The work of this task force was initiated in 2008 in the context of Road Safety Vision 2010, Canada’s former national road safety plan. The goal of the Vision was to make Canadian roads the safest in the world by 2010. In order to reach this goal, the Vision called for a 30% decrease in the average number of road users killed or seriously injured during the 2008-2010 time period compared to the 1996-2001 baseline period. The Vision targeted eight specific road safety problems and presented objectives for each of them. Motor carrier safety was one of these targets, and the objective sought was to achieve a 20% decrease in the number of road users killed or seriously injured in crashes involving commercial vehicles (CMV). Working towards this objective became a priority for CCMTA’s standing committee on Compliance and Regulatory Affairs (CRA), which is mainly focused on managing regulatory and operational processes within the motor carrier industry. (Author/publisher)
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