B.C.'s new trucking rules deliver headache

[Cybergal]

B.C.'s new trucking rules deliver headache

5/15/07

Canada

New rules designed to give long-haul truckers a decent rest are giving some short-haul drivers a major headache.
That's the word from Paul Landry, president and CEO of the B.C. Trucking Association, who said that new commercial driving regulations are a positive step for some drivers, but they're creating an entirely different set of problems for others -- particularly those who travel on BC Ferries between the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island.
"Because there's two-and-a-half or three hours lost each way [during the ferry crossing], the productive time for that driver has diminished significantly," said Landry of the new rules, which went into effect May 1. "Those drivers are running out of hours. The company must decide to put another driver on, which doesn't make any sense [economically].

article continues