Equipment Get connected, or risk being left behind by James Menzies It feels like remote diagnostics and truck connectivity have been with us for ages, but in fact the first such platforms were launched less than a decade ago. While significant…
Regulations Serious mandatory truck driver training is needed by Rolf Lockwood Did we learn anything from the Humboldt catastrophe in Saskatchewan just over two years ago? We must have, but to be honest, it’s not immediately obvious. I certainly didn’t expect…
Human Resources Bring back the Code of the Road by Ray Haight Have you ever reached a point in your life when you had to pony up? A time when you had to muster up the courage to just go for it?…
Technology Balancing privacy and driver-facing dash cams by Jaclyne Reive While outward-facing dash cameras are becoming more common, trucking companies are increasingly asking the question of whether they can use driver-facing dash cams to monitor their drivers, and if so,…
Equipment Advanced driver assistance systems prove their worth by John G Smith The business case for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) can be explained using the invoices associated with collision repairs. Collapsed bumpers, cracked rads, and crumpled hoods are largely the result…
Transportation How to fight excessive towing bills by Doug Marcello The towing bill. Even if an accident involves just a single vehicle, the towing bill can be hefty. Often, the pain is compounded when your truck is held hostage and,…
Business Management Should you lease or buy trucks? by Mike McCarron When I purchased my first truck 25 years ago, I didn’t have a clue what I was doing. The lease I signed for one truck could’ve bought me a small…
Human Resources Post-Covid, trucking still needs to consider driver shortage by Angela Splinter The challenges include an aging driver population. Photo: Abdul Latheef/Today’s Trucking Before Covid-19 hit, the Canadian trucking and logistics sector was already experiencing an acute driver shortage. It was…
Equipment There’s no denying the pull of torque by Rolf Lockwood A little while ago I had one of those immensely annoying – and unwinnable – arguments in an online forum with a guy I’d never met. Nowadays just about anything…
Transportation 8 ways your bill of lading can fail to limit liability by Alan S. Cofman Most provinces have enacted their own versions of the “Uniform Bill of Lading”, a model law for truck transportation in Canada. The Uniform Bill of Lading includes a provision that…
Regulations The time is right to rethink border processes by John G Smith These are strange days along the 49th parallel. Non-essential travel has been restricted since March 21 in a bid to limit exposure to Covid-19. Four reviews later, the restrictions are…
Health & Safety Now’s the time to fix trucking’s top issues by Ray Haight Been there done that. Then, been there several more times because apparently, I never learn. I’m struck with the idea that what we are currently living through will eventually be…
Business Management How to survive a post-Covid supply chain by Mike McCarron Congratulations to Canadians whose collective response to the Covid crisis has been ranked among the best in the world. As we slowly reopen the economy I’m seeing signs of stability…
Transportation Trucking innovations range from the crude to the sophisticated by Rolf Lockwood Old-timers and students of trucking in the trenches will know about ‘prairie cruise control’ but newbies and those who hail from foreign parts likely won’t. It’s an interesting one, a…
Regulations Drug testing leeway for furloughed truck drivers by Heather Ness We’re still dealing with the pandemic, and we’ve seen over the past several months the devastating effects the coronavirus has had on Canada and U.S.-based trucking companies. Some of you…
