NDP leader Marit Stiles visited the unopened Thunder Bay weigh scales with MPP Lise Vaugeois (Thunder Bay—Superior North) on January 16th to talk about highway safety in Northern Ontario. Photo: NDP
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
Read More“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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Instructors and trainees at a training session. This crash-response vehicle could theoretically be driven by a brand-new "G" license driver. Photo: DriverVerified
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
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreOntario 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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In one of the March 17th 2023 incidents, a transport truck left the road and took out parts of two houses. Photo: Danelle Clarke, Facebook
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
Read MoreThe following letter has been sent to MPPs Lise Vaugeois; Kevin Holland; John Vanthof; Guy Bourgouin; and Greg Rickford Updated Sept. 25th: “not significant” corrected to “significant” in the text. ***** Good afternoon, Winter has not even begun yet and
Read MoreOpen letter to Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria We at Truckers for Safer Highways are hopeful at the news of a new Minister of Transportation (MTO) within the government of Ontario. We have been advocating the former minister for serious changes
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