Your 10-Codes of the Day

10-2 = Receiving Well

10-33 = Emergency Traffic at this station

10-44 = I have a message for you

10-7 = Out of Service, Leaving Air

10-100 = Need to go to Bathroom

Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day

ATC (Automatic Traction Control)

Usually an optional feature based on ABS, it prevents spinning of the drive wheels under power on slippery surfaces by braking individual wheels and/or reducing engine throttle. Also called ASR, an acronym sometimes loosely translated from the German as anti-spin regulation.

Pigtail

Cable used to transmit electrical power from the tractor to the trailer. So named because it is coiled like a pig's tail.

Front door

Lead rig in convoy of trucks

Tandem Axle (Tandems)

Pair of axles and associated suspension usually located close together. (see Spread Axle)

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)