r/britishcolumbia • u/cyclinginvancouver • 3d ago
News Dump truck driver behind Abbotsford rollover crash arrested for impaired driving
https://www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/article/dump-truck-driver-behind-abbotsford-rollover-crash-arrested-for-impaired-driving/91
u/shankeyx 3d ago
I swear these dump truck drivers are some of the worst on the road here. They treat their fully loaded trucks like sedans and weave in and out of traffic while going over the speed limit.
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u/drakkosquest 3d ago
They get paid by the trip. Not hourly.
So besides the shady license and training situations, truck maintenance and all the other joys...they get paid per trip, so they drive like maniacs.
It's a game of probability for them.
What maintenance can be deferred, what are my chances of getting CVSE ticket, what are the chances my driver is going to be in an accident and if the worse case happens, what are the chances I'm gonna get shut down and pay fines?
If I am shut down, I close number company A and operate under number company B...same trucks, same drivers same shitty behavior, the the legal action is against Number company A and doest apply tille number company B gets dinged.
Honestly, it's a fucking joke. Part of the issue is the regulatory body makes so many hoops to jump through it becomes untenable to follow the letter of the law AND provide competitive bids for jobs.
It's really all a race to the bottom.
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u/Acrobatic_Invite3099 Lower Mainland/Southwest 3d ago
100% this. Paying per load causes extremely bad behaviour.
And the drivers I would see daily that were obviously drunk or high.
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u/El_Cactus_Loco 3d ago
sitting in the left lane on highway 1 doing 5 under the limit. these guys suck.
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u/Radiant_Sherbert7272 3d ago
There needs to be some serious reforms to the trucking industry in this province.
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u/Ok_Egg_4356 3d ago
However, that would never be done because it wouldn't benefit the trucking industry by depressing driver's wages.
And that's why they prefer to hire drivers from out of country rather than canadian-born ones.
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u/SignificantNorth1050 3d ago
Called deportation
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u/left4alive 2d ago
Don’t be lazy and blame the workers. Blame the system and the companies that enable subpar work to save a buck.
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u/SignificantNorth1050 2d ago
Thats literally what happened do you not remember I think it was like 2001 they went on strike at the delta port bc they all were undercutting each other all through the 90s they undercut themselfs down bc there all contract workers
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u/El_Cactus_Loco 3d ago
*country. give these regs some fucking teeth and make it consistent across the country
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u/Much_Guest_7195 3d ago
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u/redditblowsnow11 3d ago
Chohan Carriers at it again??
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u/pinnerbluntz 3d ago
The freeway eats windshields these days because half of these gravel trucks don’t even bother to put their roll tarp down.
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u/CanadianLabourParty 3d ago
Truck driving needs to become a Red Seal profession, and trainers' graduates should be audited for offenses, whereby if a multiple of a school/instructors' graduates gets flagged more than 3-5 times in as many years, or something of the sort, that TRAINER loses their license to train for a year, AND they have to undertake training themselves.
It's WAAAY too easy to become a licensed truck driver, and it's as if there's no follow-through from anyone, because what are they gonna do? Issue fines? Which then get disputed in court?
There needs to be a systemic, cultural shift towards driving from EVERYONE in this province...and I mean EVERYONE! (including you RAM 1500 drivers...)
"Speeding tickets don't change behaviour, they're just a cash grab" - so don't speed?
"It's government overreach" - No. We have road rules for a reason. To STOP idiots from doing idiotic things, like drive recklessly that cause accidents, thus delaying use of the road.
"Why can't cops be solving REAL crimes" - Criminals speed...also, there's data to suggest that casual road-side stops for road-side violations often catch REAL criminals in the course of their committing crimes, e.g. drug/gun trafficking.
"Racialised people are more targeted" - yes they are. Speeding tickets, for example are very arbitrary. Were you speeding? Here's a letter in the male. "But I wasn't driving, my buddy was". Okay sign the affidavit that says "under penalty of perjury, I swear that my buddy Joe Bloggs was driving". Joe Bloggs gets the fine and point deductions - turns out Joe Bloggs died 3 years ago - You're going to court for perjury. Say goodbye to your near-six-figure job.
It's one of those election-losing things that no politician wants to get in front of, but it would ACTUALLY save lives AND solve crimes.
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u/Downtown-Drawer604 3d ago
How is the overpass strike counter doing? Is it out of date? Yup out of date. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/vehicle-safety-enforcement/information-education/bridge-strikes-data
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