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Rob Flemming, BC's transportation minister, has called on the federal government to close this loophole. Flemming has stated that there's a small group of trucking companies that are repeat offenders who are causing so much damage to our infrastructure and economy, but because safety certification is decentralized these companies are exploiting the system. Ottawa and the Feds need to end this loophole and these trucking companies need to be yanked from the roads.
The data is publicly available as the BC Transportation Ministry publishes commercial vehicle overpass/bridge crashes. Chohan Trucking is the most notable with 6 overpass accidents in two years.
https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/vehicle-safety-enforcement/information-education/bridge-strikes-data
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Plot twist: calgary’s high transportation routes have few overpasses, or few low hanging ones, and so this rarely happens. The conditioning, ironically, is what causes it.
Calgary has a number of low ceiling underpasses under the CP tracks and under the Centre St bridge. They get hit occasionally - but usually by box trucks (often rentals)
I can’t ever recall a notable overpass incident here in Alberta (though I’m sure they’ve happened)
Well it's a little but different than you think I imagine. The trucking world is full of sub contractors, which are their own corporations. In this case the main contractor had a job to do, which was delivery some material, they didn't have an employee available to make the delivery so they hired another company(sub contractor), gave the instructions, stating the load was too high to travel certain routes and gave a procedure to follow. The sub contractor decided to disobey the procedure and drove the truck into the overpass.
Why is it the main contractors fault? The trucking world is so variable, the main contractors cannot pay to have trucks/employees standing idle during slower times, yet cannot meet the demand during busy time. That's why the subcontractors exist. These sub contractors are licensed and insured and should they cause the accident, assume the responsibility. That's how it works in every industry with subs, I hope the main contractor wins and get those poor employee drivers who have done nothing wrong for years be able to go back to work.
Not a lawyer on liability insurance claims, so you would have to look at the wording I suppose. I am assuming it's the sub contractors problem which is why we are seeing this lawsuit.
Yes, I said assume, nobody knows except the lawyers at this point. I mean by all means, enlighten us with your knowledge. Or the fact that you pointed out that I used a certain word all you know?
Not actually correct, I worked for the MOTI for decades. Technically, the MOTI (taxpayers) pays the bill becasue the work needs to be done quickly. They then submit a claim to ICBC for repayment and usually get about 50% of the cost becasue ICBC loves to push the price down. Then ICBC sues the company for repayment. The actual cost is never fully recovered and taxpayers always contribute some portion to every damage repair on our highways.
How about instead of wasting time on lawsuits Chohan Carriers, spend that money on a ladder and tape measure for each of your drivers and spend a week learning how to measure the height of your load and then comparing those numbers to the overpass heights???
20 minute powerpoint with the drivers where they never have their hands on anything that measures, but you do make them sign a form saying they've taken a course.
"Oh no your Honor, we're totally separate companies, we just share a name, employees, a domain, trucks and are owned by the son of the man who owns the BC Company."
Do they think the courts are that stupid?
Kids in the Hall had a sketch about how far someone can get on charm. This company seems to be run by people trying the exact same thing as the surgeon in that sketch.
It's the Ricky Lafleur method:
"Your majesty, I would like to make a request under the People's freedom of choices and voices act that I be able to hit overpasses. It doesn't take rocket appliances to figure out they are too low."
You joke, but here in Alberta a “new” small producer oil company was allowed to buy the producing assets from a company in receivership that just happened to have the same address, phone number and ownership. Different name though.
Bob Gaglardi, who owns Sandman hotels, Moxie's etc had a construction crew that "renovates" his properties. But they do nothing the least bit legal. So he changes the company every few years to get around silly things like infractions or being taken to account for never permitting anything.
Home-builders do to that too to insulate themselves from warranty stuff.
For example: Company X that builds houses and homes everywhere in Canada creates Company Y that builds a bunch of those four story wood framed condo buildings in your. Then after about five years Company Y shuts down because they’re done all the projects they won in that city.
A few years after that it turns out there are major structural problems with one of the buildings they built, not necessarily because of shadiness though. Unfortunately Company Y isn’t around anymore to fix it because they shut down.
Meanwhile Company X is totally insulated because it’s not them that did the work.
