It has the worst rate of truck safety defects, but is devoting greater resources to crack down on defective trucks. Although it now has a big truck death rate per capita below the national average, Ontario needs to greatly increase safety enforcement to protect its citizens as trucking across the U.S. border is projected to double by 2015. If B.C. approves a current industry proposal for longer trucks, its safety rating would decline further. Big truck collision deaths and injuries per capita are one-half the national average, and it has the second lowest truck safety defect problem. Significant improvement is needed.
Improvement is needed.
A key reason for the poor state of truck safety in Canada is that the Federal Government is not using its constitutional authority and responsibility to implement and enforce national trucking safety standards. The Canadian Trucking Alliance has also expressed concern about the lack of consistency of trucking safety standards in different provinces. Long-haul trucking has simply outgrown the ability of the provinces to regulate companies that operate across borders. Il projette d' liminer graduellement les camions lourds une seule semi-remorque non conformes aux normes de s curit . One problem often facing grassroots advocacy groups is being able to tangibly demonstrate effectiveness.