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Transport ministers from across the country have agreed to come up with minimum training for semi drivers and while that’s a relief for one of the families affected by the Humboldt Broncos bus crash – they wonder if it’s enough.
Lyle and Carol Brons’ daughter Dayna was killed in the bus crash last April when it was hit by a semi.
Both of them spoke on Gormley about the decision to make a standardized training for drivers across the country.
“It was some relief that they were actually going to take our concerns seriously, not sure that they went far enough yet but they’re going to still push forward,” Carol said.
Currently, only Ontario has mandatory training in place. Saskatchewan and Alberta will implement mandatory training in March.
Lyle said he feels some of the provinces aren’t moving quick enough.
“Truck drivers cross the border and if you’re trained properly in one province but the guy in the next province isn’t is it really going to make the roads that much safer.”
Carol said the focus is on semi-truck driver training right now but they also want to see safety improvements on buses.
In the months following their daughter’s death, Carol said they are doing “OK.”
“It’s a quiet Christmas and we’ve still got a long way to go. We’ve got some days coming up that will be stressful again,” Carol said. “We’re putting one foot in front of the other.”
Both of the Brons said they signed onto a petition, e-2005, currently going through the House of Commons. It was created by an Alberta woman whose husband was killed in 2017.
The petition asks for a few things including making the Class 1 commercial license a nationwide skilled trade as well as implementing mandatory training and graduated licensing system.
Province to move ahead with trucker training rules as task force develops national standards
Saskatchewan Highways and Infrastructure Minister Lori Carr told The Brent Loucks Show there was consensus on creating a national standard for training commercial truck drivers at a meeting earlier this week with her federal, provincial and territorial counterparts.
“Our drivers drive from coast-to-coast-to-coast and it doesn’t matter which province you’re trained in, we truly feel there should be some consistency across Canada,” she said.
A task force will put together a framework over the next year, with federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau suggesting a new minimum training requirement could be in place by January 2020.
Carr said Saskatchewan would still push ahead with implementing its own standard on March 15, requiring 121.5 hours of training for anyone seeking a Class 1 licence.
“We feel that that’s what we’d like our drivers to come out with. So, where they land nationally, will it be that? I’m not sure. We’ll have to see what the task force comes up with.”