A recent series of mishaps involving big rigs on Vancouver Island has a commercial driving instructor fearing we'll see more, unless the industry makes some changes.
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.
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