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Trucking Required to have seat at table for Autonomous Driving Policy pg 13
Labour Cost Outstrips Fuel Cost pg 20
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15 Canadian Transpor t Minister Announce Strategy to Move Forwards on ELDs,Rules Harmonization 18 Recent Class 8 Emission Standards Will Induct Changes in Demand 19 More Stringent Drug Screening Needed For Truck Operators
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20 National's Biggest Private Fleet Planning To Go Public in 2017 24 New Jersey Approves Bill to Increase / Gallon Diesel Tax by 30+ Cents Next Year 29 Detroit Diesel aligns with AT&T, Microsoft to Provide Enhanced Connectivity
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Misguided judgments are a hazardous thing. They're like presumptions and we've all heard the expression that is utilized when you expect things. We prompt separate those is nterpretations. We prompt turn out to be more than we are today. We prompt develop this industry to its potential. We need to lead in the event that we are to thrive. There are a considerable measure of confusions about both authority and millennials. The noticeable confusion of pioneers is that they are conceived, not made. As far as we can tell, these two misinterpretations are both uncontrollably off base. The millennials in our industry are dedicated and willing to demonstrate they can beat the era that preceded them. They are pushing limits and bringing advancement into an industry that has needed imagination and new thoughts. They are pushing each day to be better, and they are hinting at getting to be pioneers inside their associations. In 2013 the OTA dispatched its Next Generation Certificate program, an escalated administration correspondence program went for rousing and drawing in the business pioneers of tomorrow. The idea of characterizing who these developing pioneers were it was left to a great extent indistinct. In any case, OTA got an enormous measure of enthusiasm from all sides of Ontario, members from Quebec, and enthusiasm from trucking relationship the nation over about this new program. The reaction and energy from youthful experts in the business with respect to this system was overpowering. Presently in our third year of the system, enrollment keeps on expanding year over year. Working off the Next Generation endorsement program, the Schulich project will concentrate on hierarchical advancement and seeing how members' own reasoning inclinations can affect development in their working environments. The trucking business has seen some wild variances in business in the previous 10 years. From significant volume blasts in the mid-2000s to the battle that was the Great Recession, it has constrained armadas to continually re-assess their venture dollars. While numerous organizations battle with the expenses of these instructive projects in times of vulnerability, it is our position that fail to put resources into your organization's future is not the region to spare cash. Putting resources into your representatives' improvement is a definitive advantage to an association. It encourages a sentiment responsibility and consideration (something millennials are frequently looking for) and expands representative engagement altogether. They will meet similarly invested industry peers in comparative purposes of their profession way. They need to LEAD; let them.
ਗਲਤ ਫੈਸਲੇ ਖਤਰਨਾਕ ਹੰ ੁਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਪੂਰਵ-ਧਾਰਨਾਵ ਦੀ ਤਰ ਹੰ ੁਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਨੰੂ ਸਭ ਨੰੂ ਪਤਾ ਹੈ ਿਕ ਿਜਨ ਗੱ ਲ ਬਾਰੇ ਪਿਹਲ ਹੀ ਪਤਾ ਹੋਵੇ, ਉਨ ਬਾਰੇ ਕੀ ਿਕਹਾ ਜ ਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਤਰ ਦੀਆਂ ਗਲਤ ਿਵਆਿਖਆਵ ਨੰੂ ਅਸ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਵੱ ਖਰਾ ਕਰ ਲਦੇ ਹ । ਅਸ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਇਸ ਇੰ ਡਸਟਰੀ ਨੰੂ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਸੰ ਭਾਵਨਾਵ ਪਗਟ ਕਰਨ ਿਦੰ ਦੇ ਹ । ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਪੀੜੀ ਅਤੇ ਨਵ ਪੀੜੀ, ਅਥਾਿਰਟੀ ਅਤੇ ਿਮਲੇ ਨੀਅਲਜ਼ ਬਾਰੇ ਕਾਫੀ ਭਰਮ ਭੁਲੇਖੇ ਹਨ। ਪਾਇਨੀਅਰਜ਼ ਦੀ ਪੀੜੀ ਦਾ ਸਭ ਤ ਉਘੜਵ ਭੁਲੇਖਾ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਿਕ ਉਹ ਿਚਤਵੇ ਗਏ ਹਨ, ਬਣਾਏ ਨਹ ਗਏ। ਿਜੱ ਥ ਤੱ ਕ ਅਸ ਕਿਹ ਸਕਦੇ ਹ , ਇਹ ਦੋਵ ਗਲਤ ਿਵਆਿਖਆਵ ਿਨਰਾਧਾਰ ਹਨ। ਸਾਡੀ ਇੰ ਡਸਟਰੀ ਿਵੱ ਚ ਨਵ ਪੀੜੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਕੰ ਮ ਨੰੂ ਸਮਰਿਪਤ ਪੀੜੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਦਰਸਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੰ ੁਦੀ ਹੈ ਿਕ ਉਹ ਆਪਣੇ ਤ ਪਿਹਲੀ ਪੀੜੀ ਤ ਵੱ ਡੀ ਛਾਲ ਮਾਰ ਸਕਦੀ ਹੈ। ਉਹ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਸੀਮਾਵ ਤ ਪਾਰ ਜਾਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਿਸ਼ਸ਼ ਕਰ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇਕ ਅਿਜਹੀ ਇੰ ਡਸਟਰੀ ਨੰੂ ਅੱ ਗੇ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਲੱਗੀ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ, ਿਜਸ ਇੰ ਡਸਟਰੀ ਨੰੂ ਅੱ ਜ ਨਵ ਿਖਆਲ ਅਤੇ ਨਵ ਸੁਪਿਨਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਨਵੀਆਂ ਕਲਪਨਾਵ ਦੀ ਲੋ ੜ ਹੈ। ਹਰ ਰੋਜ਼ ਉਹ ਕਦਮ ਦਰ ਕਦਮ ਅੱ ਗੇ ਵਧਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਿਸ਼ਸ਼ ਕਰ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਐਸੋਸੀਏ ਨ ਿਵਚ ਨਵ ਪੈੜ ਪਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਲੱਗੀ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਸਾਲ 2013 ਿਵੱ ਚ ਓਨਟੈਰੀਓ ਟਰੱ ਿਕੰ ਗ ਐਸੋਸੀਏ ਨ ਨ ‘ਨਕਸਟ ਜੈਨਰੇ ਨ ਸਰਟੀਿਫਕਟੇ ਪੋਗਰਾਮ’ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕੀਤਾ ਸੀ। ਇਸਦੀ ਬੜੀ ਵਾਹਵਾ ਹੋਈ ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਨੰੂ ਉਨ ਲੋ ਕ ਤ ਭਰਵ ਹੰ ੁਗਾਰਾ ਿਮਿਲਆ, ਿਜਹੜੇ ਸਾਡੀ ਇੰ ਡਸਟਰੀ ਦਾ ਭਿਵੱ ਖ ਹਨ। ਇਸ ਨਵ ਪੋਗਰਾਮ ਬਾਰੇ ਓ ਟੀ ਏ ਨੰੂ ਪੂਰੇ ਓਨਟੈਰੀਓ, ਿਕਊਬੈਕ ਅਤੇ ਪੂਰੇ ਮੁਲਕ ਭਰ ਚ ਟਰੱ ਿਕੰ ਗ ਇੰ ਡਸਟਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜੇ ਲੋ ਕ ਤ ਭਰਭੂਰ ਹੰ ੁਗਾਰਾ ਿਮਿਲਆ। ਇਸ ਿਬਜ਼ਨਸ ਦੀ ਨੌਜਵਾਨ ਪੀੜੀ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਇਸ ਪੋਗਰਾਮ ਨੰੂ ਬਹੁਤ ਜੋਸ਼ ਅਤੇ ਚਾਅ ਨਾਲ
ਕਬੂਲ ਕੀਤਾ ਿਗਆ। ਹੁਣ ਇਸ ਪੋਗਰਾਮ ਨੰੂ ਿਤੰ ਨ ਸਾਲ ਹੋ ਗਏ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਿਵੱ ਚ ਦਾਖਲ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਿਲਆਂ ਦੀ ਿਗਣਤੀ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਵਧ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਓ ਟੀ ਏ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਇਹ ਸਰਟੀਿਫਕੇਟ ਪੋਗਰਾਮ ਸ਼ੁਲਕ ਸਕੂਲ ਔਫ ਿਬਜ਼ਨਸ ਦੇ ਅਗਜ਼ੈਕਿਟਵ ਐਜੂਕੇ ਨ ਸਟਰ ਦੇ ਸਿਹਯੋਗ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਚਲਾਇਆ ਜਾ ਿਰਹਾ ਹੈ। ਿਪਛਲੇ ਦਹਾਕੇ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਟਰੱ ਿਕੰ ਗ ਿਬਜ਼ਨਸ ਨ ਬੜੇ ਉਤਰਾਅ ਚੜਾਅ ਦੇਖੇ ਹਨ। ਮੱ ਧ-2000ਿਵਆਂ ਦੇ ਮੰ ਦਵਾੜੇ ਤ ਕੰ ਪਨੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਇਹ ਦਬਾਅ ਹੈ ਿਕ ਉਹ ਫੂਕ ਫੂਕ ਕੇ ਪੈਰ ਰੱ ਖਣ। ਇਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਬਹੁਤ ਸਾਰੀਆਂ ਕੰ ਪਨੀਆਂ ਅਿਜਹੇ ਮੌਿਕਆਂ ਤੇ ਉਨ ਪੋਗਰਾਮ ਤੇ ਖਰਚ ਕਰਨ ਵੇਲੇ ਦੁਿਚੱ ਤੀ ਿਵਚ ਪੈ ਜ ਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਿਜਹੜੇ ਭਿਵੱ ਖਮੁਖੀ ਪੋਗਰਾਮ ਹਨ। ਪਰ ਆਪਣੀ ਕੰ ਪਨੀ ਦੇ ਭਿਵੱ ਖ ਵਾਸਤੇ ਖਰਚਾ ਕਰਨ ਤ ਹੱ ਥ ਿਪੱ ਛੇ ਿਖੱ ਚਣਾ ਕੋਈ ਬਚਤ ਨਹ ਹੈ। ਆਪਣੇ ਨੁਮਾਇੰ ਿਦਆਂ, ਜ ਮੈਨਜਰ ਦੇ ਿਵਕਾਸ ਲਈ ਸਰੋਤ ਜੁਟਾਉਣੇ ਿਨ ਿਚਤ ਤੌਰ ਤੇ ਕੰ ਪਨੀ ਦੇ ਿਹੱ ਤ ਿਵਚ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਨਾਲ ਨਵ ਪੀੜੀ ਦੇ ਮੈਨਜਰ ਅੰ ਦਰ ਿਜੰ ਮੇਦਾਰੀ ਦੀ ਭਾਵਨਾ ਨੰੂ ਉਤਸ਼ਾਹ ਿਮਲਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਉਨ ਦੀ ਆਪਣੇ ਕੰ ਮ ਿਵਚ ਸ਼ਮੂਲੀਅਤ ਵਧਦੀ ਹੈ। ਉਨ ਨ ਸਾਡੀ ਇੰ ਡਸਟਰੀ ਨੰੂ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਦੇਣੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਨੰੂ ਉਨ ਨੰੂ ਇਹ ਅੱ ਗੇ ਆਉਣ ਦੇਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।
CALGARY, Alta. – Magtec Products and SpeedGuage are conveying to showcase a post-retail truck speed limiter that holds fast to neighborhood speed limits. SpeedGuage will serve as an affiliate of the SafeSpeed administration to the armada telematics area, the organizations reported. The framework confines truck speed as far as possible and permits customizations for corporate speed rules. It has been field-tried by a few US armadas over a huge number of miles, the organizations reported. "We are eager to work with SpeedGauge in putting up SafeSpeed for sale to the public. The planning couldn't be better in light of the current month's arrival of the US DOT's FMCSA and NHTSA's proposed rules with respect to speed limiters and option innovations that would restrict the speed of the vehicle to the speed furthest reaches of any given street, not only a solitary most extreme speed. This is the very meaning of our SafeSpeed innovation," said Mitch Morisset, VP at Magtec. "This innovation is the most recent era of Magtec's Acceleration Control System (ACS), created over 10 years back fundamentally to empower armadas to make quick move in conveying a vehicle to a
sheltered and controlled stop. To date, our ACS has a huge number of miles amazingly, without a solitary episode. Armadas can keep on setting their most extreme speed limits on their ECMs, and permit SafeSpeed to deal with all velocities underneath that." "We anticipate offering this answer for sale to the public through our system of driving armada telematics benefit suppliers. It is a benefit to have the capacity to work together with Magtec, which has many years of specialized administration in the zone of over-the-air vehicle control and wellbeing," included Jonathan Hubbard, CEO of Speed Gauge. "This energizing new mix exhibits both of our organizations' dedication to moderating vehicle obligation chance, supporting proficient drivers, and making our streets more secure over the globe."
