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TRUCKING POLICYS * Canada - Alberta holds fast on HOS and speed limiters, other changes afoot
Alberta Transport Minister, Luke Ouellette, doesn’t mince words while addressing the issue of federal hours of service legislation and speed limiters
Banff,ALTA,CAN -Today's Trucking -20 April 2009: -- While speaking at the Alberta Motor Transport Association’s annual conference, the minister kept the same stance on speed limiters – no – but back peddled from the optimism of last year that federal HOS regulations could be adopted... Ouellette took on the idea of mandatory use of electronic on-board recorders (EOBRs). The department might consider using them as a measure for poor performing carriers, but industry-wide mandatory use is not supported... The province has also decided to increase the length of long combination vehicles (LCVs) in Alberta to create a similarity between Saskatchewan and Manitoba... The minister also made note of a comprehensive fatigue management program that was spear-headed in Alberta... (Picture from hankstruckpictures: Alberta trucks, propane tanker)
* BC truckers call for Coquihalla upgrades
Surrey,B.C.,USA -Today's Trucking -20 April 2009: -- The elimination of tolls on the Coquihalla highway has brought more truck traffic, but chain-up and brake-check areas haven't kept pace, truckers say... In a joint letter, the B.C. Trucking Association and the B.C. Roadbuilders & Heavy Construction Association (RHCA) are asking the province's transportation ministry to enlarge existing areas or create new ones...
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