Who Killed Manmeet Bhullar?

Alot of this depends on the company you work for. And frankly deregulation has nothing to do with wrecks, Its the piss poor drivers that are coming into the industry. I also take issue with reckless driving is the norm why I agree we have some real idiots out there you are painting everyone with to broad of a stoke. Frankly when I read the post the first time thur I had thought it came from a politician desk more then a fellow truck driver.

 

I heard about that. Sad to see anyone get hurt out there. I drive AB Hwy 63 year round in my pickup and its the same story. Trucks in the ditch everywhere around Mariana Lake and Wandering River after a good snowstorm. (At least Discovery Channel makes some good TV out of it)

I got my class 1 about 4 years ago and the state of driver licensing in AB is a joke. The girl at registries basically said driver training not required. As long as the written, road tests and medical checks were passed, they'd issue a licence. My examiner from registries had never even run a truck for any real amount of time. He simply got his class 1 and took the training needed to be an examiner.

 

Yes but it's up to trucking companies to weed out the crap. If your a rotten plumber, carpenter, welder etc. Is anyone going to hire you. We have to police ourselves.

 

I agree. Unfortunately due to low wages, most outfits will take whoever they can get because no one wants to work those hours for nothing anymore.

 

As for the turn over rate, keep in mind that takes into account all company's, most people here in the states work for a mega then move on to another company that more suits what they are trying to do. Also here in the US turnover also apply's to seasonal work, Like Transystems when it finishes up with the season it lays all it's drives off until next season this is counted against the national avg.

I will agree at most mega's the turnover is high, tho it should be. Those company's are thought of as a stepping stone not a place to make a career.

I can't speak for Canada, I run up there occasionally into Taber and Calgary but I do not live there, Drivers have always been decent that I have ran into. As for wages, I don't know how they are up there but unless you are working for CR England or Swift down here you should be making a decent wage. 60K + to start once you move out of the "experience" building and move in with Old DM, UPS, Those are leading the pack in the 80 to 100k mark. Walmart is up there also around 83k.

Lots of jobs down here that pay decent, the ones that I see saying they cant seem to make more then 25-30k a year. If they cant make more it may have more to do with their skill set or lack there of then the actual job market or supply of good paying jobs.

 

I run 43 once a week and used to run up to Ft Mac regularly. Though I've seen my share of truck accidents, I've definitely seen way more 4-wheelers rolled over in the ditches.

This year seems particularly bad for lumber loads, though. Since July I've seen multiple loads dumped on hwy 97 and hwy 3 in BC.

Just this last Tuesday there was a load of lumber all over Yellowhead coming east into Edmonton.

 

Can anyone guess who hauls a majority of lumber.
Ran lumber rates into the ground.

 

Is it the same guys who haul gravel?