Guy Bourgouin, member of provincial parliament, is calling on the government to increase truck driver training requirements in Ontario.
Bourgouin tabled his private member’s bill requiring all new drivers to complete mandatory entry-level training (MELT) before obtaining a class A or D licence. This training would include at least 20 hours on a truck simulator that would expose them to winter driving conditions, according to a new release.
“Winter has arrived in northern Ontario, and with it, dangerous driving conditions that shut down highways and lead to countless accidents,” Bourgouin said. “Winter conditions make driving on northern Ontario’s mainly single-lane highways dangerous for even the most experienced drivers. Highways 17 and 11 are essential roads for northern Ontarians, and every precaution must be taken to reduce the risks of collisions that put road users’ lives in danger.”
This proposed legislation adds to Bourgouin’s previously introduced private member’s bills that sought to improve highway safety by changing the class of highways in northern Ontario and making it illegal to pass on a double solid yellow line.
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