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utonomous vehicles, related to commercial trucks, are already a reality, conditional the trucking industry must have a “seat at the table … to develop a [policy] framework without stymying innovation,” Chris Spear, president of the American Trucking Associations, said at the ATA’s Management Conference & Exposition in Las Vegas. Technology for autonomous trucks is growing rapidly. While there is potential for so much innovation, there are also regulatory and operational concerns that need to be addressed by governments and industry, Heavy Duty Trucking reported Spear as saying. He said trucking is “a different animal than the car side” so the association is aiming to ensure the industry’s voice is heard as federal policy making develops. Spear recently criticized the process for developing the first federal guidelines for the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles, saying there was almost no input from the trucking industry. He also pointed out that some individual states have moved ahead of Washington on autonomous vehicle policy making, pointing to Nevada, which has enacted legislation and regulations to enable the testing and operation of autonomous vehicles. According to the HDT report, Spear said connected and autonomous vehicles hold the promise of increasing
highway safety, reducing fuel consumption and emissions, and by alleviating congestion, boosting trucking productivity, which in turn “would be better for driver pay.” As for that seat at the table, Spear said he sees ATA working closely with DOT but also with other transportation modes as well as the auto industry as “our trucks will have to communicate with those cars” to gain the full measure of safety and traffic-flow benefits of autonomous driving. He also said it’s imperative to “ensure that the technology will be reliable and understood by all industries and government agencies before it is deployed” on a large scale. Turning to Capitol Hill, Spear said that he expects Congress will “largely focus on oversight” of autonomous regulations with an eye to not inhibiting technological innovations. Spear added that what must be asked is “How fast can our government get into this game and be collaborative— so the result is good for safety and the economy.”
BCTA, alongside the Canadian Trucking Alliance and other common affiliations, are supporting the re-presentation and development of the Cargo Crime Reporting Program declared in December 8, 2015, by the Insurance Bureau of Canada. The program, which is worked by IBC, focuses on a national database of freight robbery episodes and portrayals of the stolen products, to help in their recuperation. Bearers, truck drivers, safety net providers and law authorization faculty can all submit misfortune reports to IBC, which breaks down the information and shares it with a national system of law requirement accomplices, including Canadian and American fringe benefit organizations. IBC had made a before form of the program accessible a few years back, yet at the time there were worries about driver security, client certainty and organization notoriety if data about stolen load turned out to be freely known. IBC has tended to these worries by actualizing a thorough procedure for getting and putting away load robbery information and discharging constrained data as fundamental, (for example, a non specific depiction of the merchandise however not the transporter name) while offering definite information to law authorization authorities. From that point forward, IBC has worked the upgraded program in Quebec and Ontario for a long time, extending to the Atlantic Provinces a year ago too.
Support via bearers, protection intermediaries and law requirement is relentlessly developing and has empowered law implementation to make associations between robberies in Ontario with burglaries in the Atlantic Provinces. CTA has evaluated that freight robbery costs Canadians $5 billion a year. IBC reports that the previous summer, its freight robbery reporting database encouraged correspondence between insurance agencies and law requirement prompting a police assault, through which they could distinguish the proprietors of roughly $1.4 million in stolen products. With expanding take-up by the business and development crosswise over Canada, IBC's Cargo Crime Reporting programme can be dimnished.
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anada's transportation priests met in Toronto this week to talk about an expansive exhibit of activities including commanding Electronic Logging Devices and also fitting transportation rules the nation over. An administration official statement and a Today's Trucking report cited Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau as saying the pastors will make a team to fit truck-related controls "wherever conceivable" and seek after unspecified changes to the Memorandum of Understanding that represents weights and measurements. Garneau said Transport Canada is moving towards an ELD command and plans to "put something forward in 2017 on that subject." CTA's has been effectively propelling its message with Ottawa and common governments as to ELDs, administrative and weights and measurements harmonization, development in security innovation and independent vehicles. Taking after a call from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to take a gander at the sideguard issue at the end of the day, Garneau additionally declared that Transport Canada is setting up a board of trustees to study measures, for example, side watchmen, cameras and different gadgets
as an approach to decrease fatalities and wounds in impacts including trucks, cyclist and people on foot. "A few regions have all alone executed side gatekeepers, yet we need to take a gander at potentially different advancements that would help, and to settle on a choice about where it's proper," Garneau told Today's Trucking. The administration's sign to survey side watchmen does not mean they will be required. The board of trustees is likewise concentrating on different innovations, for example, mounted cameras and impact shirking innovation.
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he National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have issued a hotly anticipated proposition to require substantial obligation vehicles be furnished with rate constraining gadgets and set motors to a greatest pace on U.S. roadways. The proposition choices three most extreme rate settings – at 60, 65, and 68 miles for every hour – yet says different paces could be viewed as taking into account open info. The required rate administering gadget and would apply to all recently produced vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating more than 26,000 lbs. Engine bearers working business vehicles in interstate trade and Canadian transporters working in the U.S. would be in charge of keeping up the pace constraining gadgets at or underneath the assigned pace for the administration life of the vehicle under the proposition. The U.S. takes after Ontario and Quebec, which, with the backing of the Ontario and Quebec Trucking Associations, were the initial two locales in North America to enact speed limiter commands for business vehicles. Those velocity limits must be set at a most extreme 105 km/h or less, which measures up to around 65 mph.
