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Index

A automatic slack adjusters ......................................191-193
ABS .......................................See anti-lock braking system automatic traction control ..............................................25
ABS airbrake system .............................................180-182 auxiliary transmissions ....................................................47
acts and regulations .....................................................256 B
See also .............................. Motor Vehicle Act; National
Safety Code; Passenger Transportation Act; Dangerous backing up ................................................................75-76
Goods Act; Commercial Transport Safety Act; Criminal baggage .......................................................................124
Code of Canada; Motor Vehicle Safety Act (Canada) bagged products ...........................................................99
acts of nature.............................................................53-54
blended air ...................................................................162
aggregate loads ......................................................99-100
blind spot ..................................................................42-43
airbags .............................................See safety equipment bobtail proportioning system ......................................170
airbags and head restraints ............................................60
bobtailing .....................................................................170
air brake adjustment .............................................185-194 brake adjustment .......................See air brake adjustment
methods .............................................................188-189
brake fade ......................................................................19
myths ..................................................................193-194
brake failure....................................................................57
air brake chamber .................................................143-145 brake inspection — industrial roads ............................249
air brake courses ............................................................13
brake lag time ................................................................17
air brake endorsement ..................................................5-6 brake response, tug and steering wheel slack test
air brake operation ................................................150-151
passenger vehicles ...................................................228
air brake pedal ................................See foot valve treadle
single unit truck .........................................................217
air brake pre-trip inspection ..........See pre-trip inspection tractor trailers ............................................................209
tractor trailers .....................................................200-209
buses .........................................................................224
air brakes brake signs .....................................................................22
introduction ............................................................15-16
brake test
operation ............................................................141-183
industrial roads ..........................................................249
air disc brakes .......................................................174-175 school buses .............................................................125
air dryers ................................................................176-177
brakes
air lines .........................................................................142 See foot brake; spring brake; ratchet-and-pawl brake;
air-over-hydraulic brakes .......................................175-176 air brakes; foundation brakes; safety actuator parking
alcohol evaporators ..............................................177-178 brakes; see also in-service brake checks
alcohol injectors ....................................................177-178 brakes — fire danger .....................................................64
alleys, lanes and side roads ...........................................50 braking
all-terrain cycles ................................................................ 4 basic principles ......................................................15-16
all-terrain vehicles ............................................................ 4 hazards ...................................................................21-25
ambulances .......................................................4, 127-128 braking time ..............................................................17-19
anti-lock braking system ...........................................23-24 bridges ...........................................................................35
application pressure gauge .........................................180 bulkheads .................................... See front end structures
applied stroke method ...................See brake adjustment bus yield signs ..............................................................120
ATC ..................................................................................... buses
See automatic traction control licence requirements .................................................3, 4
ATVs ...............................................See all-terrain vehicles following distance .......................................................28
automatic drain valves .................................................178 definition ...................................................................117
automatic front wheel limiting systems .......................178 pre-trip inspection..............................................218-224

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