animal. As a result, I always tried to ensure that the time they spent with me was informational, yet entertaining at the same time. I am sure that all of the people that sat through my TDG classes were eager to return for their three year renewal!
Carl Sveinson Editor Hello ladies and gentlemen of the highway! Welcome to the first edition of the Canadian Trucking Magazine. As my co-driver, Dave MacKenzie, is more long-winded than I am, I will let him tell you about the reason we decided to create this magazine. I am going to give you a little bit of my history, and perhaps give you some insight as to why we built this. In my lifetime I have had a variety of careers in the trucking industry. I have been a mechanic, a driver, an owner-operator, a driver trainer, and a training and compliance manager. I am not going to blow smoke up you your keester and say “I have 30 years experience and know everything there is to know about trucking!� In fact, I will be the first to admit that I made a mediocre compliance manager, and a reasonable mechanic. Driving and training were definitely my strengths. I fully understood that forcing a driver to spend several days in a classroom was like caging a wild 4
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In my time in the office I have had many occasion to sit with a driver and listen while he or she discussed a problem they were having. Sometimes I could resolve the problem, other times I couldn’t. The main thing to them was that someone was there to at least listen, and occasionally provide some feedback. My main goal was to provide information to the folks on the road, and be available to help them when they needed it. So now, in this magazine, I have the ability to spend time with you. During this time I plan to share some laughs with you, provide some useful information, and, most of all, develop some new friendships. If you spot Dave and I in a truck stop, feel free to stop by and chat. Dave will be the one talking, I will be the one listening and nodding. So sit back, ask the waitress to pour you another cup of coffee, and let us help you unwind. Enjoy!
Oh, and drive safely.
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