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OPP Appeal for Improved Road Sharing

They say the vast majority of collisions with transport trucks due to non commercial drivers

A stark reminder from provincial police of bad driving habits involving crashes between transport trucks and other vehicles, or non commercial drivers.

OPP say almost 20% of collisions this year involved transport trucks, but 86% of those due to poor behaviour on the part of non commercial drivers.

Truck drivers were at-fault in the remaining 14%.

31 people have died in such crashes.

Police blame speeding, following too close, and improper passing behind truck involved collisions every year.

OPP Commissioner Thomas Carrique adds many families are paying a devastating price, losing a loved one, because of drivers making a conscious decision not to share the road safely.

 

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