Violations — and gender — increase likelihood of crashes
ARLINGTON, Va. -- The next time someone jokes about women drivers, they might want to think about the latest research results from the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI). The institute’s updated crash predictor model continues to identify violations for reckless driving or failing to yield the right of way as the top two behaviors that predict future crashes by truck drivers. But gender appears to play a role as well.
UPDATED: Criminal charges laid in 2017 death of driver
SUDBURY, Ont. – Criminal charges have been laid in the death of a 39-yer-old dump truck driver in 2017. Rheal Dionne was working for Sudbury, Ont.-based Rainbow Concrete when a concrete slab fell on the dump truck he was working in Feb. 15, 2017, trapping him inside.
Driver etiquette is slipping, readers say
TORONTO, Ont. -- There are some unspoken rules of the road, the common courtesy that makes every drive a little more bearable, but is that sense of etiquette declining? Today's Trucking readers who participated in this month's Pulse Survey seem to believe so.
Will in-cab cameras survive privacy challenges?
TORONTO, Ont. -- Canada has a lot of workplace privacy legislation on the books, some of which can be applied to driver-facing cameras. Some jurisdictions seem favorably disposed to the video monitoring of operators (drivers) in safety-sensitive positions, while others suggest cameras might be OK, as long as no other reasonable mechanism exists to achieve the same results.
Calgary driver faces 29 charges in Humboldt crash
REGINA, Sask. – Jaskirat Sidhu, the truck driver who collided with the Humboldt Broncos bus on April 6, was arrested this morning and faces 29 charges. The 29-year-old male from Calgary who worked for Adesh Deol Trucking was charged with 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death and 13 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily injury. Sidhu was arrested at his Calgary residence without incident and will make his first appearance in Saskatchewan court next week. The investigation took approximately three months and included a reenactment of the collision, over 60 interviews, more than 6,000 photos of the crash scene, and an analysis the driver’s log book.
A driver’s long road to mental health
VAUGHAN, Ont. – The tone in Morris Bellus’ voice can only be described a jovial, but it wasn’t always that way. This year marked the third the 19-year veteran of the road participated in the Ride Don’t Hide for the Peel-Dufferin branch of the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA). When he registered for his first year on the 100-km bike ride, he’d only been pedaling a stationary bike at the gym for about three months, attempting to jump start a change in his mental health.
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