Humboldt Broncos -last I heard

[burnt]

If they cant pass the written exams or driving exams or complete a training course because their English skills are not good enough then they shouldn't get a license.

If people who don't have good language skills are getting driving licenses, then that is a failure of the licensing and training system. And governments and regulatory bodies are not doing their job.

Heavy truck licenses should not be easy to get. But it is going to cost more money and it will add red tape. Are you ready and willing to pay for it?

Where is our Saskatchewan Government on this issue? I expect businesses are worried about the extra time and costs involved. What is the trucking association saying?

If someone doesn't understand this symbol then what amount of training is going to help?

chucky boy, always the apologist for the perpetrator...

[farmaholic]

Isn't that "symbol" almost universal?

[bgmb]

Do you honestly think more regulations would of put a brain in the guys head?

No but it might keep him off the road. Distracted driving laws are helping, drunk driving laws have made a huge difference. S

[bobofthenorth]

If any driver can't figure out that a big red octagon means stop then no amount of training is going to change anything. Only a lover of ever bigger government could think it would. The solution here is to treat this for what it is - deliberate premeditated murder. There's no excuse for the ArseyMPs taking this long to bring charges.

[grassfarmer]

Not just new Canadians that can't drive semis safely. I was on the highway yesterday with my truck and flat bed trailer and was getting tailgated pretty bad by a tridem grain truck. Appeared to be a local farmer in his 30s although not someone I knew. Followed me for 20 miles sitting 20 feet or less behind me doing the speed limit. When I needed to turn off onto gravel I started indicating a mile in advance to get the guy to back off - what is the stopping distance on these things again?

[farmaholic]

If that happened you should have done everything possible to identify the vehicle and hopefully the plate number and report him to the DOT.

20 miles? The driver should no better. If he had no intention of passing you, pick a safe following distance and maintain it.

That must have been an uncomfortable 20 miles.

[sumdumguy]

Some drivers are so aggressive and don’t realize how foolish they are. What will it take for them to learn. I guess “no charges” laid anyway. I usually just pull over if they won’t pass.

[bgmb]

If any driver can't figure out that a big red octagon means stop then no amount of training is going to change anything. Only a lover of ever bigger government could think it would. The solution here is to treat this for what it is - deliberate premeditated murder. There's no excuse for the ArseyMPs taking this long to bring charges.

Thats a pretty black and white way to look at it. We have all rolled through stop signs, if thats what even happened.

[helmsdale]

Have had many a moment where the only thing indicating a vehicle is behind me is the shadow of a car or truck. Also had many a commercial driver following so close there is no ending to my shadow, or beginning to his.

Ive reluctantly came to the opinion that the sooner vehicles are automated the better. Surely they can at least meet the very low bar set by the majority of drivers today.

At least then everyone could get back to what they really want to do... maintain their social media standing, or conduct that crucially important phone call, or respond to that text message with the same enthusiasm as a mule deer trying to dart across the road like their life depended on it.

[Guest]

Not just new Canadians that can't drive semis safely. I was on the highway yesterday with my truck and flat bed trailer and was getting tailgated pretty bad by a tridem grain truck. Appeared to be a local farmer in his 30s although not someone I knew. Followed me for 20 miles sitting 20 feet or less behind me doing the speed limit. When I needed to turn off onto gravel I started indicating a mile in advance to get the guy to back off - what is the stopping distance on these things again?

I had exact same thing happen 2 weeks ago so close i couldnt see him in the mirrors for 20 milesi had a semi and tandem grain trailer , no way he coulda stopped if i had to . I reported the simple prick . It was a double NN trucking truck with mb. Plates on trailer. Was wishin i woulda had the old steel geain trailer , coulda fixed the simple prick

[bobofthenorth]

Thats a pretty black and white way to look at it. We have all rolled through stop signs, if thats what even happened.

He didn't "roll through" that stop sign. He blew it at a minimum of 80 k, likely much more. And you're right - it absolutely is black and white. His ass needs to die in jail.

[grassfarmer]

If that happened you should have done everything possible to identify the vehicle and hopefully the plate number and report him to the DOT.

20 miles? The driver should no better. If he had no intention of passing you, pick a safe following distance and maintain it.

That must have been an uncomfortable 20 miles.

Tailgaters are usually in a hurry to get past - this one had the opportunity to pass but didn't. Seemed like he didn't want to break the speed limit but didn't mind driving far too close for no particular purpose.

I don't know that we need fully autonomous vehicles but maybe we could build in some of the features? - things that would over-ride dangerous actions by drivers - like if a vehicle gets too close to another it's engine power gets cut back a bit.