The proposed principle has been submitted for distribution in the Federal Register, and once that happens there will be a 60-day time frame for open remark. Usage is likely still years away, in any case. NHTSA is proposing a consistence date of the primary September, three years after distribution of a last run the show. For delineation purposes, the proposed administrative content refers to the hypothetical date of September 1, 2020. "In view of the organizations' audit of the accessible information, constraining the velocity of these substantial vehicles would decrease the seriousness of accidents including these vehicles and diminish the subsequent fatalities and wounds. We expect that, as a consequence of this joint rulemaking, for all intents and purposes these vehicles would be constrained to that speed," the proposition peruses – with that pace setting yet to be resolved. Requiring speed-restricting gadgets could likewise spare an expected $1.1 billion in fuel expenses and a large number of gallons of fuel every year, the organizations said. The general population is urged to present their remarks on the proposed guideline at www.regulations.gov.
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pre-discharge blast is guage in 2019 and 2020, preceding a sharp drop into 2021, as indicated by another report by Americas Commercial Transportation (ACT) Research and Rhein Associates. The N.A. On-roadway CV Engine Outlook, accessible now, is intended to display verifiable patterns, current action and conjectures of motor request in on-expressway business vehicles. The report breaks down huge patterns in motor relocation, motor sort (diesel, fuel, regular gas, and other), hostage versus nonhostage motors, and premium versus non-premium power for Class 8 vehicles. "This investigation of motor history and its related gauge highlight the patterns in motor sort and relocation," said Tom Rhein, president of Rhein Associates. "New and overhauled motor presentations throughout the
following couple of years, together with outflow effects, will prompt changes sought after." As indicated by ACT's senior accomplice and general chief, Ken Vieth: "The Class 8 motor examination fixates on diesel motors as gas motors are not accessible in trucks of this size, and OEM introduced elective
fuel motors (normal gas) are as of now just accessible from Cummins Westport: ISL-G (8.9L) and ISX-12G (11.9L). Interest for regular gas motors has impeded in 2016, constituting under 2% of aggregate motors utilized as a part of Class 8 trucks."
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he National Transportation Safety Board said for the current week the U.S. Speck needs to fix medicate screening prerequisites for truck administrators. Its suggestions come taking after its examination concerning a June 25, 2015, crash in Chattanooga, Tenn., including a tractor-trailer. Six individuals were murdered in the crash, and four others harmed. NTSB's suggestions convey no lawful bearing and are proposals for controllers. NTSB found in its examination that Kentucky-based driver Benjamin Scott Brewer did not back off when activity was going down before him in a development zone, and that he had unlawfully utilized methamphetamine before the crash happened. NTSB said the toxicology report demonstrated an example of medication utilize, and if the transporter, Cool Runnings Express, had utilized pre-business hair tranquilize tests, Brewer's methamphetamine utilize could have been recognized.
The office said Brewer's operation of the truck "through the work zone at 78-82 mph essentially ruined his capacity to respond so as to make hesitant move to stay away from vehicles," which prompted a more serious crash, and included that he had not taken rest breaks as required by hours-of-administration directions.
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valuating weight in the truckload and multi-purpose segments was the subject for 2016 and transporters are not anticipated that would see any help until 2017, as indicated by Stifel Capital Markets. As reported by Fleet O w n e r, J o h n L a r k i n , overseeing chief and head of transportation capital markets research for Stifel, cautioned that trucking organizations hoping to see a major knock in Christmas season rates might be baffled. "We've seen an exceptionally troublesome rate environment for the TL area, especially on the spot market side," he noted in a phone call with U.S. exchange correspondents. "Valuing weight in TL and in multi-purpose is the issue on everyone's mind for the principal half of 2016 and there is not a single alleviation to be found for rest of this current year," he said. While he anticipates that e-business interest will develop amongst now and December, he said that truckload estimating won't enhance much until the second quarter of 2017 "and it's not clear they'll enhance by then either." David Ross, another of Stifel's cargo transportation examiners, included that LTL bearers ought to profit by any limit fixing in the TL segment. "On the off chance that limit fixes in TL one year from now, hope to see a help to LTL in extending volumes and edges," he said. "Nonetheless, at this moment, we're seeing only a moderate development environment as we check out the world nowadays."
A truck driver was extremely harmed when a tire detonated in his face on Wednesday, Sept. 14, on Interstate 285 in Georgia. As per a meeting with WSB-TV in Atlanta, Capt. Eric Jackson of the DeKalb County Fire Rescue said the driver pulled his tractor-trailer over and got out to keep an eye on the brakes. When he did, the warmth from a brake fire brought on the tire to detonate, Jackson said. While the driver's name was not discharged, Jackson said he was in basic condition at a nearby doctor's facility. The flame started to devour the tractor-trailer, which was conveying doctor's facility supplies, for example, wheelchairs, doctor's facility quaint little inns tanks. The oxygen tanks made an extra hindrance for the flame office, Jackson said. "There were oxygen chambers that were dispatching themselves every which way," Jackson said. "We would not like to take a risk in having one of those barrels dispatch itself into eastward activity and hit an auto going maybe 60, 70 or 80 mph.
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chneider National the nation’s biggest privatelyowned fleet, is thinking going public in 2017.
The company declared Friday, Oct. 7, it is planning an initial public offering (IPO) next year, pending “satisfactory market conditions.” According to the CCJ Top 250 carrier rankings, Schneider pulled in $3.9 billion in revenue in 2014. Schneider told in a press release the goal of the move are to “facilitate continuity of controlling ownership of Schneider by the future generations of the Schneider family, while continuing forward with its long-standing, independent and professional, corporate governance structure.” The company added it will file a registration statement detailing the IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission soon.