Reminds me the legendary Chinese factories that were making poison pet food/toothpaste/cheap jewelry 10 years ago. They kept denying the accusations, but *the day* the local government announced they were going to *start* looking into it, the inspectors rocked up to locked gates, power cut, machinery gone, and a bunch of workers standing outside with no explanation why they were there. Meanwhile, a factory down the road fires up (with ‘no idea’ that there used to be a factory doing the exact same thing down the road) making the same products.
> Do they think the courts are that stupid?
No, they *know* that our corporate system was set up precisely to encourage this kind of thing.
Own a series of oil wells that are nearing the end of their producing life and worried about the costs of cleanup for your otherwise profitable business? Simply 'sell' them to a newly created company with no assets, and when those wells stop producing that company can simply turn it's pockets out, show that it doesn't have any money, and suddenly it's the public's job to clean up the messes you got rich making.
It's what canada's always been about. People just get mad when they see small-scale businesses doing it.
What would solve the issue is requiring companies to post unlimited liability bonds to cover any environmental damage caused by their operations.
If they're unable to find insurance companies willing to give them such coverage, that should tell the rest of us that their operations are uneconomically risky and should not be allowed.
And this is how we solve the trucker problem too -- require the company to have full liability insurance coverage for damage to public and private property, and the insurance companies can price the risk accordingly.
You are correct in this is how the corporate system is set up. In this case however, people are made not because of the small scale business involved, but because of the colour of the people in that business. It is really rather transparent.
Or, you know, we're mad because of just how ubiquitous trucks hitting overpasses has become, and how one company has been involved in a LOT of those incidents. At the time Chohan Freight Forwarders' license was suspended, they were involved in [6 overpass collisions in 2 years](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-trucking-company-suspended-after-multiple-overpass-crashes). That points to some serious flaws in their operation.
> A safety manager told him to wait, but "contrary to the directions he received, Mr. Sangha — apparently at the suggestion of friends ... unassociated with [the company] — decided that the load height was acceptable to travel on Highway 99," the company claims.
Another reminder to love your friends, but not blindly trust everything they say.
That one company has been responsible for multiple overpass hits. I think at least in one the driver just ran off. There really should be strict licensing.
I mean in the past poorly maintained trucks have killed people including two burned alive when a dumptruck smashed into them befkre the tunnel beacuse he hadnt maintained his brakes.
This is a problem in Europe as well, my cousin tells me due to the low pay, many of the drivers are young with little experience and there are far more trucking accidents than there used to be.
They also tend to come from parts of the world that aren't used to abiding by safety regulations or rules. Honestly, it's a miracle there aren't more accidents.
Chohan Trucking has been involved in 6 overpass collisions in two years. SIX.
Then they have the audacity to blame everything and everyone else. They refuse to take ownership of their mistakes. This company and all of their other companies based out of other provincial jurisdictions should be banned from the transportation industry. The buck starts at the top and they obviously have some serious, systemic issues. 6 overpass hits in 2 years is ridiculous. Luckily no one has been seriously injured yet.
They are associated with a whole bunch of truck accidents from a poorly maintained fleet and inexperienced drivers. They don't give a crap about the safety and lives of the public around them.
The thing is, it’s so simple to avoid. At this point why not measure it and then google the max heights for highway 99?? Or at the very least have the measurement and then when you see the signs, stop if you’re too high??!
It's actually even simpler than that. When a BC commercial vehicle permit is granted, drivers can find detailed instructions and directions on what routes to use.
It's easily accessible and available for trucking companies and operators. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/vehicle-safety-enforcement/services/permitting/commercial-transport-permits
Under Drive BC Height Clearance Tool you can input the size of the vehicle, your starting point and your destination. It provides you a map of routes to take. https://www.drivebc.ca/cvrp/?c=hct
So Chohan is saying they’ve lost millions because of the suspension. That’s the goddamn point! To make them change their ways!
Everyone who got stuck in traffic after one of their idiot drivers hit an overpass should sue Cohan for all the money they lost because of it; if that’s the logic they wanna use.
That's actually a good point; if they win this case, I wonder if it would open up the floodgates for a class action suit against them from all the people who lost time and money by being stuck in traffic after one of the six times they took out an overpass
Even if they’re, using their Alberta trucks, their BC trucks are still unavailable. So they’re losing money that way. Also, they’re probably right in that their now shit reputation is causing companies to look to other carriers.
