Gentlemen, Stop Your Engines

Improving technology means more options for key-off climate control.

A Little Piece of History

The Pioneer Acres Truck Museum in Irricana, Alta., houses an astonishing collection of very rare antique trucks.

Glam it Up

Rule number one in truck customizing is there are no rules

Spec By Numbers

Spec'ing for fuel economy is easier if you take it one piece at a time

Pandora’s ECM

Ontario's new speed limiter law allows inspectors unfettered access to hundreds of vehicle settings and parameters as well as historic trip and operational data.

Full Speed Ahead

Road Test: Detroit Diesel Rolls out '07 Series 60 engines

The Almost Perfect Driver

Why 45 years with no accidents or tickets and a perfect driving test isn't quite good enough

Inventing (and Avoiding) the Next Crisis

07's aren't even done rolling off the line yet, and we're already worried about 2010.

Timebombs

You can ignore some problems for only so long.

Interpretations and Impressions

It's said that you never hear the shot that kills you. The MTO is quietly making up its own rules on HOS and trip inspections. So, BANG!

Face to Face

Ontario's two new Super Coops reflect a change in that province's enforcement policy

Are You Secure?

Drivers are doing well with new cargo securement rules. But here's what's still missing.

FUEL ECONOMY: DETAILS, DETAILS

Two drivers, one truck. Who gets better fuel economy? And why?

SPECIAL REPORT: US HOS? No thanks, drivers say in survey

TORONTO -- The Hours of Service rules are supposed to be about safety, right? Seems odd then, that a large majority of the drivers who responded to an exclusive HOS survey Today's Trucking and highwaySTAR conducted over the past few months said they didn't feel safety had been enhanced by the new, more restrictive rules that went into effect in 2004 south of the border.