BC Wants Unified Truck Safety System After Spate of Overpass Crashes Reveals Gaps

BC Wants Unified Truck Safety System After Spate of Overpass Crashes Reveals Gaps
B.C. Minister of Transportation Rob Fleming views flooding and mudslide repair and clean up progress on the Coquihalla Highway northeast of Hope, B.C., on Dec. 10, 2021. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
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British Columbia’s transport minister has written to his federal counterpart asking for the closure of road safety gaps he says allow some trucking companies to avoid consequences while operating unsafely across Canada.

Rob Fleming’s letter on Jan. 8 to Pablo Rodriguez comes after a series of incidents involving commercial trucks, or their cargo, slamming into highway overpasses.