 Canadian Trucking Alliance 324 Somerset Street West Ottawa, Canada K2P 0J9 Ph: (613) 236-9426 Fax: (613) 563-2701 Contact: Rebecka Torn The Canadian Trucking Alliance is a federation of the seven Canadian provincial trucking associations representing approximately 4,500 motor carriers and is dedicated to serving the national and international interests of Canadian motor carriers. |
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Speed Limiters on Trucks Get Support in Quebec105 km Mandate Recommended by Quebec National Assembly Commission (OTTAWA: June 14, 2006) – The proposal to activate speed limiters on trucks is getting political support in Quebec. An all-party committee of the Quebec National Assembly is recommending that it be mandatory that speed limiters be activated on all trucks and buses and that the maximum speed be set at 105 km/hr. The Commission des transports et de l”environnement submitted its report to the National Assembly June 8. All members of the commission – which was mandated by the National Assembly to examine specific road safety issues -- are MNAs. The same commission made several other recommendations -- on the use of cell phones, electronic speed detection on roads where police presence is difficult, and winter tires. It is expected that the report will be debated in the fall. The Quebec Trucking Association actively participated in the deputations to the commission. The developments in Quebec follow closely on the heels of the passage at second reading of a private member’s bill in the Ontario legislature that would make activation of speed limiters on trucks with a maximum speed setting of no more than 105 km/hr mandatory for all trucks that operate into, out of and within that province. -30- |
