FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, January 24, 2018 – Hamilton, ON: On Tuesday January 16th the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) Board of Directors voted unanimously to create a new seat on the board. This new seat was created to include the newly formed TTSAO Insurance Group. Lisa Arseneau, current chairman of the insurance group, […]
Training could have saved this near miss incident!
I was talking with friends in the street when we turned to see this lady almost get hit by a truck. My heart stopped as I watched it happening and couldn’t believe my eyes. The first thing I thought was that safety training would have prevented this incident in the first place. My wife calls […]
Could trucking use a Seasonal Workers Program?
It’s not until you get out of your own backyard that you see the talent and integrity of people from foreign countries. With so much bad issues going on in the World today people get lumped into the same group and causes us to overlook many of the good ones. As I sat in the […]
How will you improve as a truck driver this year?
As we move into another year with challenges and setbacks we have to ask ourselves how we can improve? What will you do differently in 2018 to improve your career as a driver? We all can improve in some way whether it be big or small. Does it mean more training to get better at […]
PMTC's YLG "Driven to Lead" Education Program
Milton, Ontario: The Young Leaders Group (YLG) of the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada’s (PMTC) ‘Driven to Lead’ program is sponsored by KRTS Transportation Specialists Inc. (www.krway.com) and TransRep Inc. (transrep.ca). The ‘Driven to Lead’ program is an experiential, practical leadership program that will take participants through hands-on and impactful exercises focusing on topics […]
The Trucking Goal for 2018 Should be Respect
We have been seeing so many accidents and challenges in the industry from regulations to training enhancements and more over the last few years and I believe much of it comes down to courtesy, respect, and common sense. I wrote about common sense recently hoping schools will add that to their training courses, but why? […]