In all the debate on the question, the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada had brought up the suggestion of limiting the trucks of repeating speed offenders and their fleets if nothing else was a way to slow them down. Friday November 16th, a team of the “Journal de Montreal” followed Minister Boulet limousine after a press conference in Laval, on her way back towards Quebec. The journalist did note not less then 3 major violations to the Highway Code and 1 minor. Maybe the people of Quebec should ask that the Minister’s limo would be equipped with a speed limiting devise. I had talks with some safety directors and some company owners and most of them agree that a driver with bad driving habits will keep them in just about any circumstances. Even the statistics of the SAAQ, brought up by the oppositions critics this week after the deposit of Bill 42, shows that drivers with the worst records are most likely to be the ones with the most violations.
In a meeting at the Minister’s Cabinet, the point was brought up that impatient automobile drivers are not shy to often pass a heavy truck by the right before this one resumes the right lane after a passing manoeuvre. Minister Boulet, wake up! You had a front row seat on what we were explaining to your staffers. You were even lucky that the truck driver didn’t come back to the right lane when your limo was in the blind spot!
With all the violations noted by the journalist of the “Journal de Montreal” , Mister Driver of the Minister, would have his driver’s permit on the brink of a suspension with fines totalizing 715$ and 10 demerit points to his permit. If a Professional Driver has more then 2 moving violations in a year, he or she may have a hard time to find a job.
Minister Boulet declared she was snoozing when the events happened.
Original article from the Journal de Montreal on Canoë(in french)
http://www.canoe.com/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2007/11/20071117-063902.html?14290a715a5b4bdbbf90eb7d1982ac04
In all the debate on the question, the Private Motor Truck Council of Canada had brought up the suggestion of limiting the trucks of repeating speed offenders and their fleets if nothing else was a way to slow them down.
1 commentaire:
Speeding on roads is a still big problem of our society. Nevertheless there are strict rules, people offend against law.
But drivers who ride diplomatic Limos do not pay attention to rules at all. They think that they can do wherever they want, cause they have "diplomatic immunity".
Also sometimes at the weddings, limo hire drivers ride hell for leather and do not pay attention for anything.
In my view, laws are made for everybody without any exception, and all of us have to obey it.
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