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MPP Mantha introduces Bill to end driver exams by contractors

Truckers for Safer Highways launches petition to support QUEEN’S PARK – Michael Mantha, MPP for Algoma-Manitoulin, has introduced legislation to end private, third-party contracts for driver examinations in Ontario. The Safer Driving Tests Act (Ending the Privatization Failure), 2024 will

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Guard rails on trucks proposed to improve safety

Report recommends retrofitting City vehicles City of Toronto staff report aims to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety by adding side guards to City-owned heavy-duty vehicles  City of Toronto staff are recommending actions to improve pedestrian safety by adding side guards

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Vehicle alerts cause most complaints about advanced driver assistance systems, J.D. Power finds

Educating buyers a good starting place TROY, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) account for 12.8% of total new-vehicle problems with 24.9 problems per 100 vehicles (PP100), according to the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) Quality

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Longshoreman explains strike in essay against automation

ILA’s “Big Jack” Pennington slams corporate greed in searing statement NORTH BERGEN, NJ (September 30, 2024) — In an inspiring and fighting Facebook post today, Jack Pennington, President, Local 28, International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) described in succinct language the dire threat

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