Trucking Jobs in Carson, North Dakota

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Truck Driving Jobs in Carson, North Dakota

Your 10-Codes of the Day

10-22 = Report in Person too (person)

10-12 = Visitors Present

10-13 = Advise weather and road conditions

10-85 = My address is ...........

10-9 = Repeat Message

Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day

AVL (Automated Vehicle Location)

Class of technologies designed to locate vehicles for fleet management purposes and for stolen vehicle recovery. Infrastructure can be land-based radio towers or satellites. (see IVHS)

Shipping Weight

"Dry" weight of a truck including all standard equipment, but excluding fuel and coolant.

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)

PSI (Pounds Per Square Inch)

In trucking, unit of measurement for tire air pressure, air brake system pressure and turbocharger boost.

Exempt Carrier

Company which transports commodities exempted from Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) economic regulation.

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