Fall 2011Volume 19, No. 2

Newsletter of the Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators

CCMTA

Message from the Chair

Transformation under way – significantprogress made!

It is a great pleasure and privilege for me tobe named Chair of CCMTA for 2011-12. I am excited to have the opportunity to leadthe organization through the challengingand very busy times ahead.

This past year has seen great strides made inthe transformation of CCMTA and we con-tinue the momentum in working on keysafety portfolios and the implementation ofnew business processes to realize our vision.

Within the context of our three year strate-gic plan, CCMTA supports a collaborative approach, ensuring Canada has the safestand most efficient movement of goods andpeople in the world.

The main focus of the next three years willbe to:

• Enhance the profile of CCMTA in providingcollaborative leadership towards RoadSafety Strategy (RSS) 2015

• Work jointly to develop, amend and consis-tently apply standards and best practices,while recognizing the ability of jurisdic-tions to adapt measures to their context

• Promote consistency of motor vehicle administration by working towards unifor-mity of one driver, one licence, one recordconcept

• Increase the quality, quantity and accessi-bility of business intelligence

• Adapt the organization to support flexibil-ity, fast response and strong leadership onissues

Since my appointment as Chair this pastMay, there has been some very hard workundertaken by the CCMTA including ourvery dedicated Board of Directors, Standing

Committeesand staff. Iwould be remissnot to acknowl-edge the effortseveryone hasplayed in get-ting us to thispoint today.

In particular, thefocus on adapt-ing the organi-zation has taken

much of our time. Our aim has been toidentify efficiencies, improve our struc-tures, and to become more outcome focused, timely and prioritized. We havealso initiated key research projects that include – Distracted Driving, Drug Impaired Driving and Medical Fitness toDrive – just to name a few!

In closing, I want to recognize the Govern-ment of British Columbia and our PastChair, Steve Martin, for the wonderful hos-pitality extended at the Annual Meetinglast May. That event saw the launch ofCanada’s Road Safety Strategy 2015 andits slogan – Rethink Road Safety. Buildingon the success of that event, I am pleasedto highlight that Rethink Road Safetywillbe the theme of the 2012 Conference, andon behalf of Manitoba, the host jurisdic-tion – I promise you - we have lots of excit-ing things planned. So, mark yourcalendars for May 6 to 9, 2012 and staytuned for more news from the secretariatabout what plans are underway to ensureit is an event not to be missed!

We have accomplished a lot but there ismore to be done. I look forward to cele-brating our successes together when wemeet in Manitoba in May.

Chair: Ward Keith

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2011 CCMTA AnnualMeeting in Victoria

3-4In the News

• CCMTA Developing a Drugs and Driving Framework for Canada

• CCMTA Medical Standards for Drivers

5-8Committee News

• Canadian Driver Licence Agreement (CDLA) ready to go

• Low Speed Vehicle Report

• Cargo Securement Public Forum Update

• CCMTA Gearing Up for PMVI review

• CRA Committee Pilots New Meeting Format

• CCMTA to Develop Estimate Model for Vehicle-kilometers Travelled

• RSRP to Develop Guidelines forConducting Roadside Drug and Alcohol Surveys

9-12In the Jurisdictions

• New website in British Columbia

• Ontario new photo card

• Ontario’s new ATV ride guideand website

• Name change in Newfoundland/Labrador

• New plate design in Nova Scotia

12People In the News

• CMTA welcomes New Members

• Executive Director Message

• Newsletter Survey

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A huge success!CCMTA’s Annual Meeting, held in Victoria, BC,was an outstanding success with over 300 participants from across Canada and the UnitedStates.

For the first time, CCMTA added concurrent edu-cational sessions on road safety to its AnnualMeeting program. The sessions dealt with drugsand driving, fitness to drive and ignition inter-locks. CCMTA would like to thank Dr. DouglasBeirness, Constable William Roberts, Dr. BonnieDobbs and Dr. William Raunch , our distin-guished speakers for participating. These pre-sentations were so well received that CCMTAplans to continue providing educational ses-sions as part of its Annual Meeting program.

CCMTA’s annual awards were presented duringthe event to deserving individuals. (see photo)

A big thank you to all delegates, exhibitors, the

local team and our valued sponsors who have

made this event a true success!

Above, from left to right:

Bob Dolyniuk, Manitoba TruckingAssociation: Associate MemberAward in recognition of outstanding contributions toCCMTA

Toronto Police Service (accep tedby Inspector Scott Baptist):CCMTA-Police Partnership Awardin recognition and appreciation ofsignificant contributions and partnerships to Road Safety Vision2010—making Canada’s roads thesafest in the world

Kent Speiran (NS): DistinguishedService Award in recognition ofoutstanding contributions asChair of the Standing Committeeon Road Safety Research and Policies (2009-2011)

Steve Martin (BC): President’sAward in recognition of valuablecontributions to CCMTA as President of the organization

Mitch Fuhr (AB), Kim Benjamin,and Paul Gutoskie, (TransportCanada): The Jennie Howie Government Member Award inrecognition of outstanding con-tributions to CCMTA

Peter Hurst (ON): DistinguishedService Award in recognition ofoutstanding contributions asChair of the Standing Committeeon Compliance and RegulatoryAffairs (2009-2011)

2011 CCMTA Annual Meeting—

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Join us in 2012 at the Annual Meeting

in Winnipeg, MB from May 6 to 9.

