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I wonder if the province likes these crashes. Use insurance money to catch up on deferred inspections/maintenance. It seems easy enough to mandate an annoying light/buzzer if the bed is up at all. Easy to check roadside during an inspection, doesnt affect operation and simple (industrial microswitch, annoying device and some wiring).
Someone correct me if I'm wrong: Isn't there an indicator in the cab for the bucket being up? The guy who took down the signs on the Skyway, a few years back, was drunk off his nut but they couldn't prosecute him for it, because of the time lapse prior to testing.
There is definitely an indicator for PTO pump running as you want to save wear and tear on it. Not sure about bucket secured indicator.
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There is definitely an indicator for PTO pump running as you want to save wear and tear on it. Not sure about bucket secured indicator.
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OPP video of scene.
Dump box up = empty the load Dump box down = drive Seems this wasn't followed today. #Hwy401 eb express lanes approaching Mavis Rd #MississaugaOPP | By Ontario Provincial Police - Highway Safety Division | Facebook
Dump box up = empty the load Dump box down = drive Seems this wasn't followed today. #Hwy401 eb express lanes approaching Mavis Rd #MississaugaOPP
A punt down to starting at G1 makes sense for a lot of serious driving infractions (after conviction in court).
I really wish that they would put up those directional louvres, like they used to have on The Gardiner before they took them all down for construction, on all 400 series highways. The number of near misses that I see because of rubbernecking is ridiculous.Morons everywhere. While rubbernecking, this van got hammered in the collectors.
Kerry Schmidt he was relatively recently licensed. Does retesting make sense when they just passed? Probably need a few years away from commercial driving before they are eligible again to gain experience with not crashing a passenger vehicle first.
It's really sad when one of the lessons you need to be explicitly taught is "don't drive under low obstacles with your dump box up" or alternatively "don't drive at 105 km/h with your box up". I'm not sure my driving instructions ever explicitly told me to close the doors before backing into a narrow space but I've never ripped my doors off.
Morons everywhere. While rubbernecking, this van got hammered in the collectors.
Yup..... every rule that I have had to put into place has been because of one moron.
The way to make people care is a bigger stick imo. I'm not kidding about cancelling licenses and making them start again (maybe with an extended waiting period before you could get a commercial license class again). They only catch a small percentage so the penalty has to be horrendous or people will take their chances. That would address drivers but to keep companies in line, they need to be hit hard too so they both lean on drivers to comply and hire drivers they think will try to comply. Current race to the bottom pricing has safety/maintenance at the bottom of the list for many carriers.
Lol I saw this on FB earlier and wondered if it would show up here. Just crazy. They had 1 job...Dump box up = empty the load Dump box down = drive Seems this wasn't followed today. #Hwy401 eb express lanes approaching Mavis Rd #MississaugaOPP | By Ontario Provincial Police - Highway Safety Division | Facebook
Dump box up = empty the load Dump box down = drive Seems this wasn't followed today. #Hwy401 eb express lanes approaching Mavis Rd #MississaugaOPP
At least tie some old tires on the front and back bumpers of the two vehicles and play bumper cars.
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