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Your Winter Driving Tips for New Truckers

October 16, 2023February 14, 2013 27 Comments

True, winter hazards such as black ice and blinding flurries don’t care whether you’re a rookie trucker or a seasoned veteran. They still hit, hit hard, and often without warning. But there are smart winter

Categories Shift into Winter, Trucking

How to Merge Safely on a Highway

December 15, 2020January 2, 2013 72 Comments

For the zipper to work properly, opposing teeth must alternate smoothly. In high traffic scenarios in which two lanes reduce to one lane, merging works much the same.

Categories Tips and How Tos

Drinking Driving CounterAttack: What Will it Take to Stop Impaired Driving?

May 27, 2022December 20, 2012 2 Comments

1977 was an important year. It was the year Han Solo said, “May the Force be with you.” It was also the year Elvis passed away. Maybe even more importantly, 1977 was the beginning of

Categories Tips and How Tos

An Emergency Kit Show and Tell to Help Shift Into Winter

November 1, 2023December 18, 2012 12 Comments

We’re popping our trunk to share a few of the items we like to carry around when the temperature drops. These are essential to making sure you and your car are equipped in case of an emergency, to stay safe.

Categories Emergency Events, Shift into Winter

Highway Thru Hell: The TranBC Interviews

September 27, 2021December 5, 2012 8 Comments

If there’s one television program out there that illustrates the need for drivers to “shift into winter,” it’s Discovery Channel’s Highway Thru Hell. The show’s action and suspense make it difficult to ignore the challenges

Categories Shift into Winter, Tips and How Tos

Slow Down & Move Over for ALL Roadside Workers

October 6, 2020November 6, 2012 8 Comments

As of Jan. 1, 2015, motorists are required to Slow Down and Move Over, for ALL vehicles stopped alongside the road, which have flashing red, blue or yellow lights. The Motor Vehicle Act regulation was

Categories BC Travellers, Tips and How Tos, Trucking

Myth Busting at the Provincial Permit Centre: Prepare to be Amazed

July 16, 2020October 12, 2012 Leave a comment

If you thought you knew everything there was to know about getting a permit for an oversized load in BC, think again. Our Provincial Permit Centre (PPC) is a one-stop shop for the commercial transportation

Categories Trucking

7 Secrets to Taming Driver Stress

May 2, 2023October 10, 2012 11 Comments

Behind every steering wheel lurks driver stress. It creeps up when motorists are stuck in start-stop traffic, or being tailgated, or having to brake hard to avoid a crash, or seeing motorists who don’t follow

Categories BC Travellers, Tips and How Tos, Trucking
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