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he American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) says because of lower fuel costs, the trucking business' operational expenses declined in 2015. What's more, interestingly, driver costs speak to a higher rate of general expenses than fuel. Discharging the discoveries from the 2016 overhaul to 'An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking, the ATRI said the normal minor expense per mile in 2015 was US$1.59, a 6% diminish from the US$1.70 in 2014. "ATRI's 'operations cost' examination is a great gauge of the condition of the country's economy, as it archived the softening in 2015 additionally demonstrates that expenses will be on the ascent in 2016," said Bob Costello, boss financial specialist for the American Trucking Associations and an individual from the ATRI Research Advisory Committee. Notwithstanding lower fuel costs, the decrease in minor expense per mile was ascribed to a softening in the US economy late 2015.
“This transaction will allow the company to continue its commitment to Wisconsin and the community, and to maintain and further investments in its long-term positioning,” the Green Bay, Wis.-based company said in its statement. After Schneider, Estes Express is the largest privatelyowned trucking company in the U.S., according to the CCJ Top 250.
The 2016 World's Largest Truck Convoy moved around Winnipeg's Perimeter Highway, with about 200 trucks partaking and raising more than $62,000 for Special Olympics. Darren Anderson, supervisor of Law Enforcement Torch Run and territorial gathering pledges, said that 30 of the trucks that were a piece of the caravan were from Bison Transport, and the Winnipeg, Man. organization effectively brought home the distinctions of 'Most Trucks Entered.' Manitoba Trucking Association (MTA) official chief Terry Shaw said it was essential to raise cash and mindfulness for Special Olympics Manitoba. "Having the capacity to interface that to a festival of the trucking business in Manitoba makes the occasion significantly more unique and one that the MTA is a pleased supporter of," Shaw said. A few MTA individuals participated in the guard, as did an expansive section of its non-driving individuals who appeared to stage trucks, get ready suppers and set up for the occasion. MTA workers additionally help year round as
a major aspect of the caravan's sorting out advisory group. Saskatchewan likewise praised 10 years of the World's Largest Truck Convoy in the prairie territory. Occurring Sept. 10, the caravan advanced from Saskatoon to Regina and raised $17,000 for Special Olympics Saskatchewan. Drivers participating in the guard delighted in a breakfast in Saskatoon and festivity grill in Regina. Lorrie Sitler, organizer of the Alberta Law Enforcement Torch Run, said $10,000 was raised for Special Olympics Alberta amid the Sept. 17 truck guard in Calgary, Alta. The current year's escort began and finished at Rosenau Transport in the southeast part of the city, where a grill was help taking after the occasion, and in addition a live execution by nation vocalist Mary Ann Oxtoby. Sixty-one drivers partook in the Alberta escort, with assets being utilized to bolster sports programs in the Calgary zone, which will help 1,600 Special Olympic competitors in the district. B.C. did not hold a truck caravan occasion this year.
The Trans-Canada highway is expanding to multiple lanes up to 4 west of the center of downtown of Salmon Arm and it would pass via two first nations communities in BC. Federal government and the B.C. government announced $162.7 million in funding for the Highway 1 project, which will also upgrade connections to the adjacent and existing road network and replace the Salmon River Bridge. The majority of traffic on the highway consists of heavy trucks, regional commuters and local residents. "Salmon Arm is an important hub along the Trans-Canada Highway for communities, visitors, and those hauling goods,” announced Todd Stone, B.C. Minister of Transportation and Infrastructure, in a statement. “The upgrade announced today will add more lanes to keep traffic moving and improve safety, particularly at the Salmon River Bridge, which is why this project was listed as a priority in our B.C. on the Move plan. Through the Salmon Arm West project, we are also continuing to build positive relationships by closely working together with the Secwepemc Nation,” added Stone.
The for-hire trucking industry’s net employment reduced by 3,600 jobs in September, according to the Labor Department’s monthly U.S. employment report. The loss nearly wipes out an upwardly swotted gain of 4,000 jobs in August. Succeeding several years with steady employment growth in the industry, 2016’s seen mostly a descending trend, focused by five straight months of job losses between March and June. July and August both saw trucking employment gains, however. Trucking’s trend has bucked that of the U.S. economy’s employment, which has increased every month this year. The economy as a whole added 156,000 jobs i n S e p t e m b e r, b u t t h e c o u n t r y ’ s unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage to 5 percent. Trucking industry employment summed up 1.4567 million in September, the Department of labor reports. That number doesn’t take into account private fleet employment.
The transportation and warehousing sector as a whole lost 9,000 jobs in September. Manufacturing lost 13,000 jobs, while the construction industry added 23,000 jobs. The retail trade sector added 22,000 jobs.
Both assemblies of New Jersey's governing body passed Friday, Oct. 7, a couple of bills to give tax breaks to the state's occupants and to reserve its transportation and base activities for the following eight years with an expansion of fuel assessments. The bill's benefactors say it will give an additional $2 billion a year to the state's transportation subsidize.Gov. Chris Christie and the state's administrative pioneers went to a concession to the bills in late September. The fuel charge increment incorporates a 23-penny increment to petroleum imposes no matter how you look at it, and an extra fourpenny increment for diesel fuel, which will produce results Jan. 1, 2017, through the end of June. The diesel assessment is likewise set to increment by another four pennies for every gallon after July 1, 2017, as indicated by the dialect of the bill, which would push the state's per-mile expense to 31 pennies a gallon on diesel. As indicated by nj.com, New Jersey as of now has the secondleast expensive fuel assesses in the U.S.The new enactment would move it to the seventh-most noteworthy, as per nj.com, who likewise reports it is additionally the main assessment increment at the pumps in the state since 1988. With its section in both councils of New Jersey's lawmaking body, the bill has been sent to Christie to be marked into law. The 23penny gas charge increment will produce results on Nov. 1, or two weeks after Christie's marking of the law, whichever is later.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has issued a last run revising the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations to permit the intentional mounting of specific gadgets on the inside of the windshields of business engine vehicles. As indicated by Heavy Duty Trucking, the tenet incorporates innovation set inside the zone that is cleared by the windshield wipers. Area 5301 of the Fixing America's Surface Transportation or FAST Act coordinates the FMCSA to alter the FMCSRs to permit gadgets to be mounted on the windshield that make utilization of "vehicle security innovation." Area 5301 likewise expresses that all windshield-mounted gadgets and advancements that were at that point given an exception will effectively meet or surpass the wellbeing standard required for the underlying exclusion. The last manage is a nondiscretionary, ecclesiastical activity that does not require earlier open notification and open remark under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Navistar International Corporation (NYSE: NAV) declared that it has shaped a far reaching vital collusion with Volkswagen Truck and Bus, which incorporates a value interest in Navistar by Volkswagen Truck and Bus and structure assertions for key innovation and supply cooperation and an acquirement joint wander. The assertions anticipated that would be gone into regarding the organization together will empower Navistar to offer clients extended access to driving edge items and administrations through coordinated effort on innovation and the permitting and supply of Volkswagen Truck and Bus items and parts, while better improving its item improvement spend. The union will likewise reinforce Navistar's liquidity position. What's more, the acquisition joint wander is required to influence the obtaining force of Volkswagen Truck and Bus three noteworthy truck brands, Scania, MAN and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus, notwithstanding Navistar's own International® and IC Bus brands, giving Navistar upgraded worldwide scale.
