Inspections - Canada - "Don't cut on-road truck safety enforcement"
OPSEU - "Further reductions pose a serious threat to road user safety"
Toronto,ONT,Canada -NUPGE -Oct 8, 2005: -- The Ontario Public Service Employees Union (OPSEU/NUPGE), which represents provincial transportation enforcement officers, is warning Premier Dalton McGuinty not to cut on-road inspections of commercial vehicles... The sheer number of trucking firms in Ontario is another reason why roadside inspections and highway patrols need to be increased, not reduced, says John O'Brien, OPSEU's northwestern regional Vice-president... "There are tens of thousands of trucking companies in this province. My estimate is that, with the staff we have assigned right now, we probably do about 1,400 audits a year," he notes...
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