Mayhem on Highway 11

Carrier Integrity -Do You Have It?

CARRIER INTEGRITY Integrity…now there's a word that seems to have lost it's value over the past several years, especially in politics, as we have all witnessed. Integrity is described as the firm adherence [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adherence] to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility [https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/incorruptibility]. How does it apply to the trucking industry? The recent US Supreme Court ruling on broker liability creates a challenge for carriers: how do we distinguish between the scofflaw carriers and the good ones? Rather than wait for various governments to tighten up their carrier rating methodology, George Kresulia developed the Carrier Integrity Pact. George is our guest on this episode of Truck News Talk.

Mayhem on Highway 11

The title this weeks sound like the title of a Quentin Tarantino movie. Nope. It's real life...and death in Northern Ontario. Let this sink in. The Highway Traffic fatality rate across the province of Ontario in 2021 was 3.94 per 100,000 people, yet the fatality rate in northern Ontario that same year was more than 99.25 per 100,000 people. That's a 135% increase! So far, the Ontario government seems to be okay with that. Jim Park talks to Ontario MPP John Vanthof who represents that Ontario region. Listen as Mr. Vanthof explains to problems…and the proposed solutions. Are you listening, Premier Ford?

Dumbing Down Driver Training

Dumbing Down Driver Training Have you ever heard the metaphor about the "crabs in a bucket"? It's based on the observation that if a single crab tries to climb out of a bucket, the group will pull him down, preventing him from escaping. It embodies the mindset: "If I can't have it, neither can you." We have a crabby example in this TNT podcast where we learn about one province being compelled to dumb-down truck driver training seemingly to satisfy the other nine provinces. Jim Park and Stan Campbell talked to Kelly Henderson, the Executive Director at Trucking Human Resources Sector Council. She tells us about the positive driver training in Nova Scotia, but what Kelly told us about MELT shocked us. You have to hear this. Thanks to our friends at Howes Products, makers of Diesel Defender, a diesel Fuel Lubricator & Injector cleaner with advanced IDX4 Detergent.

A National Truck Driving Training Standard

A NATIONAL TRUCK DRIVER TRAINING STANDARD WITH JOHN DEGROOT Just when you thought that everything that needed to be said about the Red Seal Certification plan for trucker driver training was already said, we discovered that there is more to learn. Jim Park and Stan Campbell talk to one of the most passionate people behind the Red Seal Certification process, John DeGroot. We thought we had heard it all, but this week we learn some new details. Is the answer is a standard driver training course from coast to coast, through Red Seal? It's already beginning in one province. Thanks to Howes Products makers of Diesel Defender, a diesel Fuel Lubricator & Injector cleaner with advanced IDX4 Detergent

Rollover Avoidance

Rollover Avoidance Remember when CB radios were the main communication system between truckers? There was an entire lingo between drivers…but maybe the most popular one was "Keep the shiny side up and the greasy side down." CB radios aren't as popular as they once were, but it seems that these days, keeping the shiny side up is also not as popular as it once was. Hardly a day goes by when we don't hear about another rollover or see one on social media. In some cases, lives are lost. What are we going to do about that? Well Jim Park will have a conversation with Brian Bullock, Principal of RoadAware Safety Systems. Mr. Bullock has a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering, Civil Engineering. Thanks to Howes Products… makers of Diesel Defender, a diesel Fuel Lubricator & Injector cleaner with advanced IDX4 Detergent We also have an upcoming conversation about carrier integrity…and we are also scheduled to talk to another player in the Red Seal certification plan…in fact, a brainchild of the plan who has his own questions.