• TruckBCOPMA
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    11 months ago

    As a driver myself, I think if it’s deemed that the driver’s negligence was the main contributing factor, they should be personally liable.

    The whole point is that is to send a STRONG message to the unprofessional drivers that if they don’t pickup the slack and fuck up, the rest of their life might be destroyed.

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      11 months ago

      Massive fine for the company and suspension of license for the driver in my opinion, maybe about 6 months. By that time they may search to work in a different industry, hopefully.

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      11 months ago

      I don’t drive truck. I feel like knowing the height of your truck/load would be an important part of your job no?

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        11 months ago

        I would say so. And I would argue not knowing the height of your truck is negligence, and if that causes you to hit an overpass then well you should be held liable.

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      11 months ago

      Sure, but isn’t the responsibility for training on the company and not the driver? I’m not super familiar with the industry, sorry.

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        11 months ago

        Average amount of on the job training a driver gets when hired is probably half a shift. You’re expected to know and be able to do it without any additional training.

        I think that’s totally wrong and bullshit but that’s what’s going on out there. Where I work it’s 4-6 weeks full time for a driver with experience, 6 weeks to 10 weeks or so usually for a new driver, we’ve had at least one do 6 months+. We’re a definite outlier tho and probably do the most on the job training out of any trucking company in BC.