Kenworth extended the honor winning T880 with a put forth front pivot setup today at the ConcreteWorks show facilitated by the National Ready Mix Concrete Association (NRMCA). The new arrangement, named the T880S, is particularly intended for armada and truck administrators in prepared blend, dump and versatile crane applications where each incremental pound of payload conveyed contributes straightforwardly to the main issue, and phenomenal mobility and perceivability are esteemed. "The new T880S advances Kenworth's legacy of giving armadas and truck administrators with industrydriving, rough and dependable professional trucks that convey fabulous execution," said Jason Skoog, Kenworth collaborator general chief for deals and promoting. "Accessible with a 114-inch BBC and best-in-class 28-inch guard setting, tare weight is minimized, weight dissemination is advanced, Federal Bridge Formula can undoubtedly be met, and body establishments are upgraded." The guard setting is particularly imperative in spec'ing Bridge Formula case required to stay under the 40foot length limit. Likewise offered are 29.5-inch and 31.5-inch guard settings. Truck administrators can indicate the blender decreased (114inch BBC), dump decreased (115.5inch BBC) or straight box guards (117.5-inch BBC) in an assortment of completions and materials. Removable and cast focus mounted tow snares are accessible, contingent upon guard determination. The new T880S is accessible with a put forth front pivot going from 14,600 pounds to 22,800 pounds. Single, pair or tridem drive axles and a wide assortment of processing plant introduced lift axles, are among a scope of alternatives accessible to meet the most requesting jobsite prerequisites. The T880 and T880S additionally give clear back-of-taxi choices that make it simple to design the truck body, handle compelling burdens and make it less demanding
for body up fitting. This T880S has fantastic perceivability, improved by a 3.6-inch lower hood crown than the legacy Kenworth W900S for up to four feet of extra ground perceivability. Using innovation from the demonstrated T880 product offering, the recently styled, complex reflector halogen fog light gives projector bar lighting execution without the additional expense, alongside a thick, polycarbonate focal point and UV inhibitor for long life. The 5-piece hood is made of RTM, a lightweight cutting edge material harder and more sturdy than fiberglass. In the event that harmed, the jolt on bumpers regularly can be supplanted in under two hours to expand uptime and recover the truck on the jobsite. Likewise accessible are 2.5-inch and 4.5-crawl wide bumper expansions that match determined front tire widths and keep soil off the side of the truck. The T880 and T880S are standard with the 12.9-liter PACCAR MX-13 motor, which gives up to 500-hp and 1,850 lb-ft of torque. For weighttouchy applications, the 10.8-liter PACCAR MX-11 motor recoveries 400 pounds contrasted with a 13-liter motor, and offers an amazing energy to weight proportion and low fuel utilization. The PACCAR MX-11 with up to 430-hp and 1,550 lb-ft of torque is appropriate for prepared blend trucks. Kenworth is the driver's truck. See what drivers are stating at www.kenworth.com/drivers.
Kenworth Truck Company is the maker of The World's Best(R) substantial and medium obligation trucks. Kenworth's Internet landing page is at www.kenworth.com. Kenworth is a PACCAR company
ExxonMobil uncovered as of late its new lineup of improved Mobil Delvac diesel motor oils that are intended to meet or surpass the CK4 and FA-4 classifications of API Proposed Category 11 (PC-11) particular. The new lineup incorporates enhanced variants of current Mobil Delvac offerings, including Mobil Delvac 1300 Super and completely engineered Mobil Delvac 1 ESP 5W-40. Moreover, the new lineup highlights low thickness Mobil Delvac Extreme semi-engineered oils. ExxonMobil led more than 30 million miles of on-street testing for the oils with real business vehicle producers, motor manufacturers and armadas. Comes about show how the new CK-4 and FA-4 definitions convey noteworthy execution changes over today's equivalent CJ-4 oils, including: Continued on pg 54
LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Detroit Diesel Corporation declared as of late that it is working together with AT&T and Microsoft to convey upgrades to its Detroit Connect suite of associated vehicle administrations. AT&T will give Internet of Things availability to the new Detroit Connect Truck Data Center stage. The stage highlights interchanges equipment that will convey new capacities for Detroit Connect, including Detroit Connect Remote Updates, which empowers over-the-air motor programming and powertrain electronic firmware upgrade abilities for clients, and additionally the capacity to coordinate outsider telematics applications. Microsoft will bolster all Detroit Connect administrations with the Microsoft Azure cloud stage. It will be selective to the new Freightliner Cascadia. "Our coordinated effort with innovation pioneers, for example, AT&T and Microsoft assist improve our capacity to give progressed associated vehicle arrangements that will convey vehicle execution bits of knowledge and redesign abilities to our clients," said Matt Pfaffenbach, chief, network for Daimler Trucks North America. "With the upgrades to Detroit Connect, we're ready to develop the
association between our clients and their vehicles like never before some time recently." "Daimler Trucks North America is an industry pioneer in inventive arrangements and speaks to more than 40% of the whole deal trucking market in the U.S. also, Canada," said Chris Penrose, senior VP, Internet of Things Solutions, AT&T. "The Detroit Connect stage is a prime case of how Internet of Things network can enhance effectiveness, security and execution in associated vehicles. We anticipate giving our worldwide associated vehicle ability and IoT answers for these trucks."The availability stage will be accessible with begin of-generation of the new Freightliner Cascadia in January 2017. “Today's monstrous advanced change of the car business can open up numerous new open doors for Freightliners. The influence of expanded availability and the Microsoft Azure cloud stage will permit Detroit to convey setting particular bits of knowledge from endless systems of information and upgrade the dependability, wealth and comfort of their administrations for clients," said Sanjay Ravi, overseeing chief, Worldwide Discrete Manufacturing, Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft.
