403/Dundas Accident.
- Thread starter Maggs
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I sure wouldn't want to be the owners of Reefer Express, they probably have MTO sitting in their offices already.
Reefer Express....I do not know that company, its unfortunate that this happened, however, if your comment about the MTO sitting waiting for them will hopefully open up the eyes of the MTO to start enforcing more audits to carriers who do not take their safety and compliance seriously. And I'm very pleased to hear that the woman of the SUV is at home safely.
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I don't know of Reefer Express personally either but what does rolling a truck have to do with an MTO safety audit. If they had been audited would that of stopped the driver from going to fast around the curve or the load shifting or the four wheeler cutting him off or what ever really happened to cause this unfotunate situation. You can be the safest carrier in the world with all the checks and balances in the world but accidents still happen.
Go luck to Reefer Express and happy to here the lady if fine and at home.
Go luck to Reefer Express and happy to here the lady if fine and at home.
Something for all carriers to remind drivers at next safety meeting. The biggest reason ( aside from speed of course) for roll overs is centre of gravity. If you have freight to the roof you stand a higher risk of tipping over on a turn. We had one years ago with a load of empty pallets. Not very heavy but loaded floor to ceiling creating a higher centre of gravity. Ya gotta be especially carefull with sealed trailers or containers cause you dont actually see whats in there and how its loaded. You have to assume it is loaded high. YOu are not likely to ever see a load of plate steel roll over.
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My comment was not meant to say they have a bad record, as soon as a high profile crash happens MTO usually heads directly to the companies offices..........so you could have the best record in the industry and they probably will visit it is called CYA for MTO in case you are a bad carrier and they missed it. This came directly from an MTO officer who would get the call if it happened in the Durham region.
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I've done business with Reefer Express in the past.
It's a small Temperature Controlled Carrier owned and operated by John Crawford Jr. (Ex of JS Crawford & Son fame) Although, John may not be everyone's type of guy... they run pretty new equipment... decent drivers (judging by those that I've met) and they get the job done. Just poking back in my system it seems that we've given him just over 40 shipments in the passed two years... No, lates... no issues at all that I can see.
A truck rolling on a ramp... as Rob said can be due to a number of issues. The MTO crawling up the carrier a$$ with a microscope isn't fair unless there is a blatant maintenance issue.
NOTE: The carriers name was painted as big as can be on the side of that wagon. Does a carrier that's trying to run incognito do that?
Yeah...
It's a small Temperature Controlled Carrier owned and operated by John Crawford Jr. (Ex of JS Crawford & Son fame) Although, John may not be everyone's type of guy... they run pretty new equipment... decent drivers (judging by those that I've met) and they get the job done. Just poking back in my system it seems that we've given him just over 40 shipments in the passed two years... No, lates... no issues at all that I can see.
A truck rolling on a ramp... as Rob said can be due to a number of issues. The MTO crawling up the carrier a$$ with a microscope isn't fair unless there is a blatant maintenance issue.
NOTE: The carriers name was painted as big as can be on the side of that wagon. Does a carrier that's trying to run incognito do that?
Yeah...
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I fully understand Maggs.
The MTO safety audit would be a good thing for some shoddy carriers but the MTO is too busy righting fines to companies and drivers for petty little faults than worrying about safety. You know the that air line is touching that . Is it chafing? No but in may someday so here"s your fine!! Or you put the wrong date down by mistake here is your fine. There is a million of them that they like to write as a car goes by after a snow storm with snow pilled a foot high all over the car except the path of the wiper blades as they are writing you up for 1 of 150 lights on yor trucks that has a partially burned out LED..
I love the MTO can ya tell..
The MTO safety audit would be a good thing for some shoddy carriers but the MTO is too busy righting fines to companies and drivers for petty little faults than worrying about safety. You know the that air line is touching that . Is it chafing? No but in may someday so here"s your fine!! Or you put the wrong date down by mistake here is your fine. There is a million of them that they like to write as a car goes by after a snow storm with snow pilled a foot high all over the car except the path of the wiper blades as they are writing you up for 1 of 150 lights on yor trucks that has a partially burned out LED..
I love the MTO can ya tell..
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Rob> I agree again. I had a driver that recieved a fine because his haz mat card was missing one number. And this was after he was at the Milton scale for 1.5 hrs with a perfect pass on all other related matters during a full inspection. So, I decided to fight this one. I sat in the court room listening to incrediable fines that had been issued to a driver or company. Serious items. However, 7 of the 11 drivers that appeared were unable to speak or read english? And they were granted a lessor fine and the option to pay over 3 months. My turn: I addressed how I sat and listened to the drivers before me and that I found it insulting that the MTO would issue the company a $295 fine due to 1 number missing on the haz mat card. And if it were a serious issue as I have heard before me, I would not be standing in this court room defending what was a serious violation, but do all we could to address it within the company. I expressed that the MTO should focus more on the seriousness of safety violations and not what I am here for today. The judge dropped the fine.