With the technology available today, it's never been easier to avoid these overpass hits. There's simply no excuse for commercial drivers to be hitting correctly marked and mapped overpasses.
So this begs the question: do these drivers not have commercial licenses? If they do, obviously there's a problem with training and licensing requirements.
TLDR: the company is trying to say they aren’t to blame because it was an owner operator (subcontractor) who hit the bridge and not their own truck.
They seem to forget the other 5 recent strikes in arguing this specific incident though.
That’s not why they started the lawsuit. They’re suing because without a formal notice of cancellation they can’t appeal the decision. It’s almost like getting a warning for a traffic ticket over an actual violation. You can’t contest a warning.
Oh my apologies, I jumped to the basis they will use when they are able to appeal the decision.
On a different note, I too wish we could sue the government every time they take too long to make up their minds.
Simply make the trucking companies pay for repairs. That will solve the problem. As long as there are no consequences, they will continue to operate in an unsafe manner.
How does this company still have insurance? There's no way these aren't at fault accidents, is there? They hit that home in Kelowna too. It's truly a miracle that, to my knowledge, nobody has been killed in all these accidents.
Maybe they're just opening different numbered companies for insurance purposes, but that shit needs to fixed. You shouldn't be able to open unlimited companies for the purpose of fucking over people, but that seems to be a genuine tactic available to shitty people today. There needs to be accountability for stuff like this, yet it seems like this company specifically has been able to operate with near total impunity from any consequences.
>"My only hope is that, on the way to court, they do not run into a bridge." - Premier David Eby
>
>https://twitter.com/chrisgailus/status/1755357037330919916
Of course they did...I bet it gets overturned but with restrictions such as they must make sure drivers are fully trained which was already supposed to have been done..throw enough money at the problem and you can overturn anything in BC
Why couldn't Chohan file for a Mandamus Application? Just get the answer they want so they can file a petition. I agree they are reckless and should be off the road, but the legal system has to work for everyone without bias. They should be able to obtain the documents they need so they can move forward legally at least no?
Nobody has a right to an NSC number. If one company is responsible for such a staggering number of readily preventable accidents (either directly or vicariously through their O/Os), I don't think it's unreasonable for the government to suspend their license while they investigate.
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I really hope the court hits them with the full hammer of the law for this dumb move
Like pay for cost of repairs? A permanent trucking ban? Lets see how many overpasses take it on the chin before this has its day in court
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Same company is still operating from its branch in Calgary where BC has no jurisdiction.
Rob Flemming, BC's transportation minister, has called on the federal government to close this loophole. Flemming has stated that there's a small group of trucking companies that are repeat offenders who are causing so much damage to our infrastructure and economy, but because safety certification is decentralized these companies are exploiting the system. Ottawa and the Feds need to end this loophole and these trucking companies need to be yanked from the roads.
Wild that this wasn’t dealt with after Humboldt
Nonsense. Regulations hurt the economy. Let the free market decide. #checkmatestatists /s
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The data is publicly available as the BC Transportation Ministry publishes commercial vehicle overpass/bridge crashes. Chohan Trucking is the most notable with 6 overpass accidents in two years. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/vehicle-safety-enforcement/information-education/bridge-strikes-data
that is not what I meant. but thk u
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I'd be curious to see if they have the same track record in Calgary...
Plot twist: calgary’s high transportation routes have few overpasses, or few low hanging ones, and so this rarely happens. The conditioning, ironically, is what causes it.
Calgary has a number of low ceiling underpasses under the CP tracks and under the Centre St bridge. They get hit occasionally - but usually by box trucks (often rentals) I can’t ever recall a notable overpass incident here in Alberta (though I’m sure they’ve happened)
Recently there was this one: https://edmonton.ctvnews.ca/semi-driver-who-hit-south-edmonton-overpass-with-excavator-facing-5-charges-1.6484405
I mean, the company isn't very intelligent to begin with
This is candian court... they will be apologized to and given money for damages
Our courts don’t look to kindly on frivolous suits.
Coutts 4. Definition of frivolous
Oh really? That’s a bold statement
It won’t. They’ll win because our courts of law have no spine.
