Monday, April 16, 2018
Do you need training or meeting space in Lethbridge?
Western Transportation Safety Consulting Ltd. has a meeting/training room available for rent! Our rental space seats approximately 20-25 people in a table-seating setting, or can accommodate 30-35 individuals for theatre-style seating. Our rental package includes full use of our white boards and projector, as well as offering coffee and tea for your events (please inquire for snack and meal options as an add-on). Our daily room rental fee is only $125.00 and we would be... more
Posted at 12:21 PM
Monday, March 19, 2018
Training Room Available for Rent in Lethbridge!
Are you looking for space to train your team? Western Transportation Safety Consulting Ltd. has a training room available for rent! Our training space seats approximately 20-25 people in a table-seating setting, or can accommodate 30-35 individuals for theatre-style seating. Our rental package includes full use of our white boards and projector, as well as offering coffee and tea for your training events (please inquire for snack and meal options as an add-on). Our daily room... more
Posted at 08:44 AM
Friday, March 16, 2018
Videos show Tesla Semis towing trailers on California roadways First came the Tesla Semi videos sans trailers. Now several videos have recently been posted showing the electric tractors towing trailers on city streets and the highway. Most of these latest videos appear to have been shot in northern California where earlier clips were recorded. You’ll see familiar hallmarks, like an I-80 sign.
See the videos here, which includes footage of a Tesla Semi being followed down the highway, one of a Semi making a turn across a highway... more
Posted at 06:37 AM
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
Livestock, ag haulers now have until June to comply with ELD mandate.
Truckers hauling agricultural products and livestock have received further reprieve from compliance with the U.S. DOT’s electronic logging device mandate. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration announced Tuesday that such haulers will have until June 18 to adopt an ELD. They can continue to run on paper logs in the meantime.
Ag and livestock haulers had already secured a three-month compliance extension beyond the mandate’s December 18... more
Posted at 02:04 PM
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
CARB to block DMV registration of pre-2011 trucks starting 2020
Carriers domiciled in California with trucks older than 2011 model, or using engines manufactured before 2010, will need to meet the Board’s new Truck and Bus Regulation beginning in 2020 or their vehicles will be blocked from registration with the state’s DMV, the state has said.
The new “health-based requirements” will need to be met before a driver is allowed to register his or her truck through the Department of Motor Vehicles, CARB says. A new enforcement tool... more
Posted at 07:43 AM
Thursday, February 8, 2018
Round-up: Best safety device — you; Answering an ELD-exemption question.
“No matter how fancy [your truck], no matter how new, the best safety device in your truck is you.” –Reader Paul Maine
Truer words have not been spoken on the subject of the false sense of security some drivers seem to be taking from the proliferation of advanced driver-assist systems in trucks and four-wheelers both. As he suggested, and as was a principle part of my blog talk with veteran “Mustang” Mike Crawford last week, don’t let them lull you to sleep, as... more
Posted at 01:00 PM
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
As a driver, is the relationship between you and your dispatcher a good one? Do you have a "boss from hell" story? Read Joanne Ritchie's take on why we may need more than the law to help end bullying in the industry
Putting the boots to bullying:
When Patty Hajdu, Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour, unveiled new legislation in early November aimed at cracking down on harassment in federal workplaces, it went largely unnoticed in the trucking world.
If you work in a trucking operation that crosses... more
Posted at 02:26 PM
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Western Transportation Safety Consulting Ltd. will be closed December 25th and 26th, as well as January 1, 2018.
Please note our special holiday hours on December 27, 28 and 29th where we will be open from 8 AM to 12:30 PM.
From all of us at Western Transportation Safety Consulting Ltd., we hope you have a safe and happy holiday season!
Posted at 01:46 PM
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
Canada to require ELDs by 2020.
BRAMPTON, Ont. – On the day the U.S. electronic logging device (ELD) mandate went into effect, Canadian Transport Minister Marc Garneau gathered with trucking industry leaders bearing a gift, in the form of a law that would by 2020 require ELDs be used in Canada as well.
“We’re constantly looking at how technology can improve road safety, and electronic stability control and electronic logging devices fit the bill,” said Garneau. “These new measures not only make trucks and buses safer, but they... more
Posted at 10:08 AM
Wednesday, November 22, 2017
FMCSA issues 90-day waiver to agricultural industry for ELD mandate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced three ways it is helping carriers ease into the electronic logging device (ELD) mandate set for Dec. 18.
Even though carriers have had plenty of time to become familiar with the ELD mandate, Joe DeLorenzo, the head of the office of enforcement and compliance at FMCSA, said the administration is doing this to ensure “the smoothest and least intrusive way to implement this... more
Posted at 02:08 PM
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