# Ask the SME

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Podcast: [Steering Change](https://stenobird.com/podcast/steering-change-6709807)
Published: 2025-10-24T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

In this episode, we are asking one of AMTA’s SMEs (Subject Matter Expert) the most highly requested commercial transportation question from our Membership and podcast audience. Host Kelsey Hipkin is joined by our very own Dave Elniski, Industry Advisor, Safety and Compliance , and author of AMTA’s Pro-Tech & Pro-Active: Understanding and Leveraging the World of Safety Technology to Move Beyond Compliance-Focused Safety Management, to dive deeper into what our industry wants to know. Dave answers your questions on road transportation, health and safety, operations, logistics, terminology, new technology, and more. Visit our library of Member Services Resources to find the bulletins mentioned by Dave here: https://amta.ca/member-services-resources/. Contact the Canada Labour Program: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/services/labour-contact.html Learn more about the North American Fatigue Management Program (NAFMP): https://nafmp.org/ Watch the three-part Driver Inc. videos on our YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLke1O9iX-g&list=PLmicsdS-lHRq-4QW_m2sfu1rhylz87mbg. Do you have any more questions for Dave that we didn’t answer today? Reach out to them at dave.elniski@amta.ca . And, reach out to the rest of our Member Services team for any and all safety and commercial transportation-related questions by emailing memberservices@amta.ca . Interested in reading Dave’s book? Download it for free here: https://amta.ca/amta-announces-book-release-pro-tech-pro-active/ Save the date! AMTA’s 88th Annual Conference registration will open in early November. This year’s conference returns to the Grey Eagle Event Centre on April 22-23, 2026. Stay tuned to our socials, eNews, and website for the official announcement. In tandem with Conference…

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