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Tractor-trailer falls from ramp, crashes onto Highway 401
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This is part 1 of a 3 part series on the critical need and solution the TTSAO Instructor Certification Training Program provides Ontario Truck Driver Training provides.
The Problem Highlighted
There is a growing buzz in the Canadian Trucking industry. Everywhere you look there seems to be a news report, article or discussion about safety in the trucking industry. A quick search of “Ontario Truck Driver Safety” results in a page full of articles from the CBC, CTV, IHSA, OTA, Truck News, TBS News, City TV, and the list goes on.
The list of subjects all echoing a similar thread
- Driver fatigue is a top ranked risk in Ontario’s trucking …
- Some Ontario truckers call on Ottawa to regulate drivers …
- Truck Drivers Nearly Unanimous that Highway Safety …
- Ont. truckers agree changes are needed to make the industry safer…
- It’s time to admit trucking has a safety problem…
- Highway safety still an issue in Northern Ontario: OTA…
- Truckers group concerned about rising collisions in north …
Clearly this is a call to action by people from within the industry. It’s a known issue by everyone. The government, carrier, insurance industry and lastly the training industry.
OK, so search number two brings us to one of the known issue of poor truck driver training.
- CBC – New truckers in Canada aren’t being trained well enough. How do we fix that?
- CTA – ‘Consistent’ Truck Drivers Avoid Collisions: Study
- NIH – Long-Haul Truck Driver Training Does Not Meet Driver Needs in Canada
- PressProgress – Truckers Say They’re ‘Not Confident’ in New Training Guidelines Brought In After Fatal 2018 Humboldt Crash
- Trucknews -APTA seeks consistent training as MELT rolls into Atlantic Canada
- TheMillarLawFirm – How Untrained Truck Drivers Cause Accidents
- CBC – Lack of training to blame for truck drivers crashing into overpasses, says B.C. Truck Association
In Ontario, commercial motor vehicles and their drivers must meet strict safety standards and follow all commercial vehicle-related regulations in the Highway Traffic Act . Police and transportation enforcement officers regularly inspect vehicles, and the penalties for unsafe vehicles or drivers are severe.
There are so many articles written about this issue and that number seems to get added to daily. See the ones listed below for a small sample of what you’d find online.
Coming next month – Part 2 – TTSAO Call for Instructor Certification Training – A Confusing Landscape
Industry Articles on Truck Driver Safety Issues
Infrastructure Health & Safety Association (IHSA)
Driver fatigue is a top ranked risk in Ontario’s trucking.
Road safety authorities and trucking professionals agree that driver fatigue is a top risk in Ontario’s trucking industry.
CBC
Some Ontario truckers call on Ottawa to regulate driver …
Aug 3, 2023 — An Ontario trucking advocacy group is calling on Ottawa to tighten the national minimum safety standards for new drivers hoping to get into …
OTA
Truck Drivers Nearly Unanimous that Highway Safety …
Ontario Trucking Association
Jan 10, 2024 — Truck Drivers Nearly Unanimous that Highway Safety Problems Persist in N. Ontario · unsafe passing by other vehicles (84.32%); · lack of truck
CTV News Northern Ontario
Ont. truckers agree changes are needed to make the industry safer: survey
Jan 29, 2024 — A recent survey shows that truckers in Ontario are in agreement on what improvements are needed in their industry.
Truck News
It’s time to admit trucking has a safety problem
Mar 12, 2024 — You hear it from professional drivers who dread certain trips, particularly through Northern Ontario. Look at surveys of truck drivers ..
https://www.trucknews.com/blogs/its-time-to-admit-trucking-has-a-safety-problem/
Thunder Bay News – TBNewsWatch.com
Highway safety still an issue in Northern Ontario: OTA
Jan 17, 2024 — 1. Unsafe passing by other vehicles – 84% · 2. Lack of truck rest areas – 84% · 3. Poorly trained truck drivers – 80% · 4. Lack of safe passing …
Truck News
Highway safety still an issue in Northern Ontario: OTA
Jan 11, 2024 — never drive any vehicle into any parking spot nose first, always back in. Signal lights on before brake lights.. and yes, get rid of the phone, …
Highway safety still an issue in Northern Ontario: OTA – Truck News
CityNews Toronto
Truckers group concerned about rising collisions in north …
Feb 28, 2023 — It requires would-be truckers to complete 103.5 hours of instruction before attempting a road test. Prior to 2017, there was no requirement …
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/02/28/trucking-industry-driver-training-ontario-oversight/
CBC
Truckers group concerned about rising collisions in north wants Ontario to crack down on its own industry
Dec 22, 2022 — A group of commercial truck drivers is calling on the Ontario government to increase training and enforcement measures for their industry amid a …