Canadian Trucking Alliance President David Bradley and Prasad Sharma, senior v.p. and general counsel of the American Trucking Associations provided an updated industry outlook and legislative landscape last week at the Atlantic Provinces Trucking Association\u2019s Transportation Summit.<\/p>\n
Speaking at the, Bradley commented on the federal government\u2019s focused attention on the safe transportation of dangerous goods in the post Lac-Megantic period.<\/p>\n
As reported by Truck News<\/i>:<\/p>\n
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\u201cTrucking has been able to fly under the radar and focus has been where it should be with the railways,\u201d he said. \u201cBut now it\u2019s our turn. I don\u2019t anticipate anything particularly negative to arise out of this. When you look at more dangerous goods are hauled by truck than any other modes, our rate of incident is extremely low. It\u2019s also extremely low where we share our workplace with the public on the highway. A very small proportion of the dangerous goods incidents involve highway crashes. But where those do occur, and while they are not frequent that\u2019s where the major leaks, incidents come from, therefore we have to be prepared for that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bradley said he would like to see the Canadian government taking a more active role in enforcement of the shipper responsibilities under the regulations.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe enforcement generally comes at roadside, and falls on you (carriers) and your drivers if there is documentation errors,\u201d he said. \u201cReally that should be where the shipper is responsible.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition, he also suggested that an ELD mandate would be coming soon.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to be repeating our call for ELD mandate,\u201d he said. \u00a0\u201cIn Canada I think we are inching closer in an announcement in that regard. I am not privy to the details or whether and how that would come about. But I think we\u2019re getting close and obviously we want to be compatible\u00a0with the United States. But at the same token I think we need to make sure the enforcement policies and the like work in the Canadian environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
He also spoke briefly about mandating entry-level training across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother thing we are calling for, will be for the provinces to work with CTA and the provincial associations to adopt a regime of mandatory entry-level training,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s Canada, these things take time and not necessarily everyone will be on board at the same time or to the same extent, but I think we\u2019re moving things in that direction.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Sharma meanwhile, provided a U.S. perspective, saying that the Canadian industry is at the forefront on many safety issues<\/p>\n
\u201cCanada has taken the lead and US is following,\u201d he said. \u201cI think that\u2019s been true on speed limiters, on ELDs and we\u2019re not following with great speed but we are following.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: that American carriers may have been \u201cadmittedly a little slow to coming around to support ELDs. We as an industry do support ELDs and we made it clear to the administration and we made that clear to congress.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said a proposal in the U.S. for mandatory ELDs will likely be finalized in 2015. \u201cThere will be a two year phasing period for compliance. It\u2019s not on the fastest track, but it is moving and we do anticipate something happening early to mid-next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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