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 Previous issues: (ESPAÑOL)

Number 1 / Sep 28, 2007
  - Which is the proper driving position? (1)
  - Using automatic transmissions
  - What is a vehicle policy good for?
Number 2 / Oct 4, 2007
  - Which is the proper driving position? (2)
  - What to do when the engine overheats
  - Evaluate and train drivers
Number 3 / Oct 11, 2007
  - How to brake correctly (1)
  - How to distribute load in trucks
  - The reasons why road research is necessary
Number 4 / Oct 18, 2007
  - How to brake correctly (2)
  - Tips to conserve the battery
  - Auditing vehicles
Number 5 / Oct 25, 2007
  - How to brake correctly (3)
  - How to maintain tires in good conditions?
  - Managing vehicle risk
Number 6 / Nov 1, 2007
  - How we adjust car mirrors?
  - How to prevent the engine from overheating?
  - Accidents study
Number 7 / Nov 8, 2007
  - Precautions when driving at night
  - Fifth Wheel and King Pin (1)
  - Trip planning, a combining tool
Number 8 / Nov 15, 2007
  - Braking with air brakes
  - Fifth Wheel and King Pin (2)
  - Repair shop audits
Number 9 / Nov 22, 2007
  - The overtake manoeuvre (1)
  - Tire maintenance (1)
  - 24hs driving safely recording
Number 10 / Nov 29, 2007
  - The overtake manoeuvre (2)
  - Tire maintenance (2)
  - Taking responsibility for the hired driving
Number 11 / Dec 6, 2007
  - Driving when it rains
  - Understanding tire markings
  - Access control
Number 12 / Dec 13, 2007
  - Driving with Anti Lock Braking System
  - Coupling system safety
  - Safe driving, Values and Culture
Number 13 / Dec 21, 2007
  - When it's better to avoid driving?
  - Safety chains for coupling systems
  - Management rules and certification
Number 14 / Dec 27, 2007
  - Overspeed brakes' trailers
  - Air conditioning maintenance
  - Where to start from
Number 15 / May 14, 2008
  - Driving Definition
  - Clutch maintenance
Number 16 / May 28, 2008
  - The Attitude's influence when driving
  - Gear box oil
Number 17 / Jun 11, 2008
  - Driving through curves
  - How to choose the best tires
Number 18 / Jun 25, 2008
  - Anxiety effects in driving
  - Maintained shock absorbers, safety vehicles
Number 19 / Jul 10, 2008
  - Driving backwards
  - Prepare your vehicle for cold weather
Number 20 / Jul 23, 2008
  - Sleeping well, better driving
  - Exhaust fumes colour diagnosis
Number 21 / Aug 6, 2008
  - How to ascend and descend slopes safely
  - The engine cooling system
Number 22 / Aug 20, 2008
  - Dysfunctional beliefs in women and men driving
  - Safe Load in Tank Trucks
Number 23 / Sep 3, 2008
  - Driving in the fog
  - Safe lights
Number 24 / Sep 17, 2008
  - Driving in the fog - Second part
  - Hydraulic brakes safe maintenance (1)
Number 25 / Oct 1, 2008
  - Bad habits and their influence in behaviour
  - Hydraulic brakes safe maintenance (2)
Number 26 / Oct 15, 2008
  - How we learn to drive
  - Reducing tire air pressure
Number 27 / Oct 29, 2008
  - Crossing junctions
  - Dangerous alterations and modifications on heavy vehicles
Number 28 / Nov 12, 2008
  - Driving and distraction
  - Common transmission failures
Number 29 / Nov 26, 2008
  - Two different ways of understanding "Driving"
  - Safe lights
Number 30 / Dec 10, 2008
  - Preventing distractions
  - Failures easy to be detected
Number 31 / Jan 14, 2009
  - "Accident", its definition
  - Electronic Stability Control
Number 32 / Jan 28, 2009
  - Fatigue, the driving enemy
  - The steering on vehicles
Number 33 / Feb 11, 2009
  - Perceptual phenomena
  - Steering regulation
Number 34 / Feb 25, 2009
  - Car drivers and bikers, an intelligent coexistence
  - Progress in steering systems
Number 35 / Mar 11, 2009
  - Wrong horn usage
  - How the clutch works
Number 36 / 25 Mar, 2009
  - Driving in snowy roads
  - Clutch maintenance
Number 37 / 8 Abr, 2009
  - Understanding signposting
  - Expiring dates
Number 38 / 22 Abr, 2009
  - Rage control
  - The importance of the engine's torque when driving (1)
Number 39 / 6 May, 2009
  - Can we improve our driving techniques?
  - The importance of the engine's torque when driving (2)
Number 40 / 20 May, 2009
  - Driving and antidepressants, a dangerous combination
  - Correct 4x4 transmissions usage
Number 41 / 3 Jun, 2009
  - The attention degree can be improved
  - Maintenance: the key to extend the engine's service life
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Info Manejo December 6, 2007
 number 11
We introduce you the 11th INFO MANEJO's issue. We offer you recommendations for driving when it rains, instructions on how to read the tire markings and the importance of controlling the working areas entrances.

