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A trailer jackknife occurs when the truck reduces speed, but for whatever reason the trailer doesn’t and the trailer tires break traction. It can occur on bare dry pavement, but then it is almost always caused by improper loading...
A good night’s sleep is very important in our industry. I can’t count the number of drivers I’ve encountered who look like the walking dead from lack of good sleep, so plan your daily sleep period. Everyone’s sleep requirements are different, so pay attention to your own.
Another common out of service violations found during DOT inspections are brake issues, usually brakes that are out of adjustment. Almost all brakes today are self adjusting, so the days of having to crawl around under the trailer with...
Proper pre-trip planning is essential to avoiding delays caused by weather, road construction and traffic congestion among other things. In this day and age, there are many tools at our disposal to plan the best route to avoid such...
Many truck stops and rest areas have parking spots for big trucks that are pull-thru spots (which are parking spots that are entered from the back and allow the vehicle to exit by continuing straight). Pull-thrus are easier to...
Highway hypnosis is commonly known as a state of reduced alertness while driving. Whether you call it hypnosis or not, people do enter states of trance-like distraction when driving. This is especially common when the driving is monotonous and...
The Efficient Truck Program: Rebating The Costs of Making Trucks More Fuel Efficient
The Province of Manitoba and the Federal Government are ramping up their joint ETP, Efficient Truck Program. Canada and Manitoba are working together to reduce pollution and help...
Effective July 1, 2022, individuals completing the Class A or Class A restricted (AR) road test in a vehicle with an automatic transmission, including semi-automatic and automated-manual transmissions, will be restricted from operating Class A/AR vehicles with a manual transmission and only...
Freight volumes continue to increase at the Port of Gothenburg. This can be seen from newly published figures covering the period up to the end of September. On the container side, volumes rose by 16 per cent during the...