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companion, they will have the capacity to impart through the stage and know the individual is close by, or even at the same area where they can meet and discover solace in knowing they're not the only one."
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etter pay, enhanced correspondence with administrators, all the more family time and a bother free work day are the top issues that make the best managers to the extent drivers are worried, by from the 2016 yearly Best Fleets To Drive For review from CarriersEdge, which likewise dispatched the 2017 overview this week. Today's Trucking reports: "Cash", "pay" and "paid" were the absolute most basic catchphrases utilized as a part of the 2016 driver study, as per CarriersEdge CEO Jane Jazrawy, who recapped the driver study comes about for participants at a client thankfulness day facilitated by Northbridge Insurance. In general, 28% of drivers noted pay as something that should be made strides. Five of the Top 20 armadas have some type of ensured pay, which means a driver can rely on upon some convergence of money. Other pay issues raised all through the study, incorporate better pay for non-driving work, such as holding up at the fringe, or occasion pay. Jazrawy said that great armadas don't make pay muddled. "Try not to make them do extra regulatory circling to get paid," she said. Drivers particularly noticed that they need better correspondence channels amongst themselves and
dispatch, and finance. The catchphrases "individuals" and "family" were a piece of 22% of remarks from drivers, who prominently showed that they need an anticipated home time. "They would prefer not to be pushed when they're out and about," said Jazrawy. The organization as of late welcomed drivers and trucking industry specialists to partake in the 2017 overview. Click here. “This year, notwithstanding our standard inquiries, will get some information about how much time their drivers spend out and about, whether they give ensured pay and paid holding up time, and what in-taxicab comforts they offer. We'll likewise get into the theme of differences, asking what armadas are doing to convey a more different driver pool to the business."
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t's no secret that the Trucking Industry in North America is facing and long-term, chronic shortage of qualified drivers. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) set up a Blue Ribbon Task Force to take a good look at some of the key reasons and in their 2012 report the Driver Shortage in Trucking, you'll find the following statements: · Ask most Canadian motor carriers, and they will say looking ahead of the driver shortage is their number one challenge." · The lifestyle challenges can be even greater for non-traditional workers, such as women. Moreover, the hours of work (e.g., night/shift), sedentary lifestyle, poor sleep hygiene and diet, can all negatively impact driver wellness. Studies suggest truck drivers are more susceptible to obesity, sleep apnea, diabetes and heart disease than workers in many other occupations. The current life expectancy of truck drivers is lower than society as a whole – some industry sources put it at the early '60s."
· The report goes on to explain that driver wellness should be a top priority for carriers in order to combat the shortage we are seeing today. In 2007, a study was published by Harvard Medical School that examined US truck drivers, and it as found that their average life expectancy of a long haul driver is only 61 years of age! With the average lifespan of an American male being 76, this number is very disturbing. Although there are ongoing debates that this number may not be an accurate reflection of the general trucking population, we do know that whatever the true number is, it is still far too low. So what is it about trucking that causes a shorter life expectancy? · Sedentary Lifestyle? · Hectic Schedule? · Poor food choices? · Long work hours? · Sleep Deprivation? · Postural fatigue? · Exposure to noise and vibration? It could be that it's a combination of all
of the above, so why not start to tackle things one issue at a time? Andrea M o r l e y, L e a d H e a l t h C o a c h a t H e a l t h y T r u c k e r ( w w w. h e a l t h y t r u c k e r. c o m ) h a s provided 10 tips on what drivers can do both on and off the road to obtain/maintain good health.
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t's the "second inning" of the normal gas industry's association with the transportation business, particularly the substantial obligation truck segment, scratch promoters of the main option fuel to diesel said. They made the remarks Oct. 3 at a meeting here amid American Trucking Associations' Management Conference and Exhibition. "It is an intense market at this moment for characteristic gas with diesel costs down, truck cycles are in the base, it's a decision year and a great deal of [fleet] individuals are impervious to change," said Rob Neitzke, president of Cummins Westport Inc., the sole normal gas motor maker serving the U.S. advertise. "In any case, what has not changed is Cummins' devotion and responsibility to the characteristic gas motor advancement and industry, when all is said in done," Neitzke said. "We are keeping on contributing increasingly on enhancing the current motors."MCE PHOTO GALLERY: Best pictures from Las Vegas COMPLETE MCE COVERAGE: Live stories, photographs, video, online networking and more Cummins Westport is a joint wander between motor creator Cummins Inc., which is situated in Columbus, Indiana, and Westport Innovations Inc., a supplier of option fuel, low-discharges advancements situated in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the interim, the cost of energizing frameworks has fallen on account of rivalry and a
proceeding with work out of the packed regular gas powering base, as armadas evaluate and include trucks. In any case, more quick development relies on governments paying attention to the business' list of things to get, particularly for motivating forces, the promoters said. Neitzke said the almost zero discharges regular gas motors starting to develop will recover the preferred standpoint their forerunners once appreciated over diesel motors that have sliced unsafe emanations over the previous decade. The California Energy Commission said in September it endorsed a $1 million give to build up a 12-liter regular gas motor reasonable for Class 8 vehicles that produces almost zero nitrogen oxide tailpipe outflows. A fair size Cummins Westport motor, the 8.9 liter ISL G NZ, has as of now been guaranteed as 90% lower, or 0.02 gram for each brake strength hour, than the current Environmental Protection Agency NOx breaking point of 0.2 gram, the organization said. In a remark went for distrustful armadas, Neitzke said a characteristic gas motor shares numerous aspects with its "diesel sibling": the motor piece, crankcase and direction are the same. "It has comparable evaluations in the torque bend. Both motors are created at the same [Cummins] producing offices ... they have the same support interims," h e s a i d . A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e characteristic gas industry keeps on
merging. At the meeting, William Nowicke, head working officer at Agility Fuel Systems, declared his organization and Hexagon Composites' CNG Automotive Products Division, which incorporates medium-and substantial obligation vehicle composite chamber fabricating operations and its transport frameworks specialty unit, have converged to shape Agility Fuel Solutions, which is situated in Santa Ana, California. The new element is possessed similarly by Norway-based Hexagon Composites and Agility's present financial specialists, including Cummins, and have creation destinations in Brazil, Norway and the United States. The exchange is proposed to decrease forthright expenses, quicken commercialization of new items and prompt speedier profits for ventures, as indicated by an a n n o u n c e m e n t f r o m A g i l i t y. Additionally, Agility, in a pilot extend with armadas, is coordinating a fresh out of the box new electronic control unit with its powering framework, Nowicke said. "Along these lines, never again is this an auxiliary thing that sits in favor of the truck in a postretail way. What we need to do is get associated with the motor similarly as giving the driver constant data about the fuel framework. How it is carrying on, [diagnosing] what sort of upkeep does it require ... telematics is a major bit of that," he included.
