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Channel 19
Crash data before and after the Ontario province’s speed limiter mandate
Detail on a 2017-completed Ontario Ministry of Transport analysis of some crash metrics pre- and post- its 2009 speed limiter mandate. Bottom line: some food for thought as you consider whether to take concerns to your reps with the recent U.S. Senate bill that would mandate a 65-mph speed setting.
July 2, 2019
Business
New Paccar Parts facility in Canada
Paccar Parts celebrated its grand opening of a new 160,000 square-foot parts distribution center (PDC) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in March. The new facility replaces a 55,000-square-foot facility in Brampton, Ontario.
May 22, 2019
Voices
Ali Cetin presents ‘Why I have a dash camera’
Toronto, Ontario-based local trucker Ali Cetin compiled this collection of evidence of just why the operator runs with a dashcam in all his company’s trucks.
February 7, 2017
Channel 19
‘Irresponsible’ use of data — it happens day in, day out
Jumping to a conclusion that speed limiters are the driving force behind reductions in crashes without considering other factors is, well, irresponsible indeed.
September 8, 2016
Channel 19
Got hitchhiker? What to do to prevent rabies spread
The raccoon can certainly be “a charismatic species,” but their accidental transport over long distances can break through the USDA’s local/regional oral rabies vaccine barriers. What to do if you pick up a stowaway.
June 14, 2016
Business
Lives matter, regardless of who’s a fan
Wendy on Ontario court’s speed limiter ruling: “If the people who bring you literally every single thing you eat, drink, wear, sit on, lay on and pee in don’t represent a broad societal interest,’ then I’m afraid no one does. … Trucker lives matter.”
September 4, 2015
Business
Societal benefits of speed limiters outweigh trucker safety, Canadian court rules
“The public benefits associated with improved highway safety exceed the detrimental effects on the truck drivers,” a Canadian judge wrote in the court’s majority opinion.
September 3, 2015
Channel 19
New BigRoad app offers hours, nav, messaging
BigRoad’s driver/owner-operator smartphone app for Android offers log capability, messaging, navigation/maps and other functionality, such as the ability to send and receive documents from within the app.
August 4, 2012
Channel 19
Bummer, eh? Beer load sinks…
U.S. patriots living in Canada will no doubt be bummed by the news today: Click through the thumbnail of the pic here by Mathew McCarthy of The Record newspaper of Kitchener, Ontario, in Canada, for a story about this collapsed trailer loaded with beer outside the Beer Store on King Street in the same town. […]
July 4, 2012
Channel 19
Positives in trucking dog days in Truckers News — and more
Since I blogged about musician Susanne Spirit’s weekly shows at the TA East in Ontario, Calif., back in March, Spirit has continued to make great strides in combining her trucking-music act with her concern for the welfare of abandoned dogs in kill shelters. Her “Musical Truckin’ Dog Adoption Program,” conducted in concert with the Ramona […]
December 16, 2010
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Bachman and Turner: Still takin’ care of business
On their climb to stardom in 1973, the Bachman-Turner band decided they liked the name Overdrive when they saw a copy of the magazine at a truck stop in Windsor, Ontario. They had stopped at the Colonial Steak House at the Brown Brothers Truck Stop to eat, “hungry, tired, battling with a cranky bus and […]
November 17, 2010
Channel 19
Dentistry: latest in driving distractions
It’s been texting for a couple years now, after it was CBs and Qualcomm units and cell phones, and now DOT is reportedly eyeing other in-cab distractions for potential regulation beginning later this year. Then there was that rash of ugly outcomes after haulers either choked on or were otherwise distracted by food — oh a-and […]
July 7, 2010
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