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SAFETY
* Canada - BC, industry look to clamp down on chainless trucks
Kamloops,B.C.,CAN -Today's Trucking/Canadian Press -16 Jan 2007: -- British Columbia truckers are working with Transportation Minister Kevin Falcon to reduce winter highway collisions and closures... Falcon told that the trucking industry wants government to crack down on truckers that are not chaining up... Truckers that disobey the rules where chains are required on icy highways "end up plugging the highways and creating real problems not only for the travelling public, but the ability of maintenance equipment to get to the roads and get them cleared"... Falcon and the B.C. Trucking Association have opened talks on the issue...
* Canada - Safety blitz targets small-truck clunkers - Those vehicles often not maintained: Minister
Toronto,ONT,CAN -The Toronto Sun, by JACK BOLAND -Jan 17, 2007: -- Spend a little to save a lot -- or a life -- was the message driven home to truckers in a province-wide safety blitz yesterday by ministry officials... Ontario Transportation Minister Donna Cansfield was on hand at the Arrow Rd. Ministry of Transportation service yard to watch inspections of small commercial trucks... "The smaller vehicles are the ones we need to do the blitzes on because we are finding they have challenges around maintenance.".. Brian Patterson, president and general manager of the Ontario Safety League, pointed to a refuse truck hauling a container as a prime example of these maintenance challenges...
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