Community Comment INGRID ABBOTT

and you can track bridge strikes.

You’ll see violation tickets for driver error, incorrect or no permits to operate, and load and height violations. Especially disturbing are the truck drivers that didn’t lower their excavator buckets or booms when in motion

Most violators received tickets with small fines.

That’s not an adequate deterrence to get trucking companies to abide by safety rules and to make sure their staff are well trained.

It’s simple math, more trucks on the road there’s more room for error. Combine that with the pressure to deliver and a shortage of trained drivers and accidents go up.

As the Optimist has reported, the Ministry of Transportation is looking at higher fines, steeper penalties, longer suspensions and education for the trucking industry.

The revisions won’t come soon enough Praise for the trucking companies who have safe big rigs, and for the truckers that drive with care Now let’s get all the other drivers up to speed.

Ingrid Abbott is a freelance writer who is impressed with semi drivers who can turn tight corners and not clip her car