The TTSAO has partnered with the Women’s Trucking Federation of Canada and Cupid’s Sting to create a crucially important video for Truck Drivers. This video teaches strategies that will help keep truck drivers safer by learning to recognize situations that would put them in harms way. Such an important and relevant topic in our industry. […]
B.C. asks feds to reduce safety gaps following overpass crashes
The article from Truck News, written by Leo Barros and dated January 9, 2024, discusses British Columbia’s request to the federal government for measures to reduce safety gaps in the trucking industry. This request follows several incidents of commercial vehicles striking overpasses in the province. It highlights the specific case of Chohan Freight Forwarders, whose […]
TTSAO Training Tip – Fundamentals = Left-Hand Turn
This week’s Training Tip looks at practicing the “fundamentals.” Sports teams work on fundamentals every practice so that it becomes ingrained in the unconscious and cemented into muscle memory. How’s that for a sports analogy when dealing with driving Big Rigs? Today, we will look at the fundamental for making a left-hand turn. Going to basics, […]
TTSAO Training Tip – One move = One signal
Who said you don’t need math to drive a truck?! This week’s Tip is to make a simple math equation: One move = One signal. This is an equation that anyone can understand. If you are going to make more than one lane change, or a lane change to set up a turn at an […]
TTSAO in the News
In an informative article from Leo Barros of truckingnews.com, Barros discusses caution, awareness keep trucks rolling safely in the dark with TTSAO President Phil Fletcher. See the full article here
Training Tip of the Week – Predictive Behaviour
This week is a little more advanced in taking your student or driver to the next level. We are talking about Predictive Behaviour.When driving Over the Road it will become apparent that the other drivers around you will do sudden moves that will impair your ability to maintain safety. This is a crucial fact to […]