RCMP have confirmed that a medical emergency was the cause of a commercial truck crash near Nanaimo on Friday.
"I could see what the driver had done by hitting the north side barricade and then overshooting it and coming underneath the bridge and rolling his truck and trailer on the side," he said."It was devastating." "I think it's a combination of a multiple of things like wages, probably, but there definitely could be some more incentive," said Colin Cameron, general manager of Island Foods and Freight.
Dave Earle, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association, says driver shortages have come in waves and hit a low point in 2018 and 2019."How we're doing that is events like we have coming up on Wednesday in Toronto," said Earle."It's where women leaders and male leaders in the industry come together and discuss successes, challenges, failures.""The province has stepped in with a lot of money through various grant programs," he said.
What does 'driver shortage' have to do with 'medical emergency'?
It's a race to the bottom, with big corporations looking to get cheaper drivers and hook them up to intrusive electronic monitoring. I've seen experienced truckers demoted to warehouse staff with their work outsourced to a trucking company who were a bit on the crashy side.
More truck and car crashes! Is there a test to prove competency after getting covid multiple times?
The problem is any one with an IQ above 40 and knows how to start an ignition, seems to obtain a Class1 w/ Air. That and each province and territory has is own variations of who qualifies for a Class 1 w/ Air; Not to mention the international drivers, and subpar trucking co.'s
One only has to watch the trucks on the 'Hwy 5' in winter. Half don't even know what chains are let alone how to install. As for those having driving prowess that number is now minute.