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Justin Martin Drives On Guard For Thee ITS Driver, Canadian Armed Forces veteran Wins 2016 OTA-Volvo Trucks Driver of the Year Award (Toronto, Nov. 11, 2016) – For Justin Martin, trucking is way more than just a job. To say that it’s a way of life would sound a little too cliché. More accurately –[…]

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(Oct. 24, 2016) — Although it’s likely the job of the over-the-road truck driver may evolve somewhat, it will not be eliminated or disappear in the age of autonomous vehicle technology, Canadian Trucking Alliance President David Bradley wrote in a letter to federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who was reported as saying certain occupations –[…]

EDITORIAL: What I Didn’t Know About Truck Drivers

http://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=22942&language=en Regulation Number(s): 340/94 Bill or Act: Highway Traffic Act Summary of Proposal: The Ministry of Transportation is considering the following amendments to the regulatory licence renewal requirements for Class D drivers: • Amendments to Ontario regulation 340/94 to align Class D licence renewal requirements for vision testing, knowledge testing and medical filing with all[…]

NOB: North Cruising Toward Big Shortage of Truckers

Important Info for D class Holders Operating in US

(Aug. 8, 2016) — The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) have contacted OTA to specify that drivers with class D licences operating commercially in the United States must be in compliance with driver medical fitness requirements. US law requires the driver of a commercial vehicle that has a[…]

(Toronto, Aug. 4, 2016) – The Government of Canada has taken another important step towards the introduction of a mandate to require the use of Electronic Logging Devices (ELDs) by federally-regulated motor carriers and commercial vehicle drivers. The mandate would apply to those federally-regulated bus and truck carriers and drivers who are currently required to[…]