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Commercial Vehicles

Information and background on how we import, export and move goods across our province to driving the economy, including the work of commercial vehicles.

Be truck aware

Top 3 Ways to Be Truck Aware

December 9, 2020October 24, 2017 38 Comments

If you compare the size and weight of a loaded commercial vehicle to that of a passenger vehicle, it shouldn’t be surprising to learn the occupants of the passenger vehicle are four times more likely

Categories Tips and How Tos, Trucking

Tool Shines a Light on Line Paint Brightness

August 19, 2022September 27, 2017 23 Comments

Able to record 400 measurements per second into an internal computer and function wirelessly, a state of the art retroreflectometer is our newest tool for testing line paint performance.

Categories BC Travellers, Road Maintenance, Trucking

Gone to the Dogs – it’s CVSE to the Rescue!

September 13, 2017 4 Comments

Sometimes, it can be a dog eat dog world out there, and that seemed to be the case for five pups caught in the chaos of this summer’s BC wildfire in the Cariboo area. When

Categories BC Travellers, Trucking

Current Emergency Highway Advisories

September 15, 2017August 15, 2017 Leave a comment

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Categories Trucking

Behind the Scenes: Train Crosses Major Milestone, Highway 97

August 1, 2017 Leave a comment

Can’t you hear the whistle blowing? This summer (June 2017, to be exact), the first train went over the new CN Rail crossing at the Stone Creek to Williams Road project. This is a significant

Categories BC Projects, Commercial Vehicles
winter driving conditions

How to Avoid Being Pranked by Spring on the Coquihalla

September 23, 2021March 31, 2017 14 Comments

Warning! Don’t let spring play an April Fools’ prank on you. Roadside signs state passenger vehicles are required to have winter tires, and commercial trucks must carry chains, on most BC highways between October 1

Categories Shift into Winter, Trucking
approvals

Do You Have a Permit for That?

April 4, 2023September 15, 2016 Leave a comment

If you’re looking to use our highways beyond the regular to and from home or road trips, you may have to look at getting a permit. Do you want to film a movie on a

Categories Commercial Vehicles, Tips and How Tos, Trucking

Challenging BC’s Best of the Best Vehicle Inspectors

January 6, 2023July 4, 2016 4 Comments

The hustle. The sweat. The pressure to be the best… Commercial vehicle inspectors put their safety sense to the test at the 2016 CVSE Inspectors’ Challenge in Victoria, BC, June 13-17, 2016. The annual competition

Categories Careers, Trucking
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