Your 10-Codes of the Day

10-16 = make pickup at (location)

10-11 = Talking too Rapidly

10-30 = Does not conform to FCC Rules

10-9 = Repeat Message

10-67 = All units comply

Your Truck driving Definitions of the Day

Walking Beam Suspension

Type of truck and tractor rear suspension consisting of two beams, one at each side of the chassis, which pivot in the center and connect at the front to one axle of a tandem and at the rear to the other axle.

Pintle Hook

Coupling device used in double trailer, triple trailer and truck-trailer combinations. It has a curved, fixed towing horn and an upper latch that opens to accept the drawbar eye of a trailer or dolly.

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)

Coal Bucket

Dump Trailer

VIN (Vehicle Identification Number)

Assigned by the manufacturer, this number is unique to each vehicle and appears on the vehicle's registration and title.