Local Trucking Companies in Kentucky:
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Trucking Companies in Broad Fields, Kentucky
Your 10-Codes of the Day
10-99 = Mission completed, all units secure
10-1 = Receiving Poorly
10-32 = I will give you a radio check
10-41 = Please tune to channel ........
10-22 = Report in Person too (person)
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
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)
Owner-Operator
Trucker who owns and operates his own truck(s).
Contract Carrier
Company that transports freight under contract with one or a limited number of shippers.
Curb Weight
See Chassis Weight.
Sliding Tandem (Slider)
Mechanism that allows a tandem axle suspension to be moved back and forth at the rear of a semitrailer, for the purpose of adjusting the distribution of weight between the axles and fifth wheel.