Apprenticeships have 50-60 % completion rate: Study

OTTAWA -- Nearly two in three individuals who registered in an apprenticeship program in Alberta in 1993 had completed their training a decade later -- usually in the same trade they started in a decade earlier.

Wide single tires get national acceptance; in principle

OTTAWA -- The provincial Ministers of Transportation recently agreed the new generation of wide base single tires are deserving of increased weight limits.

DRIVER TRAINING ON ENGINES

Cummins offers new driver training materials

Schneider looking for road warriors

GREEN BAY, Wis. -- Schneider National has launched a new program aimed at turning veteran military personnel into professional owner-operators.

NJ implements new overweight permit rules

TRENTON, N.J. -- If you need an overweight permit in New Jersey, you might face some delays while the state moves to an automated online application process.

Western premiers collaborating on transport regs, carbon fight

LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. -- While carbon tax or cap and trade systems have emerged as the popular avenues to curb greenhouse gas emissions, Alberta has taken a different route and even found a partner.

ATA touts speed limiters, gov’t oversight to improve safety

ARLINGTON, Va. -- Mandatory speed limiters, uniform driver testing standards, and red light cameras are just a few suggestions being made by the American Trucking Associations to reduce highway fatalities and improve truck safety in the U.S.

How’s your sex drive? Truck school has the answer

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Maybe they're inspired by the can-do spirit of their governor and media star Sarah Palin, or maybe they're just fed up with the cold and want to hop in a cab and drive anywhere, as long as it's south.

Research prompts ‘action plan’ for falling snow from trucks

ARLINGTON, Va. -- As far as it can tell, the safety implications of snow and ice accumulation on tractor-trailers has not been well-documented in North America, says the American Transportation Research Institute.

Trucks can gain some weight in NS

HALIFAX -- Larger, heavier truck loads will be allowed on a selected group of roadways in Nova Scotia.

Report touts benefits of onboard safety systems

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released the findings from three onboard safety system studies, finding that the benefits of using the systems over a period of five years outweighed the costs associated with purchasing the systems.

Alberta holds fast on HOS and speed limiters, other changes afoot

BANFF, Alta. -- Alberta Transport Minister Luke Ouellette doesn't mince words while addressing the issue of federal hours of service legislation and speed limiters.

FMCSA goes live with driver safety tips site

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMSCA) has put together an educational website which provides valuable information for both drivers and fleet safety managers responsible for driver training programs.

Down and out in Ontario

OTTAWA -- Never mind the fact that Ontario has been tagged as a "have-not province." Its economy, however sluggish, is big enough that when it goes sour, it drags everybody down with it.

Truck-related fatalities keep dropping stateside

WASHINGTON -- There's at least one bright side to the economic recession in the US: Double-digit declines in highway traffic fatalities.