While the Ontario Trucking Association’s ban on hand-held cell phones, texting and other communications devices while driving follows similar laws in Canada, it aslo includes a first: a ban on Citizen Band Radios (CBs) and similar two-way radios. The provincial government is looking to phase out CBs within the next three years, operating on the expectation that hands-free technologies will be developed in that time to Continue Reading

The lobby group Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety is urging the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration to ban commercial truck drivers from using “unsafe” electronic devices, including those that are wireless or hand-held. The organization seeks to reduce the number of driver distractions, and several recent studies have pointed to cell phones as the key cause. However, other studies indicate Continue Reading