Impairment comes in many forms preview image Business Management Impairment comes in many forms May 24, 2019 B.C. Forest Safety Council conference explores various forms of impairment in the workplace
TTSAO ensuring member schools measure up preview image Health & Safety TTSAO ensuring member schools measure up May 23, 2019 GUELPH, Ont. – Want to be a member of the Truck Training Schools Association of Ontario (TTSAO)? You’ve got to earn it. That was the message from Lisa Arseneau, head…
Health & Safety ATA, OOIDA at odds over young driver pilot program May 15, 2019 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The American Trucking Associations (ATA) is lauding a new pilot program that will allow non-military young drivers to drive commercial trucks in interstate commerce. “ATA supports FMCSA’s…
Health & Safety Ontario to test higher speed limits on some highways May 10, 2019 Trucks will not be able to travel at the higher posted speed
Health & Safety Petition seeking stricter driver training regulations closes May 14 May 6, 2019 EDMONTON, Alta. – The petition calling for changes to how commercial truck drivers are trained and the industry regulated closes May 14, the first day of Canada Road Safety Week.
Alberta’s three initiatives to increase road safety preview image Health & Safety Alberta’s three initiatives to increase road safety April 29, 2019 KANANASKIS, Alta. – Mandatory entry-level training (MELT) is not the only initiative the Alberta government has implemented to help improve safety on provincial roads. Changes have also been made to…
PIC looks to have an impact on entire industry preview image Business Management PIC looks to have an impact on entire industry April 28, 2019 KANANASKIS, Alta. – The Alberta Motor Transport Association’s (AMTA) Partners in Compliance (PIC) program appears to be at a crossroads. Carriers that have reached PIC status have been achieving the…
B.C. working to develop MELT standard preview image Health & Safety B.C. working to develop MELT standard April 18, 2019 BCTA says program must address province’s unique driving challenges
Health & Safety Drivers asked to weigh in on truck parking information systems April 9, 2019 ARLINGTON, Va. – Truck drivers are asked to offer insight into their preferences for data formats and delivery mechanisms of truck parking availability information. The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI)…
Health & Safety CTA outlines plans for improved truck safety March 28, 2019 OTTAWA, Ont. – The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) agrees with the assessment of the judge in the Adesh Deol Trucking ruling, a crash involving the Humboldt Broncos team bus that…
Health & Safety Trucking company owner from Humboldt tragedy pleads guilty March 27, 2019 CALGARY, Alta. – The owner of the trucking company involved in the Humboldt Broncos bus collision pleaded guilty today to five charges, and has been fined $5,000. Sukhmander Singh, owner…
Driver safety focus of new WorkSafeBC videos and information sheets preview image Business Management Driver safety focus of new WorkSafeBC videos and information sheets March 27, 2019 RICHMOND, B.C. – WorkSafeBC wants truck drivers to be safe, and has released a new video series and information sheets to help them do just that. According to WorkSafeBC, the…
MELT to be mandated in Manitoba starting Sept. 1 preview image Health & Safety MELT to be mandated in Manitoba starting Sept. 1 March 26, 2019 WINNIPEG, Man. – Manitoba’s Minister of Infrastructure, Ron Schuler, announced today that the province will implement mandatory entry-level driver training (MELT) starting Sept. 1. Schuler said aspiring commercial drivers will…
Health & Safety Driver from Humboldt tragedy gets eight-year sentence March 22, 2019 MELFORT, Sask. – Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, the truck driver who caused the Humboldt Broncos team bus collision, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. Judge Inez Cardinal read the…
ATRI examines issue of marijuana-impaired driving preview image Health & Safety ATRI examines issue of marijuana-impaired driving March 13, 2019 ARLINGTON, Va. – Training law enforcement and developing more drug recognition experts (DREs) are what’s needed to protect drivers from marijuana-impaired motorists, according to a report from the American Transportation…
