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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day

10-35 = Confidential Information

10-10 = Transmission Completed, Standing By

10-20 = My Location is ......... or What's your Location?

10-91 = Talk closer to the Mike

10-43 = Traffic tied up at .........

 

Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day

On-Board Computer

See Trip Recorder.

Container (Shipping Container)

Standard-sized rectangular box used to transport freight by ship, rail and highway. International shipping containers are 20 or 40 feet long, conform to International Standards Organization (ISO) standards and are designed to fit in ships' holds. Containers are transported on public roads atop a container chassis towed by a tractor. Domestic containers, up to 53 feet long and of lighter construction, are designed for rail and highway use only.

LTL Carrier

Trucking company which consolidates less-than-truckload cargo for multiple destinations on one vehicle. (see TL Carrier)

Geared Speed

Calculated vehicle speed at the engine's governed rpm in each transmission gear, or (commonly) in top gear.

Runaway Truck Ramp

Emergency area adjacent to a steep downgrade that a heavy truck can steer into after losing braking power. Usually two or three lanes wide and several hundred feet long, the ramp is a soft, gravel-filled pathway which absorbs the truck's forward momentum, bringing it to a safe stop. Depending on the surrounding terrain, the ramp may be level or run up or down hill.