Report highlights big-rig safety 'realities'

Report highlights big-rig safety 'realities'

A pair of advocacy groups for Northern Ontario is welcoming the findings of a report that has identified gaps in commercial vehicle enforcement and driver training.

Ontario to inspect career colleges offering truck driving following scathing audit

All Ontario career colleges that offer commercial truck driver training will have been inspected by the end of next month, the province's minister of colleges and universities said Wednesday. The action comes after a scathing audit of the transport trucking industry revealed a slew of problems.

Northern Ontario groups urge stronger truck enforcement after Auditor General findings

NOMA and FONOM say the report provides an important opportunity for continued collaboration to strengthen road safety and modernize transportation systems

Ford government promises to inspect remaining private colleges offering truck driver training

The pledge comes one day after the auditor general found that 25 per cent of private colleges offering these programs had not been inspected

Northern groups urge stronger truck enforcement after Auditor General report

NOMA and FONOM say the report provides an important opportunity for continued collaboration to strengthen road safety and modernize transportation systems

Ontario will inspect all private truck schools after scathing audit found major gaps

A scathing report from auditor general Shelley Spence found a series of issues with how colleges were teaching drivers, including some students not completing mandatory training.