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Your truck driver 10-Codes of the Day
10-92 = Your transmitter is out of adjustment
10-84 = My telephone number is .........
10-12 = Visitors Present
10-50 = Break Channel
10-7 = Out of Service, Leaving Air
Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day
Logbook
Book carried by truck drivers in which they record their hours of service and duty status for each 24-hour period. Required in interstate commercial trucking by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
DRL (Daytime Running Lights)
System that automatically turns on a vehicle's low beam headlights when the parking brake is released and the ignition is on.
Chassis Weight (Curb Weight, Tare Weight)
Weight of the empty truck, without occupants or load.
Axle
Structural component to which wheels, brakes and suspension are attached. Drive axles are those with powered wheels. Front axle is usually called the steer axle. Pusher axles are unpowered and go ahead of drive axles. Rear axles may be drive, tag or pusher types. Tag axles are unpowered and go behind drive axles.
Blind Spot
Areas around a commercial vehicle that are not visible to the driver either through the windshield, side windows or mirrors.