Posts Tagged ‘Safety Dawg’

Really, why do we all think that it is fine for cars to travel at 120 km or more and for truck drivers to have the hammer down at 105 kms consistently? This speeding mentality is all taking place on highways with posted speed limits of 100 km or 60 and 65 mph. What word…

In the TRUCKING world, nothing is more important than ‘safety’! What does safety mean? It means keeping the driver and all other road users, pedestrians, and cyclists safe. The responsibility of a safe truck driver goes far beyond the cargo that is in the trailer. It includes the safety of everyone, including themselves, on the…

“Why does it take so long to apply and get a job at many of the smaller companies today? I want to work for the company located just down the street. I went to school with the owner’s children and they were good friends. So, I want to work for their parents. Why is it…

Why do most companies give you a policy and procedure manual to review and then train the heck out of you when you first join the organization? And why do some companies get you to sign that you have received the policy and procedure manual, even though they may know that you have not read…

I know that your safety department may have told you things like, “Don’t talk to the media” or perhaps they also said, “Protect the scene”, and likely, “Take pictures, lots of pictures”. These previous statements are all true. But what do they really mean? Protect the scene means to make the area safe so that…

I know and have known lots of recruiters and I believe that very few recruiters lie. In most cases, they don’t purposely tell you something they know is not valid. But I do think that there is often miscommunication. An example is the time I told my wife that “I was working out of the…

Thanks to your insurance provider, your safety department is one of the most critical areas of your company. It doesn’t matter if your ‘safety department’ is the owner of a small trucking company who also wears 12 other hats or a full-fledged, large company, twelve-person safety department. Your insurance company demands that you have a…

This month’s article is about an important event scheduled each year in May – International RoadCheck. Why consider this in April? ABS brakes are important for safe driving, especially for trucks that have a lot of cargo and weigh many tons. This year the CVSA RoadCheck will be held on May 16 to 18 so…