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It is with sadness OTA reports the father of long-time serving OTA/CTA Board member Mike McCarron, has passed away. Our hearts and prayers are with the McCarron family. Friends may call…
RIP: Reynold (Ren) Thomas McCarron Read more...
The Canadian Trucking Alliance remains soundly committed to reducing the trucking industry’s carbon footprint; but there’s more Ottawa can do to help carriers reach their goals and not impede environmental…
CTA Pre-Budget Submission Goes Green Read more...
In addition to the Dangerous Good proposals issued last week by Transport Canada, a further set of pre-consultation documents was forwarded to CTA for comment. In short, this latest pre-consultation…
Transport Canada conducting additional Pre-Consultations on TDG Regulations Read more...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recently released proposed guidelines to help address driver distraction caused by mobile and other electronic devices in vehicles. The…
NHTSA Proposes ‘Driver Mode’ to Lock Cell Phone Features While Driving Read more...
Emergency responders and other volunteers from the community of Virden, Man. nobly came to the aid of hundreds of truck drivers last week after a blast of winter weather closed…
CTA Chair Reaches Out to Virden Responders for Aiding Stranded Truckers Read more...
The US Dept. of Transportation asked for public input to determine the setting in the proposed heavy-duty truck speed limiter mandate, with a majority of fleets favouring 65 mph, reports…
ATA Doesn’t Support Speed Limiter Rule as Currently Proposed Read more...
Special legislation to fix the legislative glitch that threatened use of a 34-hour restart as part of the hours-of-service rule for truck drivers passed the Senate by a 63-36 vote…
Congress Completes HOS Fix Read more...
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) has signed S.B. 995 into law on Dec. 9, authorizing electronically coordinated truck platooning on Michigan roads by creating an exception to the state’s minimum…
Michigan Law Opens a Door for Platooning Read more...
By David Bradley Canada is a trading nation. We have to be. Our domestic market is simply too small to sustain our standard of living. We are good at producing…
EDITORIAL: We Need Bridges, Not Walls Read more...
