrators, the sort of reserve funds which can gut associations and risk esteem included administrations deliberately created through joint effort as of late.

“All it takes is one official to question why rates have not dropped as quick as fuel costs,” one shipper toldJOC.com.

“You need to disclose there’s a whole other world to truck valuing than fuel costs.”

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TCA holds annual convention in Las Vegas Continued from page 27

I’m also excited because of new leadership at the top of TCA’s team; our incoming Chairman is Mr. Russell Stubbs of Frozen Food Express Holdings. We also have a new President Mr. John Lyboldt who has a long history of outstanding service leading other associations and has extensive experience in benchmarking and knows it potential as a catalyst to improving current memberships bottom line financial

results and using benchmarking to expand overall association membership.

A final note of congratulations to immediate past Chairman Keith Tuttle, of Motor Carrier Express, for an outstanding year under his leadership at TCA. My benchmark for everything I do is, is this effort in better shape now as opposed to when I took on the role, and in Keith’s case there is no doubt about it, TCA has a bright future, should be fun to watch where it goes from here.

Manufacturing Fails to efficient process, Other Indicators Look Better Continued from page 15

April information likewise indicated a reestablished log jam in new business development, with the most recent extension the least so far in 2016. Some review respondents recommended that instability in connection to the financial standpoint and political atmosphere had weighed on customer spending in April. Also, trade deals kept on going about as a delay general new business volumes.

Makers showed that more tightly stock administration systems held on in April, drove by the most honed drop in loads of buys subsequent to the begin of 2014.

This most recent execution has likely dashed trusts that first quarter shortcoming in the American economy was just makeshift, as indicated by Chris Williamson, boss business analyst at Markit.

“The overview information are comprehensively predictable with assembling yield falling at an annualized rate of more than 2% toward the begin of the second quarter, and industrial facility job dropping at a rate of 10,000 occupations for each month,” he said.

“With earlier months’ overview information indicating annualized GDP development of only 0.7% in the main quarter, the disintegrating execution of assembling recommends that development could debilitate nearer towards stagnation in the second quarter.”

The report comes a couple days in front of the government’s first write about first quarter total national output development. Numerous examiners expect the GDP numbers will reflect little extension in the economy – because of the frail assembling numbers, as well as a result of level retail deals and high business inventories.

FTR reports decline in trailer order activity Continued from page 16

Excesses are still powerful, so generation ought to be enduring for the following a while. In any case, generation on an every day level has been bizarrely level the initial three months of 2016, and the low request all out in March will put truly no upward weight on construct,” said FTR VP of business vehicles Don Ake. “Dry van requests were powerless www.thetruckingnetwork.ca

in light of the fact that by far most of armadas put in their 2016 requests from August 2015 through February 2016. A huge piece of these requests were to supplant more established units that were not redesigned because of the fallout of the Great Recession. The unavoidable issue now is the manner by which strong the build-up will be if the economy stays stagnant.”

Continuations

Driving tired is driving dangerously!

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If you need to interrupt your driving shift because you are too tired to continue, find a safe area to pull over, park safely, inform your dispatch of the delay and then, REST! Professional driving is a lifestyle! It is understood, there is a social element to personal life. However, socializing should not take precedence over the proper healthy maintenance of our bodies. We must ensure the body receives adequate rest and nutrition so we may be at our best to properly provide our professional services!

Enjoy safe and productive motoring!

CNG - What you need to know?

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Around 10 years back, when capacity was more constrained, it was accept melted regular gas (LNG) would be the decision for whole deal; since it is super icy and contracts, it can be put away in tanks in goodly sums. Less CNG can be packed into on-board vessels, however that was fine for neighborhood operations where trucks return home every day for refueling.

Since then, suppliers have improved CNG tank capacity and found ways to stack them more efficiently behind cabs and sleepers, reducing the need for saddle tanks. These advancements make CNG usable in reasonably long over-the-road operations.

Freightliner’s accomplice is Agility Fuel Systems, and that gear is introduced at Freightliner’s plant in North Carolina and at an Agility office close-by. That office likewise takes a shot at Volvo trucks delivered in Virginia, yet numerous have tanks introduced at a Fontaine Modification Center close to the plant, says Frank Bio, Volvo’s chief of option powers deals advancement.

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