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Saskatchewan Introduces Minimum Semi-Truck Driver Training After Broncos Crash

The Canadian Press, 03 Dec, 2018 01:31 PM
  • Saskatchewan Introduces Minimum Semi-Truck Driver Training After Broncos Crash
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is introducing mandatory training for semi-truck drivers almost eight months after the Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
 
 
Starting in March, drivers seeking a Class 1 commercial licence will be required to undergo at least 121.5 hours of training.
 
 
Sixteen people died and 13 were injured in April when the Broncos team bus and a semi collided at a rural Saskatchewan intersection.
 
 
Joe Hargrave, minister for Saskatchewan Government Insurance, says the training will make the roads safer.
 
 
Drivers will be instructed in a classroom, in a yard and behind the wheel as part of the new program.
 
 
Ontario is currently the only province that has mandatory truck driver training consisting of 103.5 hours

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