Welcome to Pro-Trucker Magazine
  "The voice of Western Canadian Truckers."

In February 1999 the dream of a Western Canadian Trucking Magazine became a reality. Until then the only magazines available in Western Canada were published in Ontario and the advertisers, for the most part, were from the East.
Today Western Canadian truckers have their own magazine that is quite unique in that we don't write technical articles. Instead Pro-Trucker is an entertainment magazine where you can read about other drivers and their life on the road; their problems and how they handle them; issues of the day and the ever present humour that hopefully will put a smile on your face when you are far from home.

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December / January Editorial:                   

Still looking for that perfect Christmas gift for that trucker friend or relative? Here is one that is guaranteed to please. Pro-Trucker’s associate writer, Mel McConaghy, has finally released his long awaited book, “My Life Through a Broken Windshield” and it is very well done. As a matter of fact it is so good that after reading the first 3 pages I have set aside the book that I have been reading and instead I intend to finish Mel’s over the Christmas break that we take here at Pro-Trucker.

At this point the book is only available in electronic version (e-book) and you can purchase it for the ridiculously low price of $2.95 through all the major online bookstores like amazon.com, Smashwords.com, BarnesandNoble.com, the i-Store and more.  If you do not have an electronic reader, tablet or I-pad you can purchase it directly from Mel by emailing him at lesmcc@telus.net and he will send you a PDF file that can be read on any computer. (That is what I did)

Another gift that is sure to please would be any one or all three books of poetry by Dave Madill titled “Reflections Thru My Windshield” available in paperback at any book store by order, or on-line at amazon.com. I also have all 3 of Dave’s books. 

By the above titles it seems that one common denominator for all writing truck drivers is the time they spend thinking behind the windshield.

On another note I recently spent some time in Nevada and was very surprised to see how much effort that State has been putting into their “Badge on Board” program. Of all the attempts that I have seen up to this point to educate the public on sharing the roads with trucks this one is head and shoulders above the rest. I first became aware of the program while I was traveling on I-15 through Vegas and saw a “Badge on Board” billboard that boldly stated, “Cut off a Big Rig and face Big Fines.” This not so empty threat was also heard many times through advertisements on local radio stations.

The Badge on Board program is exactly that, they actually have police officers riding along with truckers and calling ahead to chase cars, which pull over the offenders and issue them tickets. The reason this system works so well is quite obvious; motorists never know which truck may have an officer on board.

Hopefully our law enforcement agencies will one day be this pro-active. I realize that we have fewer and fewer officers on the road but one cop in a Rig will do more to deter this type of driving and prevent more accidents than a thousand, “Share the Road” ads.

Another year is coming to an end and all of us here at Pro-Trucker Magazine would like to wish all our readers and friends both on the road and in the industry a very Merry Christmas and all the best to you and your families in the New Year.

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