Press release
Source: Ontario
Ontario is making sure large trucks and motor coaches meet the province's high safety standards during Roadcheck, an international safety inspection blitz, taking place June 2, 3 and 4, 2009.
This is the 21st year Ontario has participated in the annual safety event along with jurisdictions from across Canada, the United States and Mexico. During the blitz, trucks and motor coaches are randomly inspected to ensure drivers and vehicles are complying with provincial safety rules for:
- Mechanical fitness
- Complete daily inspection reports and logs
- Correct driver qualifications
- Properly-secured loads.
Unsafe vehicles are immediately removed from the road and operators face some of the toughest penalties in North America, including fines of up to $20,000, and up to $50,000 for wheel separation offences. Vehicles with serious brake, steering, wheel, tire and suspension defects may also be impounded for up to 60 days.
Quick facts
- Throughout the year, Ontario conducts over 100,000 commercial driver and vehicle inspections, six province-wide safety blitzes and a number of other regional safety blitzes.
- Statistics show that trucks are getting safer: while the number of large trucks registered in Ontario rose by more than 58 per cent between 1995 and 2006, the number of fatal collisions involving these vehicles dropped by about 32 per cent. Reported wheel separations also decreased from 215 in 1997 to 94 in 2008.
photo:Jupiter Images
Source: Ontario
Ontario is making sure large trucks and motor coaches meet the province's high safety standards during Roadcheck, an international safety inspection blitz, taking place June 2, 3 and 4, 2009.
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This is the 21st year Ontario has participated in the annual safety event along with jurisdictions from across Canada, the United States and Mexico. During the blitz, trucks and motor coaches are randomly inspected to ensure drivers and vehicles are complying with provincial safety rules for:
- Mechanical fitness
- Complete daily inspection reports and logs
- Correct driver qualifications
- Properly-secured loads.
Unsafe vehicles are immediately removed from the road and operators face some of the toughest penalties in North America, including fines of up to $20,000, and up to $50,000 for wheel separation offences. Vehicles with serious brake, steering, wheel, tire and suspension defects may also be impounded for up to 60 days.
Quick facts
- Throughout the year, Ontario conducts over 100,000 commercial driver and vehicle inspections, six province-wide safety blitzes and a number of other regional safety blitzes.
- Statistics show that trucks are getting safer: while the number of large trucks registered in Ontario rose by more than 58 per cent between 1995 and 2006, the number of fatal collisions involving these vehicles dropped by about 32 per cent. Reported wheel separations also decreased from 215 in 1997 to 94 in 2008.
photo:Jupiter Images