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Apr 26, 2009

Engine Brakes * Canada - Ontario municipalities target noisy ones

Propose annual inspections

Toronto,ONT,CAN -Truck News -24 April 2009: -- Most modern engine brakes are barely audible, yet an Ontario coalition of municipalities is pushing the province to implement a costly mandatory engine brake inspection program to reduce noise... The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) has responded by claiming the program would place a costly burden on carriers, which would need to purchase new, expensive noise testing equipment... The Ontario Traffic Conference (OTC), which acts on behalf of Ontario municipalities, is calling on the province to implement the program under existing Sec. 71 (1) of the Highway Traffic Act, which requires all vehicles to have a properly-functioning muffler... (Photo from desktopwallpapers: Iveco's trucks)

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Apr 24, 2009

No Jaking Around * Canada - Truckers reject mandatory engine brake testing

Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -24 April 2009: -- Ontario should do a better job of enforcing the existing noise pollution laws rather than make carrier inspections of engine brakes mandatory... According to the province's largest trucking group, the Ontario Traffic Conference (OTC) -- an organization that acts on behalf of municipalities to co-ordinate traffic management -- is working with the government on a proposal that would require carriers to conduct annual noise level testing for all trucks... The Ontario Trucking Association takes the position that such an inspection program would be ineffective and too costly as it would force carriers to buy new, expensive, noise testing equipment...

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