KAP joins working group on highway debris following motorcycle accident and lawsuit against Manitoba dairy farm.
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KAP joins highway debris working group
KAP delegates ask for extended drivers’ licensing for foreign workers
Sam Connery-Nichol said no workers on her farm were able to get necessary road tests in 2020
Farmers who hire seasonal agricultural workers say staff should have their foreign drivers’ licences extended for the duration of their work permit in 2021. Pandemic disruptions to testing made it difficult to get Manitoba licences in 2020, which meant workers could not drive or move equipment between fields. “It was brutal. We did not get
MPI temporarily relaxes medical suspension for commercial drivers
Manitoba Public Insurance has told the Keystone Agricultural Producers it’s temporarily waiving notifications to commercial drivers for medical reports. For the time being no automated suspensions will be issued, though the process for reviewing the licence of a driver with a newly diagnosed medical condition will still occur and suspensions may apply if appropriate. The
Editor’s Take: Truck licensing snafu needs fixing
Not just anyone should be able to jump behind the wheel of a semi-trailer and go rolling along a public road. After all, these rigs can carry staggering amounts of weight — for example, a Super-B can carry 42 tonnes of grain in a single load. To put that into perspective, it’s the equivalent of
Driver Education a valuable high school program
Local instructors help teens develop safe driving habits
Reasons may vary why adults are lending, or have lent, time to the High School Driver Education (Driver Ed) program, but one thing is clear — they are dedicated to helping teens get off to a good start in the graduated licensing process. “Certainly the people who teach Driver Ed do so out of a
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