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A report by global specialists highlights the requirement for another way to deal with street well being, requiring a Safe System crosswise over transport. Street car accidents are the main source of death worldwide for youngsters matured 15 to 29 and the ninth driving reason for death generally speaking, slaughtering a bigger number of individuals than jungle fever or tuberculosis. Quick motorisation in numerous lower-pay nations focuses to rising quantities of street passing later on, while in numerous higher-salary nations, advance in diminishing fatalities has slowed down. To battle the butchery on the world's streets, the United Nations have set an objective to split the quantity of street fatalities over the coming years. Accomplishing the half decrease cherished in the UN Sustainable Development Goals will oblige governments to essentially survey their street well being approaches. A gathering of spearheading nations and urban areas are driving the way. Sweden, the Netherlands and New York City, among others, construct their street well being strategies with respect to "Vision Zero", the yearning that nobody ought to be slaughtered in a crash. They operationalise this vision by changing their street systems into a Safe System, a movement biological community where all components are planned and oversaw together to maintain a strategic distance from accidents and, where they do happen, evade genuine wounds or demise. Another report by the International Transport Forum discharged today surveys the experience of Safe System nations and offers direction
for pioneers who try to radically lessen street passing in their groups. Director of the Working Group of more than 30 street security specialists from 24 nations and associations which arranged the report, Iain Cameron, says the well being movement is required at this point. "We require an outlook change in street security approach to stop the street passing pandemic, and we require it now," Mr. Cameron said. “It is unreasonable to expect that instruction and implementation alone will bring the required stride change. "Indeed, even street clients who know and take after the tenets commit errors. "A Safe System makes a domain in which basic oversights will no more murder individuals." The ITF report likewise highlights how urban communities can utilize a Safe
System to enhance street security for the high share of powerless street clients, for example, people on foot, cyclists, motorcyclists or seniors in urban movement. ITF will dispatch another system for urban areas trying to enhance their street security execution at the UN Habitat III gathering on 18 October.
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've worked in the office at Canada Cartage for a few years now but recently decided to take our truck driver orientation/training program to gain some more insight into Canada Cartage and our various safety procedures and requirements. Monday morning, I showed up at 6:30 a.m., pen and paper in hand, wearing my safety boots, eager to start the orientation training to cover some basics that all our drivers need to go through when operating a commercial motor vehicle (CMV). After brief introductions, we got started and for three days straight, we listened intently, learned, and tested our knowledge with regular quizzes. The training was extensive, informative, and exhausting. Luckily, we had knowledgeable and engaging trainers that kept it interesting. Our training included: · Hours of Service (HOS) Regulations and Driver Daily Log · Carrier Profile System (CVOR) · Accident/Injury Reporting, Accident Review Committee · Slips, Trips and Falls & 3 point contact · Safe Lifting and Carrying
Site Orientation (Truck & Trailer Yard, Garage, Central Dispatch) · Decision Driving · Transportation of Dangerous Goods · Workplace Hazardous Material Information System (WHMIS) · Pre-Trip Inspection Requirements in classroom and practical · Wheel Re-torque Policy · Safe Lift Gate · Manual Pump Truck Operation At the end of each long day, I sat there wondering how difficult it would be to know and practice this stuff every single day. Working through the HOS and daily driver log on the first morning was enough to make my head spin. But, the drivers took it all in stride. Truck drivers work hard – very hard. They assume risk and liability when getting behind the wheel every single day. They need to track their hours to ensure they are compliant with HOS regulations and ensure their trucks and trailers are properly inspected, even when it's -40 °C outside. If not, they can be fined – or worse. I would argue that truck drivers are some of the best drivers on the road. ·
Imagine driving a vehicle that weighs up to 140,000 lbs! Transports have several blind spots, can take up to two football fields to come to a complete stop, and can roll fairly easily if the content of the trailer shifts. Throw in some bad weather and impatient car drivers, and it only gets harder. Good truck drivers need to be patient, think quickly, drive defensively, ensure their paperwork is in order, prepare and inspect their CMV, understand the company's and customer's requirements, work safely, secure their load, understand WHMIS, and the regulations for transporting dangerous goods, just to name a few… I have a new-found appreciation and respect for truck drivers and I only went through a small portion of their training. Their job isn't easy. Yet, I met a couple of Canada Cartage drivers recently with over 30 years of experience who had permanent smiles on their face. You could tell they loved their job and were very proud…and they should be. I hope that the next time you see a truck driver on the road, you will be patient, give them their space, and thank them for their hard work and expertise that helps keep our roads safe. I know I will.
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