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
Read MoreReport 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
Read MoreTTSAO blames “pressure from fly-by-night schools and unqualified graduates” Humber College will close its truck driver training program at the the end of this year, it says in a statement posted to the college’s website. “Humber has made the difficult
Read MoreTow Zone Pilots would become permanent projects On October 21, the Ontario government introduced the Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act. If passed, the proposed legislation would require municipalities to receive approval from the province before installing new bike lanes
Read More“Weather changes, and we’ve got 50 cars lined behind a truck“ Increasing speed limits on the 400-series highways for personal automobiles to 110 km/hour while leaving transport trucks governed at 105 could make congestion worse, not better, says risk management
Read MoreOctober 17th launch date For the first time in Canadian history, the professional instructors who train Ontario’s truck drivers will have access to the world-leading Instructor Certification Program of the Commercial Vehicle Training Association (CVTA). The CVTA is the largest
Read More“It’s not new to us:” TTSAO Ontario’s Truck driver training industry was the subject of a scathing CBC Marketplace segment on October 11th. Journalists went undercover with a student looking for truck driver training at several trucking schools located in
Read MoreWe’ll have “50 cars in a lineup behind a truck” Doug Ford’s commitment to raise speed limits on the 400-series highways to 110 km/hour won’t solve congestion problems, but could actually make them worse, says Shane Cutler of Cutler TCMS
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