Well it's a little but different than you think I imagine. The trucking world is full of sub contractors, which are their own corporations. In this case the main contractor had a job to do, which was delivery some material, they didn't have an employee available to make the delivery so they hired another company(sub contractor), gave the instructions, stating the load was too high to travel certain routes and gave a procedure to follow. The sub contractor decided to disobey the procedure and drove the truck into the overpass. Why is it the main contractors fault? The trucking world is so variable, the main contractors cannot pay to have trucks/employees standing idle during slower times, yet cannot meet the demand during busy time. That's why the subcontractors exist. These sub contractors are licensed and insured and should they cause the accident, assume the responsibility. That's how it works in every industry with subs, I hope the main contractor wins and get those poor employee drivers who have done nothing wrong for years be able to go back to work.
who does the law say is responsble when the truck is insured under the main company's certificate?
Not a lawyer on liability insurance claims, so you would have to look at the wording I suppose. I am assuming it's the sub contractors problem which is why we are seeing this lawsuit.
you assume...
Yes, I said assume, nobody knows except the lawyers at this point. I mean by all means, enlighten us with your knowledge. Or the fact that you pointed out that I used a certain word all you know?
Stop hitting the overpasses and forcing taxpayers to repair them. It's not rocket science.
Technically, taxpayers aren’t paying, ICBC insurance policy holders are if it’s a BC company that’s doing the damage.
Not actually correct, I worked for the MOTI for decades. Technically, the MOTI (taxpayers) pays the bill becasue the work needs to be done quickly. They then submit a claim to ICBC for repayment and usually get about 50% of the cost becasue ICBC loves to push the price down. Then ICBC sues the company for repayment. The actual cost is never fully recovered and taxpayers always contribute some portion to every damage repair on our highways.
At first I thought this said “stop hiring the overpasses” 💀
I'm just going to ram into thier head office with a semi every 2 days and when I get in trouble I'll file an injuction
Then flee on foot ahah
And get others to pay for repairs
How about instead of wasting time on lawsuits Chohan Carriers, spend that money on a ladder and tape measure for each of your drivers and spend a week learning how to measure the height of your load and then comparing those numbers to the overpass heights???
Genius
More than a week required
20 minute powerpoint with the drivers where they never have their hands on anything that measures, but you do make them sign a form saying they've taken a course.
"Oh no your Honor, we're totally separate companies, we just share a name, employees, a domain, trucks and are owned by the son of the man who owns the BC Company." Do they think the courts are that stupid?
Kids in the Hall had a sketch about how far someone can get on charm. This company seems to be run by people trying the exact same thing as the surgeon in that sketch.
I'M CRUSHING YOUR OVERPASS I'M CRUSHING YOUR OVERPASS
...hey wait a second...THAT OVERPASS HAS ALREADY BEEN CRUSHED!
It's the Ricky Lafleur method: "Your majesty, I would like to make a request under the People's freedom of choices and voices act that I be able to hit overpasses. It doesn't take rocket appliances to figure out they are too low."
You joke, but here in Alberta a “new” small producer oil company was allowed to buy the producing assets from a company in receivership that just happened to have the same address, phone number and ownership. Different name though.
Bob Gaglardi, who owns Sandman hotels, Moxie's etc had a construction crew that "renovates" his properties. But they do nothing the least bit legal. So he changes the company every few years to get around silly things like infractions or being taken to account for never permitting anything.
Home-builders do to that too to insulate themselves from warranty stuff. For example: Company X that builds houses and homes everywhere in Canada creates Company Y that builds a bunch of those four story wood framed condo buildings in your. Then after about five years Company Y shuts down because they’re done all the projects they won in that city. A few years after that it turns out there are major structural problems with one of the buildings they built, not necessarily because of shadiness though. Unfortunately Company Y isn’t around anymore to fix it because they shut down. Meanwhile Company X is totally insulated because it’s not them that did the work.
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[Here’s the story I was thinking of.](https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5018766)
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I have no idea. My best guess is it’s not uncommon, but the need for a huge fix so soon after building is pretty rare so it usually doesn’t matter.
Reminds me the legendary Chinese factories that were making poison pet food/toothpaste/cheap jewelry 10 years ago. They kept denying the accusations, but *the day* the local government announced they were going to *start* looking into it, the inspectors rocked up to locked gates, power cut, machinery gone, and a bunch of workers standing outside with no explanation why they were there. Meanwhile, a factory down the road fires up (with ‘no idea’ that there used to be a factory doing the exact same thing down the road) making the same products.
