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TRUCK SAFETY * Canada - B.C. adopts recommendations from industry
Victoria,B.C.,Canada -Truck News -Jun 17, 2010: -- The B.C. government has heeded advice from the province's trucking industry and backed off its former threat of a "truck jail" for unroadworthy vehicles, but it's going ahead with other measures to improve truck safety... The recommendations being implemented are: creation of a Premium Carrier program that recognizes safe carriers; best practice development that integrates greater shipper responsibility; greater authority over designated inspection facilities and inspectors; and increased enforcement to ensure mechanically-unsound commercial vehicles are taken off the road... The Abbotsford News reported that instead of impounding unsafe vehicles in a truck jail, the province will instead seize licence plates of trucks with critical defects and hold them until repairs are made or owners present a plan ensuring proper maintenance and monitoring... (Photo Submitted by Wayne Osmond: Two trucks cautiously pass an overturned rig along the Trans-Canada Highway at Wreckhouse on Wednesday)
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