No ..... lack of government oversight, as well as colluding with the trucking industry to deregulate and dumb down the whole trucking industry by taking advantage of cheap foreign labor while also putting the public in danger on the highway ... is what is destroying trucking.

I live in northern Ontario and I keep non stop from everyone up here that they want to blame 'Pakis', 'turban heads' and 'foreigners' for making the highways dangerous .... they are right in a very small way.

The greatest blame for all this is the provincial and federal governments working with big trucking companies to deregulate the entire system and put us all in danger on the highway. All for what? So that some a-hole billionaire can make even more money they're never going to use?

[–] HeroicBillyBishop@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago

this is correct, but racism gets the shit heads riled up and voting conservative

[–] thisorthatorwhatever@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's not just trucking...we got degree mills spew out fake students. Ruining Canada's reputation in education, and the 'students' working as Uber drivers driving down wages.

TFW staffing Tim Hortons, making it hard for people to start competing cafes. Same with other franchises.

Also, all commercial trucks should be limited in speed to 80kph on the highway, and 30kph in the city, using geo-fencing. All tucks should have front/back/side cameras always on and linked to a blackbox in case of an accident.

Canada should have a good high-speed train network.

We also need run-off elections to prevent vote splitting. Political ridings should be reduced from the ridiculous 100,000 people to 30,000 people.

Pickup trucks need to be smaller, and like sedans, have sloped hoods to minimize pedestrian deaths in an accident.

Cities should discourage car use through tolls. While driving 100cc motorcycles for 14years should be legalized for northern communities as means for kids to get to school.

But all we get is a stupid cultural war.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

i assume degree mills as in for-profit universities, aka UOP types. people who earn legitimate degree cant find a job either too.

[–] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

So many random transports in the ditch in Northern Ontario.

Lanes need to be wider to prevent head on collisions up north too.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

A big factor no one talks about is speed. Many of those deadly crashs happen because someone uses the oncoming lanes to pass because being behind a semi thats going 5 under the limit for 5 minutes is completely unacceptable to drivers used to doing 20 over the limit.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Or the trucks need to be narrower.

[–] ikidd@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago

Obviously you aren't following the way licensing has been restricted heavily, with expensive training now required (up to $20,000 in classes) in the wake of the Humbolt accident. As far as I know every province has instituted these new requirements making getting a CDL much more difficult and expensive. CVIP inspections are also very closely watched and mechanics are losing licenses for paper CVIPs.

Now whether it's actually changed anything is a debate I would like to hear.