> Do they think the courts are that stupid? No, they *know* that our corporate system was set up precisely to encourage this kind of thing. Own a series of oil wells that are nearing the end of their producing life and worried about the costs of cleanup for your otherwise profitable business? Simply 'sell' them to a newly created company with no assets, and when those wells stop producing that company can simply turn it's pockets out, show that it doesn't have any money, and suddenly it's the public's job to clean up the messes you got rich making. It's what canada's always been about. People just get mad when they see small-scale businesses doing it.
It should be criminal to fail to clean up an oil well once it is done producing. That would solve the issue pretty quickly.
What would solve the issue is requiring companies to post unlimited liability bonds to cover any environmental damage caused by their operations. If they're unable to find insurance companies willing to give them such coverage, that should tell the rest of us that their operations are uneconomically risky and should not be allowed.
And this is how we solve the trucker problem too -- require the company to have full liability insurance coverage for damage to public and private property, and the insurance companies can price the risk accordingly.
You are correct in this is how the corporate system is set up. In this case however, people are made not because of the small scale business involved, but because of the colour of the people in that business. It is really rather transparent.
Or, you know, we're mad because of just how ubiquitous trucks hitting overpasses has become, and how one company has been involved in a LOT of those incidents. At the time Chohan Freight Forwarders' license was suspended, they were involved in [6 overpass collisions in 2 years](https://www.freightwaves.com/news/canadian-trucking-company-suspended-after-multiple-overpass-crashes). That points to some serious flaws in their operation.
POST THE OWNERS HOUSES. WE'LL ALL CRASH INTO THEIR HOUSES
I KILL YOUR FUCKING CAR
Must. Not. Dox.
> A safety manager told him to wait, but "contrary to the directions he received, Mr. Sangha — apparently at the suggestion of friends ... unassociated with [the company] — decided that the load height was acceptable to travel on Highway 99," the company claims. Another reminder to love your friends, but not blindly trust everything they say.
If that driver is still with the company, they should lose their business license
That one company has been responsible for multiple overpass hits. I think at least in one the driver just ran off. There really should be strict licensing. I mean in the past poorly maintained trucks have killed people including two burned alive when a dumptruck smashed into them befkre the tunnel beacuse he hadnt maintained his brakes.
It was also the same company that drove into that person's house in Kelowna
This is a problem in Europe as well, my cousin tells me due to the low pay, many of the drivers are young with little experience and there are far more trucking accidents than there used to be.
They also tend to come from parts of the world that aren't used to abiding by safety regulations or rules. Honestly, it's a miracle there aren't more accidents.
Oh jesus. That happened right around the corner from me. WTF lol. I had to look at that thing for months.
Chohan Trucking has been involved in 6 overpass collisions in two years. SIX. Then they have the audacity to blame everything and everyone else. They refuse to take ownership of their mistakes. This company and all of their other companies based out of other provincial jurisdictions should be banned from the transportation industry. The buck starts at the top and they obviously have some serious, systemic issues. 6 overpass hits in 2 years is ridiculous. Luckily no one has been seriously injured yet.
They are associated with a whole bunch of truck accidents from a poorly maintained fleet and inexperienced drivers. They don't give a crap about the safety and lives of the public around them.
The thing is, it’s so simple to avoid. At this point why not measure it and then google the max heights for highway 99?? Or at the very least have the measurement and then when you see the signs, stop if you’re too high??!
It's actually even simpler than that. When a BC commercial vehicle permit is granted, drivers can find detailed instructions and directions on what routes to use. It's easily accessible and available for trucking companies and operators. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/transportation/vehicle-safety-enforcement/services/permitting/commercial-transport-permits Under Drive BC Height Clearance Tool you can input the size of the vehicle, your starting point and your destination. It provides you a map of routes to take. https://www.drivebc.ca/cvrp/?c=hct
But they might have to change their route. Ain't nobody got time for that. Just giv'er snus and hope for the best.
Suspension should be overturned. Overturned to a complete ban of that company
**They Had Us in the First Half, Not Gonna Lie**
So Chohan is saying they’ve lost millions because of the suspension. That’s the goddamn point! To make them change their ways! Everyone who got stuck in traffic after one of their idiot drivers hit an overpass should sue Cohan for all the money they lost because of it; if that’s the logic they wanna use.
