• Regulations

What proposed HOS changes in U.S. mean to Canadian drivers

by trucknews.com

Proposed changes to the U.S. hours of service rules have been touted as more flexible for drivers and carriers -- but what about the benefits and the flexibility for cross-border drivers and carriers? Will the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration's proposed HOS provide the same benefits for cross-border drivers, or just make the hours-related differences between Canada and the United States even more confusing? Here’s what I came up with as to how FMCSA’s proposed changes might affect cross-border carriers.

• Transportation

We have you and the industry covered

by Derek Clouthier

It certainly is the end of an era, but the beginning of a new, more modern way of bringing trucking industry news to our readers. We may be ceasing our…

• Health & Safety

The fatal flaw with roundabouts

by Abdul Latheef

Several years ago, I sat in a meeting that was presenting the safety advantages of using roundabouts. We talked about how they prevented T-bone collisions that occur at…

• Health & Safety

A primer on the Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse

by Doug Marcello

This is a is a summary of the key points of the U.S. Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse program. A PowerPoint presentation of the same is available here. If you…

• Infrastructure

A lesson from Russia on energy policy

by Roger McKnight

The Power of Siberia gas line from Russia to China. – Gazprom graphic. I hear some people at this time of the year begin to sift through files and…

• Transportation

See you on the other side

by James Menzies

As first reported last month, Truck News is transitioning to an online format with the publishing of this, its final print edition. As the magazine’s longest-serving editor, I greeted the…

• Health & Safety

Women with Drive: The journey continues

by Angela Splinter

On Dec. 3 in Ottawa, Trucking HR Canada, along with partners from across the country, wrapped up our Women with Drive Hits the Road tour. The initiative builds on the…

• Health & Safety

Driver health and safety are linked

by Andrea Morley

At Healthy Trucker, we’ve been repeating the phrase, “A healthier driver is a safer driver,” since we set out to improve the health of the industry over six years ago.

Opinion: Proposal to axe air brake re-testing is ‘ridiculous’

by Rolf Lockwood

In Ontario, a recent private member's bill proposes that the province do away with mandatory air-brake re-testing for drivers as they renew their AZ licences every five years. That's ridiculous.

Opinion: Ontario auditor general gave trucking regulators a failing grade

by John G Smith

The impending report by a provincial auditor general must fill bureaucrats and politicians with dread. This year, Ontario’s oversight of commercial vehicles was in the crosshairs.

Opinion: Is your truck fleet ready to sell?

by Mike McCarron

I was 47, and like many entrepreneurs of my vintage, most of my net worth was tied up in my trucking company, MSM Transportation. I was starting to think about how to turn that equity into long-term financial security for my family. Four weeks after that chance meeting in the Air Canada lounge, an offer to buy MSM rolled off the fax machine. My head was spinning!

Opinion: Governments failing us when it comes to driver training

by Rolf Lockwood

Driver training should not be the huge problem that it is. It just shouldn't. If we were truly serious about it, we would have resolved the issue decades ago. Yet here we are, needing the Humboldt tragedy to focus our collective mind on solutions. And even with that impetus, we're really nowhere close to doing it right.

• Sustainability

Time for Quebec politicians to rethink pipeline?

by Roger McKnight

There’s an elephant in the room of the politicians involved in the Paris Accord. But first, here in Canada… In this report, I will go with the position that the…

• Transportation

Kudos to an industry that continues to help those in need

by Derek Clouthier

There is no shortage of good causes available to the trucking industry if it wants to help, and for the most part, the industry steps up to the plate when…

Opinion: Changes at Today’s Trucking and TruckNews.com will deliver you more

by John G Smith

Forty years after publishing its first printed page, and about 20 years after posting its first online story, the eastern and western editions of Truck News will completely shift to an online presence. TruckNews.com itself is being extensively redesigned to incorporate new tools to enhance the reader experience. There will be more columnists, more videos, more extensive coverage of every topic you can imagine.