This is all over the CBC

This started with the release of some investigative results yesterday. I've been trying to find a stat that I heard on the radio to make sure I heard it correctly, but I've been unable to.

Canadian truckers violate U.S. safety rules: data

"Canada behind U.S. in embracing electronic monitoring of drivers' hours"

As I was driving to work myself I was unable to pay enough attention to the news article (I was watching the road and the traffic, as one is required to do.) Still, I heard something about, I believe it was 18 fatigue related accident fatalities in the past 5 years, and I'm trying to find the reference to see if I'm mistaken. Don't get me wrong, 18 is a lot, but when you consider that there are likely more deaths per week in normal traffic due to alcohol, texting, cell phone use, speeding, not paying attention, failing to yield, failing to stop, etc., etc., I think it's just a matter of someone manufacturing the latest news, and being 'investigative journalists', and a bit unfair to people who are trying to make a living in a difficult industry. I'm still trying to find the reference, hoping that I'm wrong in what I thought I heard.

From their own website stats, I'd be more concerned about hospital resident doctors working 30 hours without a break than truckers driving 13 hours. But that's just me.

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