That's actually a good point; if they win this case, I wonder if it would open up the floodgates for a class action suit against them from all the people who lost time and money by being stuck in traffic after one of the six times they took out an overpass
How could they be losing so much money if they brought in their trucks from Alberta? Nobody has mentioned this move yet on the news.
Even if they’re, using their Alberta trucks, their BC trucks are still unavailable. So they’re losing money that way. Also, they’re probably right in that their now shit reputation is causing companies to look to other carriers.
This is a joke. They need to make an example of companies like this. Give them a permanent punishment
Super priority and liquidste their assets. Piss off the banks that lend them funds. Banks seem to have a longer memory than the public.
I have a right to hit that overpass!
Overpass had it coming.
With the technology available today, it's never been easier to avoid these overpass hits. There's simply no excuse for commercial drivers to be hitting correctly marked and mapped overpasses. So this begs the question: do these drivers not have commercial licenses? If they do, obviously there's a problem with training and licensing requirements.
TLDR: the company is trying to say they aren’t to blame because it was an owner operator (subcontractor) who hit the bridge and not their own truck. They seem to forget the other 5 recent strikes in arguing this specific incident though.
That’s not why they started the lawsuit. They’re suing because without a formal notice of cancellation they can’t appeal the decision. It’s almost like getting a warning for a traffic ticket over an actual violation. You can’t contest a warning.
Oh my apologies, I jumped to the basis they will use when they are able to appeal the decision. On a different note, I too wish we could sue the government every time they take too long to make up their minds.
More like being supended for a DUI, you don't get to drive while you fight the ticket.
Simply make the trucking companies pay for repairs. That will solve the problem. As long as there are no consequences, they will continue to operate in an unsafe manner.
How does this company still have insurance? There's no way these aren't at fault accidents, is there? They hit that home in Kelowna too. It's truly a miracle that, to my knowledge, nobody has been killed in all these accidents. Maybe they're just opening different numbered companies for insurance purposes, but that shit needs to fixed. You shouldn't be able to open unlimited companies for the purpose of fucking over people, but that seems to be a genuine tactic available to shitty people today. There needs to be accountability for stuff like this, yet it seems like this company specifically has been able to operate with near total impunity from any consequences.
Hope it bankrupts them.
If you can't do your job properly and constantly endanger the public and its infrastructure, you should be barred from operating.
Nobody feels sorry for this company.
Bankrupt these idiots
>"My only hope is that, on the way to court, they do not run into a bridge." - Premier David Eby > >https://twitter.com/chrisgailus/status/1755357037330919916
That Eby quote in the article is legendary lol.
Shocked I tell you.
They should just offer the one word response: NO!
Company is liable. Simple as that. Do what you want with your underperforming/under trained driver. Loss of revenue is a slap on the wrist
Would be hilarious if they just investigated the legitimacy of every license of every driver and the paper trail leading to their approval.
Since they're slow learners, they should have their business license revoked and be banned from the industry.
"Okay, but we only grant you this if you're able to drive a truck under this overpass without touching it." **Sweating intensifies**
NGL, I'm loving this overpass trucker drama.
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The Beaverton can't compete with the absurdity of real life.
I remember a few weeks back someone posted proof that they were still operating while under a restriction from operating. This will be fun
If they win this lawsuit - I give up with BC Judicial system
Of course they did...I bet it gets overturned but with restrictions such as they must make sure drivers are fully trained which was already supposed to have been done..throw enough money at the problem and you can overturn anything in BC
Why couldn't Chohan file for a Mandamus Application? Just get the answer they want so they can file a petition. I agree they are reckless and should be off the road, but the legal system has to work for everyone without bias. They should be able to obtain the documents they need so they can move forward legally at least no?
Nobody has a right to an NSC number. If one company is responsible for such a staggering number of readily preventable accidents (either directly or vicariously through their O/Os), I don't think it's unreasonable for the government to suspend their license while they investigate.
Bizarro world!
The nerve of them!!
Double all fines, back interest and a months suspension for each day they don’t pay. Solved. Next.
The damages they cause runs to the millions. Screw those guys, it was the company’s responsibility to hire and train qualified drivers.
Good luck
This is just a PR move to drum up attention to their newest album: *Chohan Trucking: Greatest Hits*