The Trucking Network is a Canadian “English and Punjabi” bilingual publication, founded in 2012. Dedicated to the hard working professional drivers and their families across North America.
As you may have noticed, the OPP between Thunder Bay and Kenora have recently stepped up enforcement in regards to speed and distracted driving. This is in response to increased complaints from the public regarding bad driving habits, distracted...
Day 3 of The Freedom Convoy 2022 Organizer’s Trial
Today was Day 3 in the Trial for the organizers of the Freedom Convoy 2022, Tamara Lich and Chris Barber, in an Ottawa Courtroom. Today's focus was evidence about the TicToc account...
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...
The PMTC attended the fall Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) Compliance & Regulatory Affairs Committee (CRA) meetings in Ottawa on November 3rd. This was the CCMTA’s first return to in-person meetings since November of 2019 as a...
TORONTO, ON – June 16, 2022 – Today, Fastfrate Group has announced the majority acquisition of the Challenger Group. The newly combined entity will help address the rapidly changing state of supply chains.
Fastfrate Group will add the Challenger Group’s industry-leading...
A survey was conducted online August 2020 to March 2021 for various trucking organizations across Canada to collect data on health and wellness during COVID-19. Participants reported similar challenges around fatigue. Compared with before COVID-19, truck drivers have worked...
The Province of British Columbia has long been known in the trucking community for treacherous driving conditions that result from extreme terrain challenges and wild winter weather. The main East-West corridor through the Province, Highway 1, is still largely...
In this article, I will be giving my opinion on what the next few months of electronic logging device (ELD) enforcement might look like. As you may know, ELDs are required in federally-regulated commercial vehicles in Canada as of...
Not all of COVID-19 was harmful or negative. As businesses, gyms, restaurants, and movie theatres closed up, the great outdoors opened up. We flocked in ever-increasing numbers outside simply for the joy of fresh and air and freedom. But...
“Don’t reinvent the wheel, just realign it.” Anthony J. D’Angelo, author We’ve all heard the adage about reinventing the wheel. Why spend a great deal of time and effort on working through something that someone has already explored? When Women...
