The standards have to be rigorously enforced. New standards have to be enacted. There is no place on public highways for an unskilled, inexperienced person to operate a commercial vehicle with the means to cause death on such a scale.
I include farmers who have decided to take their own grain to market. Some of these guys I see on the highway should be fined heavily for their lack of courtesy and disregard for traffic laws or in some cases have their license suspended and be sent to driver school again.
We have been cut off, given the one finger salute, and tail gated regularly by truck drivers.
I have seen super B's coming off farm that have only slowed down enough at a major intersection to make the turn and this where they have a stop sign. Then made a right turn with me coming up on them weighing 62 tonnes.
There is nothing professional about such conduct. There is a significant number of commercial drivers on the road who DO NOT drive defensively. Where is the pride in a job well done? Where is conscience? Where are the professionals looking out for the passenger vehicle so that they too can travel the highways safely?
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I include farmers who have decided to take their own grain to market. Some of these guys I see on the highway should be fined heavily for their lack of courtesy and disregard for traffic laws or in some cases have their license suspended and be sent to driver school again.
We have been cut off, given the one finger salute, and tail gated regularly by truck drivers.
I have seen super B's coming off farm that have only slowed down enough at a major intersection to make the turn and this where they have a stop sign. Then made a right turn with me coming up on them weighing 62 tonnes.
There is nothing professional about such conduct. There is a significant number of commercial drivers on the road who DO NOT drive defensively. Where is the pride in a job well done? Where is conscience? Where are the professionals looking out for the passenger vehicle so that they too can travel the highways safely?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/humboldt-broncos-crash-mandatory-semi-driver-training-1.4615567 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/humboldt-broncos-crash-mandatory-semi-driver-training-1.4615567
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