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Simply put, passing traffic in a 2-lane road should be avoided at all costs. Very few voluntary choices we make carry the potential for disaster as overtaking slower vehicles on a 2-lane highway. Highway 11 through northern Ontario is...
What a year it’s been, we started off with bright futures and goals, hit a pandemic that rocked the world, and transferred our lives from in-person to digital all within a year. What could we do if we planned...
Overview
A study conducted by the University of Pennsylvania and sponsored by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the American Transportation Research Institute of the American Trucking Associations found that almost one-third (28 percent) of commercial truck drivers...
Several major CVSA inspection blitzes’ have been conducted so far in 2021, and local areas have done their own too. Many of these inspections resulted in significant percentages of vehicles being placed out-of-service for major mechanical problems and driver...
Save Fuel, Save Environment, the maxim has all the relevance when we take a look at the greenhouse emissions caused by the commercial medium and heavy -duty trucks operating worldwide. A report of RMI dating back to 2012 clearly...
The PMTC recently conducted an anonymous survey, through survey monkey, to try and ascertain the vaccination rate of Canada’s truck driving workforce. The survey was sent out to PMTC Members and contacts and ran from November 26th until November...
In 2007, there were a few people who helped launch Women In Trucking. First, Char Pingel was the first employee who was hired with just a promise of a paycheck. She stayed on for sixteen years despite early financial...
As we slowly start the annual transition to spring, the daylight hours lengthen, and the sun moves higher in the sky, giving more direct sunlight, warming everything it touches. But there is a very dangerous downside to this change...
As the seasons change, the driving challenges change as well. As Canada transitions into winter, we have fewer hours of daylight, which inevitably means more night driving. Driving at night presents it’s own hazards at the best of times,...
Scaling LCV’s (long combination vehicles) can be a very tricky endeavour. As we know, in 2 or 3 trailer combinations, the heaviest trailer (called the “lead”) must be hooked to the truck, and the lighter trailer (called the “pup”)...
