The following video should provide you with enough information to successfully chain up your heavy or medium duty truck this winter. But of course, practice makes permanent, and perfect practice makes permanently perfect. Always practice chaining up before you're spun out on a hill blocking traffic. That is not the time to learn.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
How to Chain Up: From a Professional Safety Enforcement Officer from CVSE
With many regions of North America currently under the threat of winter weather, it is essential that commercial vehicle operators know how to use their chains properly. Chains are essential for proper traction in wintery weather conditions especially on hills and mountains. And who would know better how to sling some iron than the fine people at British Columbia's Commercial Vehicle Safety Enforcement division.
The following video should provide you with enough information to successfully chain up your heavy or medium duty truck this winter. But of course, practice makes permanent, and perfect practice makes permanently perfect. Always practice chaining up before you're spun out on a hill blocking traffic. That is not the time to learn.
The following video should provide you with enough information to successfully chain up your heavy or medium duty truck this winter. But of course, practice makes permanent, and perfect practice makes permanently perfect. Always practice chaining up before you're spun out on a hill blocking traffic. That is not the time to learn.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Best Driver Stories
This post is not for you to hear me, but for me to hear you. If you have a favorite story from the road about a perilous trip or some other adventure that you have experienced, please post it in the comment section below. I look forward to hearing your stories.
Please keep it clean for the sake of our readers. Thank you.
Please keep it clean for the sake of our readers. Thank you.
Why Are We Stopping? This is a Freeway.
I understand traffic. When you have a lot of people on the same road, going in the same direction, in different sized vehicles, at different speeds, with different driving styles, there will always be congestion. However, some of the reasons for congestion are completely unwarranted. And I mean completely.
For example, as I was traveling today, traffic suddenly slowed from its normal breakneck pace to a snail's pace and then a complete stop. I began wondering why and as we crawled forward at less than 25 miles an hour, I began to realize the reason for the slowdown: a sign. Like this.
Yes, a sign. For some reason, many drivers cannot read a DOT readerboard at any speed faster than 25 miles an hour. But of course, as soon as we were out of view of the sign, traffic resumed its freakish speed. Soon, drivers were back to passing, cutting one another off, and doing other things that should only be attempted in video games.
But back to the point, when you are traveling down the road and you see a sign, please continue at your normal speed. After all, the problem was 14 miles ahead of us anyways, and had no immediate effect on traffic. Remember: they're called freeways for a reason.
Be safe wherever the road takes you.
For example, as I was traveling today, traffic suddenly slowed from its normal breakneck pace to a snail's pace and then a complete stop. I began wondering why and as we crawled forward at less than 25 miles an hour, I began to realize the reason for the slowdown: a sign. Like this.
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Yes, a sign. For some reason, many drivers cannot read a DOT readerboard at any speed faster than 25 miles an hour. But of course, as soon as we were out of view of the sign, traffic resumed its freakish speed. Soon, drivers were back to passing, cutting one another off, and doing other things that should only be attempted in video games.
But back to the point, when you are traveling down the road and you see a sign, please continue at your normal speed. After all, the problem was 14 miles ahead of us anyways, and had no immediate effect on traffic. Remember: they're called freeways for a reason.
Be safe wherever the road takes you.
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