Patience is a virtue on the highway

With tourist season upon us - and the sun beating down on the hood of the truck - I could probably fill a column with notes about how I'm ticked off by slow-moving RV drivers who decide to make left t...

Rig racing grows in the West

CALGARY, Alta. - Cory Riplinger says there's a secret to successful driving. Don't touch the brakes when you go into the corner, and push all you can into the straightaways, at speeds of more than 90 ...

ArvinMeritor to keep growing

TROY, Mich. - ArvinMeritor, the new (U.S.) $7.5-billion global automotive supplier created by the merger of Meritor Automotive and Arvin Industries, marked the historic launch of its operations last m...

Smiley frowns on hours plan

TORONTO, Ont. - One of the five members of an expert panel that studied driver fatigue for Transport Canada has come out against proposed hours of service rules because they fail to recognize that the...

Trucker gets six months for Oscar theft

LOS ANGELES, Ca. - A Roadway Express driver accused of stealing 55 Oscars prior to this year's Academy Awards ceremony has pleaded no contest to a charge of grand theft and been sentenced to six month...

Q: What has to be done to attract new candidates into trucking careers?

NEW MINAS, N.S. - A recent study suggests that Nova Scotia's trucking industry is in the midst of a human resources crisis. Carriers want to expand, but there's a shortage of trained professionals to ...

Kings of the mountain

PIKE'S PEAK, Co. - Mike Ryan has defended his title as the fastest trucker on Pike's Peak, driving a Freightliner ST up the Colorado mountain in 13:39.02 and marking a single-axle record in the Class ...

Fleets need their own training schools

Dear Editor,As the population grew, the demand for commercial drivers to deliver food, clothes, furniture, the parts for manufacturing and their end products, waste disposal and public transit has exp...

Fergus features include wedding

FERGUS, Ont.- Thousands of truckers converged on this rural community from July 22 to 23 during the 15th annual Fergus Truck Show. And more than 475 trucks competed for numerous awards (and bragging r...

Ambassador Bridge officials could play role in Peace Bridge future No peace in bridge debate

WINDSOR, Ont. - The company that owns the Ambassador Bridge linking Windsor, Ont. and Detroit, Mich. could play a key role in building a new link between Fort Erie, Ont. and Buffalo, N.Y.Ambassador Br...

Are carriers passing the money?

Dear Editor,I have been a commercial driver for more than 27 years, in the capacity of a company driver and an O/O, so I have an idea as to the hazards of the commercial truck driver's life.But I wond...

OTA begins Knights search

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association has begun the search for its fourth Road Knights team.Since 1995, the uniform-clad drivers have been selected for two-year terms during which they teac...

Ontario task force wants refineries to stop retailing

Ontario's Gas Prices Review Task Force has submitted 14 recommendations to the federal government, looking for such things as a ban on refinery-owned retail outlets, and a call for more fuel tax money...

Minister wants Feds to fund rural roads

REGINA, Sask. - Highways and Transportation Minister Maynard Sonntag moved an emergency motion last month in the Saskatchewan Legislature calling on the federal government to immediately provide more ...

Saskatchewan pushes up fines for driving offenses

REGINA, Sask. - Saskatchewan virtually doubled the cost of many of its on-highway fines Aug. 1, with a new rate schedule that brings the province's penalties in line with other western jurisdictions.A...