1. Do your pre-trip – all of it. There are enough things that will surprise you during the day without your truck being one of them. Know your equipment - intimately. Be confident it will perform as you expect it to. Before winter is over, you are likely to need every one of those tires to give you 100% traction – there’s no room for worn-out, mismatched or under-inflated tires. And you’ll need each one of your brakes working – together. When those moments occur, there is no margin for “too tight”, “too loose”, or “not quite sure”. Read more...
The Natural Resource Road Act Project Team is pleased to advise that the Natural Resource Road Act Project website is now live. The NRRA Project is taking a different approach to engaging stakeholders in the development of a single Act to support the management of resource roads of British Columbia than was done for Bill 30. Read more...
This summer, the Province, police and ICBC are reminding drivers to plan ahead and choose a designated driver to get home safely. Read more...
The annual North American roadside safety inspection blitz Roadcheck was conducted June 7-9 by enforcement agencies in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The event is coordinated by the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance (CVSA) in partnership with CCMTA member jurisdictions. Inspections were conducted at 132 sites across Canadian jurisdictions, with only those vehicles not bearing a valid CVSA decal subjected to inspection. Over the three-day event, 7,834 vehicles and drivers underwent full inspection for mechanical and driver fitness. Of those, 6,373 vehicles and 7,608 drivers successfully passed. In total, 1,431 trucks, 30 passenger-carrying vehicles and 226 drivers were placed out of service for various defects and violations. A total of 2.9% of drivers were placed out of service for log book, driver qualification or paperwork problems. Again this year, brake-related defects continue to account for close to half of all out-of-service violations. Look for the upcoming 2011 Brake Safety Week planned for September 11-17. For more information on Roadcheck, visit http://ccmta.ca/english/pdf/roadcheck_2011_nr.pdf
Although this article if more specifically related to the transportation on dangerous goods, it displays the concerns regarding different types of impairment, the discussion of human factors and possible drug and alcohol testing. The article can be found at: http://www.cos-mag.com/Safety/Safety-Stories/dangerous-careless-driving-behind-thousands-of-hazardous-cargo-crashes-data.html
You can find up to date load restriction information for routes in your area at the link below. http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/bchighways/loadrestrictions/loadrestrictions.htm
Users can also find contact information for their local area manager on this web page. If you don’t have web access, call the office of your local Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, or the road maintenance contractor.
RE Inspection of Air Brake Chambers, Bulletin # 01-11 (March 18, 2011)
CVSE has been advised of inspection problems regarding the application of inspection ‘reject’ criterion for “mismatched air brake chamber size on same axle group” when inspecting standard, long and extra long stroke chambers. The current Vehicle Inspection Manual (VIM) directs inspectors to visually inspect all brake chambers, measure and record service brake chamber size, and reject in the following conditions: a unit that is damaged, mounted insecurely, leaking or corroded; if the drain hole is not pointing in a downward position or is plugged; if there are mismatched units (e.g. different size / stroke length chambers) on the same axle group, or if there is binding or the piston return spring is broken.
RE Repeal of Vehicle Inspections & Standards Bulletin 05/06 Requiring the Hole-Punching of Approval Decals.
The practice of decal ‘punching’ proved to be problematic for inspection station and enforcement officers to effectively and efficiently identify valid decals. Certificate of approval decals issued by authorized inspectors as a requirement of passing a vehicle through the provincial inspection process must be cut to clearly identify the correct year and month of decal expiration.
For more information, see the CVSE website http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/cvse/ or call Brian Kangas, Program Coordinator, Vehicle Safety & Standards, CVSE, MOTI at 250-953-4008.
The attached document was created to provide information and explanations regarding National Safety Code regulations that Light Truck Carriers must abide by when traveling between provinces for work. If you have questions regarding this presentation or would like to discuss having someone conduct this presentation to your drivers, please contact Kate Iverson in the Prince George office. For more information on this, please click here.