We also invite you to visit our web site where you will find previous INFO MANEJO issues, in their Spanish and English versions.

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    Driving when it rains
One of the main problems when driving under the rain is the visibility reduction caused by the lack of contrasts and by the curtain of water, produced by dust and oils ans that the other vehicles spread over the windscreen. To clean it we need a efficient wipers -they should be replaced when they are dried up or when they don't clean correctly- and an adequate windscreen washer fluid -not just water-.

Another important problem is that the tires have less adherence to the wet road. This becomes critic when it first starts raining, the dust and the oils mixed with water form a slippery mud on the streets.

If it has rained a lot, the road depressions form puddles that might turn the vehicles out of control, due to acquaplannig*. When this occurs, we are in an emergency situation. We must remain calm, avoid braking if we don't have ABS brakes and operate the steering wheel to the direction where we want the front part of the vehicle to go to.

Some advice:

+ Reduce speed till you feel you control the vehicle.

+ Increase the following distance, at least the double from the normal one.

+ Keep the tires in good conditions and with the right air pressure.

+ Maintain the glasses unsteamed and clean inside.

+ Use foglights to complement the lightning outside in case of intense rain. Remember that, as being able to see, it's important to be seen.

* Warning: It's always better to learn and know how to avoid this situation instead of learning techniques on how to manage it.

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    Understanding tire markings
All tires have a series of markings engraved on their constructive material in the sidewall that specify a lot of their characteristics.

What do these markings mean?

215: Tire's width in milimetres. It's measured with the maximum air pressure and with no load.

65: Specifies the flank's height, it's the width's 65%.

R: Means that the tire is made of radial placed cords.

15: The wheel rim diameter in inches.

98: Load index that represents a load limit in kilograms.

H: Represents the speed range. There are different types of speed ranges depending on each tire model.

4903: Manufacture week and year.

Eg. Week nº 49 of 2003.

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    Access control
In companies with medium and big fleets -either own or outsourced- it's common to pay special attention to every vehicle that enters our working zone (areas). Automatic and manual barriers are used, and infinity of technological and visual devices exists to authorize, perform the identifications and record the access.

These controls are usually executed with the object of stopping the entrance of unauthorized personnel and vehicles unconnected with our company. A lot of control successes or failures are based on knowing what should be bared in mind to conclude if a vehicle and their driver are authorized or not.

For vehicle management, at the entrance it's where we can apply all the information obtained from technical audits and evaluations, arranged in time and method by means of a system, to sum them up to the authorization requirements. Verifying the compliance with our rules and policies implies:

+ for vehicles: sort the safety technical items that are mandatory.

+ for drivers: have their training results to know if they are over the established standards.

Finding the balance between what to demand, what to automatize and how to keep the information updated are the key to prevent control from becoming a completely restrictive barrier, that it's at the end "jumped" by the every day work rush.


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