Experience is wasted

Dear Editor, Over the past 46 years as a professional driver, I have driven more than 3 million accident-free miles, and the only regret I have is that there are no means to pass on to new drivers the...

Volvo set to build truck of future for U. S. Army

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Volvo Trucks North America will team with Lockheed Martin Control Systems and Radian Inc. to build a truck of the future for the U.S. Army.The Class 8 tractor will be powered by a h...

Mark Dalton: Owner/operator – Off-loaded, Part 4

The story so far:Mark Dalton picks up a load of electronic equipment from a struggling trade show in Saskatoon, en-route to Vancouver. That was where show managers hoped to pick up their numbers. He m...

Manitoba now allowing longer Rocky Mountains

WINNIPEG, Man. - Manitoba has followed the lead set by its fellow Prairie jurisdictions and has extended the maximum length for Rocky Mountain Doubles - long combination vehicles (LCVs) with a shorter...

Customs officers to be armed with spray, batons

OTTAWA, Ont. - Canada's Customs workers may not be armed like their U.S. counterparts, but they will soon have pepper spray and collapsible batons at their disposal.Bill C-18 has passed its first read...

Trucks boast strong safety record in Ontario

TORONTO, Ont. - The Ontario Trucking Association is again calling for the better training of car drivers, with the release of the province's annual report on road safety showing that car drivers are m...

Alberta fatigue pilot to start by April

CALGARY, Alta. - The Alberta Trucking Industry Safety Association (ATISA) says its fatigue management pilot project is almost ready to begin, looking for a way to manage driver fatigue beyond traditio...

The lucky drove during the hungry ’30s

CALGARY, Alta. - Today many truckers complain the rates are too low, but Lyle Lebbert can remember driving during the Great Depression when people drove truck for free."It went with the times, everybo...

Teachers get top marks

Dear Editor, I passed my Class A road test and graduated from Transport Safety and Compliance Systems at their Belleville location.You may remember my letter that you printed in the November issue abo...

Don’t look overseas for truckers

Dear Editor,Hurray to the HRDC for recognizing that the shortage of drivers in Canada is an industry problem that must be solved within the industry. With all due respect to Andrew Rowland, and I am s...

It’s time to pressure shippers, and tell them to look for another carrier

Dear Editor, Re: word of the driver shortage and push to find new recruits.Truck manufacturers are building the safest, most comfortable trucks ever, and we can't supply even the most important safety...

New road rules proposed for Quebec

MONTREAL, Que. - Quebec is eyeing a series of road safety initiatives that could do everything from allowing right turns at red light to re-introducing photo radar.These are among five issues in the p...

Some fleets in need of an attitude adjustment: panel

TORONTO, Ont. - A panel of experts on driver recruitment and retention told Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) convention delegates that the way to escape the driver shortage is to start treating driv...

New ferry service set to run the Rock

ARGENTIA, Nfld. - Plans are in the works for a new ferry to start plying the waters from Portland, Me. to Argentia, Nfld., but don't expect to make the trip anytime soon. That's because it will initia...

Nuclear shipments get green light

SAULT STE-MARIE, Ont. - Transport Canada recently approved emergency response assistance plans from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd. that will allow shipments of MOX, or mixed oxide fuel, from the U.S. an...