Increased inspections, improved training needed for Trucking safety, Sarkaria says Ontario’s Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria was in Shuniah on March 15th to marking the opening of a new commercial vehicle inspection station on Highway 11/17, generally referred to as the
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“Rigour, objectivity, consistency” combined with the experience of a trained instructor Impirica’s CEO P-J Barclay is taking the week ahead of the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario’s (TTSAO’s) annual conference to visit clients before his February 29th presentation, as a quick check-in
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“Government does not have to spend money to find out what we think“ Truckers for Safer Highways co-founder Travis McDougall was bemused to learn that Canada’s federal government is paying a consulting firm to conduct discussion groups on barriers in
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Sarkaria to visit “in the coming weeks” 10:13am Update: new photo added Marit Stiles, Leader of the Official Opposition and Ontario NDP MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) held a press conference at the new, yet-to-open Thunder Bay weigh station
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“Ontario has the safest roads in all of North America” is a vague and inaccurate statement Traffic statistics are a complicated, challenging area in which to make bold statements or simple comparisons. You could be referring to Canadian or American
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Insurers welcome supplementary training January 15, 2024 — Ontario’s first “Heavy-G” class driver training program has been launched by the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO) and Driver Verified. The new program has been designed to meet the needs
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The Truckers for Safer Highways team is trying to record each collision involving commercial vehicles this winter, according to a new statement released. “We would like to have a count of these collisions regardless of who is at fault, mostly
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Ontario highway seem “safe” from the House of Commons, Trucker says Travis McDougall of Truckers for Safer Highways used his own experience to illustrate safety issues on Ontario’s northern highways at a November 23rd press conference. “We’ll use my last
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MTO’s promised six week response time drags past six months “This is a bit of a report card,” Lise Vaugeois, NDP MPP for Thunder Bay—Superior North noted in her opening statement to the November 23rd press conference on the safety
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