Your 10-Codes of the Day

10-71 = proceed with transmission in sequence

10-19 = Nothing for you, return to base

10-34 = Trouble at this station, help is needed

10-26 = Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last Message

10-16 = make pickup at (location)

Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day

Horsepower, Gross Laboratory

Tested horsepower of a "bare" engine without fan, water pump, alternator, exhaust system or any other accessories.

Retarder

Device used to assist brakes in slowing the vehicle. The most common type of retarder on over-the-road trucks manipulates the engine's valves to create engine drag. (This type is commonly referred to as "Jake Brake" because the predominant manufacturer is Jacobs Vehicle Equipment Co.) Other types of retarders include exhaust retarders, transmission-mounted hydraulic retarders and axle-mounted electromagnetic retarders.

Landing Gear

Retracting legs which support the front of a semitrailer when it is not coupled to a tractor.

TEU (Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit)

Standardized unit for measuring container capacity on ships, railcars, etc.

IVHS (Intelligent Vehicle Highway Systems)

Blanket term for a wide array of technologies, including electronic sensors, computer hardware and software and radio communications. The purpose of IVHS is to increase efficiency of use of existing highways, reducing travel time, fuel consumption, air pollution and accidents. There are five functional areas: Advanced Public Transportation Systems (APTS) Advance Traffic Management Systems (ATMS) Advance Traveler Information Systems (ATIS) Advanced Vehicle Control Systems (AVCS) Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) A more recently coined term, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), encompasses both IVHS and modes of transportation other than highway, such as rail. (see AVI, AVL, WIM)