Canada\u2019s transportation ministers met in Toronto this week to discuss a broad array of initiatives including mandating Electronic Logging Devices as well as harmonizing transportation rules across the country.<\/p>\n
A government press release and a Today\u2019s Trucking<\/em> report quoted Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau as saying the ministers will create a task force to harmonize truck-related regulations \u201cwherever possible\u201d and pursue unspecified changes to the Memorandum of Understanding that governs weights and dimensions.<\/p>\n Garneau said Transport Canada is moving towards an ELD mandate and plans to \u201cput something forward in 2017 on that subject.\u201d<\/p>\n CTA’s has been successfully advancing its message with Ottawa and provincial governments in regard to ELDs, regulatory and weights and dimensions harmonization, innovation in safety technology and autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n Following a call from the Federation of Canadian Municipalities to look at the sideguard issue once again, Garneau also announced that Transport Canada is establishing a committee to study measures such as side guards, cameras and other devices as a way to reduce fatalities and injuries in collisions involving trucks, cyclist and pedestrians.<\/p>\n \u201cSome municipalities have on their own implemented side guards, but we want to look at possibly other technologies that would help, and to make a decision about where it\u2019s appropriate,\u201d Garneau told Today\u2019s Trucking<\/em>.<\/p>\n The government\u2019s signal to review side guards does not mean they will be required. The committee is also focusing on other technologies, such as mounted cameras and collision avoidance technology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Canada\u2019s transportation ministers met in Toronto this week to discuss a broad array of initiatives including mandating Electronic Logging Devices as well as harmonizing transportation rules across the country. 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