SOUND OFF: Making our roads safer
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WE ALL WANT OUR HIGHWAYS to be as safe as possible.
For many people across B.C., especially those of us in smaller communities, highways are a lifeline. Every day, millions of people use our highways to get to work, to take their kids to school, to transport essential goods and food or to explore our beautiful province. Whether you’re in Kamloops or Kitimat, most of us don’t think twice about driving long distances to get where we need to go.
And that’s why our provincial government is implementing mandatory training for new commercial truck drivers. This entry-level training will ensure that new commercial truck operators are better equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to do their jobs safely before they receive their licence.
In 2018, a crash between a coach bus and a commercial semi-trailer truck killed 16 people and injured 13 others from the Humboldt Broncos Junior A hockey team in Saskatchewan. This tragedy was followed by an outpouring of grief as well as calls for change from people across Canada. Twenty years ago, I lost a dear friend, mentor and wonderful human being to a head-on collision with a commercial semi-trailer that had drifted in oncoming traffic. A loss on a smaller scale, but equally heart-wrenching for all of us who loved him.