Sponsorship information Early bird cut-off date:

January 6, 2012

Call for presentation papers by mid-January, 2012

Registration package and exhibitioninformation available

by the end of January 2012

For more information visit our website at:www.ccmta.ca

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We are pleased to highlight thatWard Keith, current Chair of CCMTA,and Steve Martin, immediate pastChair, have both been recognizedfor their efforts in leading initiativesto address the issue of impaireddriving. They have been honouredwith MADD Canada’s Citizen of Dis-tinction Award for 2011. This signifi-cant award is provided toindividuals or organizations thathave made a major contribution tothe anti-drinking and driving move-ment in Canada.

As Registrar of Motor Vehicles forManitoba Public Insurance, Wardhas played an active role in the Cor-poration’s efforts to educate Mani-tobans about the risks andconsequences of impaired driving.The Corporation partners withMADD Canada to deliver its multi-media programs to schoolsthroughout Manitoba, and most re-cently, Ward led efforts to introducea Report Impaired Driving (RID) –Call 911 program in Manitoba. Wardalso had a significant role in devel-

oping Manitoba’s Graduated Licens-ing Program which saw Manitoba asthe first province to adopt a 0.0%BAC requirement for the first fiveyears licensed driving.

In addition to the MADD Canadaaward of distinction, Steve was rec-ognized in 2010 by the BCAA RoadSafety Foundation for his work ondistracted driving, excessive speed-ing, the driver medical fitness guideand emergency vehicle right of way.He also collaborated with MADDCanada to implement the pilot proj-ect of the Report Impaired Driving –Call 911 program in Nanaimo. Mostrecently, Steve showed tremendousleadership in the introduction andimplementation of British Columbia’supdated administrative roadsidesanctions for impaired driving. In theeight months since the legislationwas introduced, alcohol-relatedcrash fatalities have been reduced by50% and alcohol-related crash in-juries have been reduced by 54%.These sweeping changes have setthe bar for other provinces to follow.

each member jurisdiction workingto understand this issue, assess in-ternational practices and develop-ments and formulate policyapproaches, CCMTA is taking the ini-tial lead in consultation withProvinces and Territories by devel-oping a Drugs and Driving Frame-work (DDF).

The work completed to date on theDDF comprises an environmentalscan of the drugs and driving issuein Canada and in several other coun-tries. This scan includes the effectsof illicit (e.g., cannabis), prescription,and over-the-counter drugs on driv-

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Congratulations to Ward Keith and Steve Martin–MADD Canada’s Citizens of Distinction!

CCMTA Medical Standards for Drivers

CCMTA Developing a Drugs and Driving Framework for CanadaIn recent years, there is mounting ev-idence of increasing drug impaireddriving in Canada. Canada’s RoadSafety Strategy 2015 has identifieddrug impaired driving as a contribut-ing factor to fatal and serious injurycollisions.

In the context of its new businessmodel, CCMTA has assumed the re-sponsibility for drafting a policy ondrug impaired driving. Rather than

The production of national medicalstandards for drivers has been an essential role of CCMTA for over 20years since the establishment of the National Safety Code. These broad-based standards address many med-ical conditions dealing with vision,hearing, cardiovascular, diabetes, musculoskeletal and have been fre-quently updated based on the lastestmedical information provided by vari-ous medical authorities such as theCanadian Medical Association.

In recent years, the trend towardsmore evidence-based medical stan-dards has resulted in the need for a different approach. Therefore, the standards have been re-drafted usinga driver fitness model founded on evi-dence based medical standard setting,and taking into account risk, compen-sation, accommodation, functionalfocus and assessment methodology.

This new approach was based on amodel provided by BC and the projectwork was carried out by the Driver Fit-ness Overview group (DFOG) led byMitch Fuhr. The new document nowhas two parts:

Determining Driver Medical Fitness inCanada

PART I Administration of Driver Fit-ness Programs

PART II CCMTA Medical Standards forDrivers

Part I was completed and approved byD&V and the Board in May 2011 andPart II was reviewed by DFOG physi-cians and administrators over the sum-mer of 2011.

The next steps are to ballot the up-dated standards at the CCMTA Boardof Directors in 2012. A workshop onthe new standards document with alljurisdictions is also expected to beheld in early 2012.

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ing performance, recent research onthe prevalence of drugs and driving,and recent measures in the areas ofpolicy and legislation, enforcement,public awareness and education,health promotion, and technologythat have been implemented to ad-dress drugs and driving.

Drug impaired driving is a muchmore complex issue than alcohol im-paired driving because:

• there are so many different kindsof psychoactive drugs,

• drugs are harder to detect inthe body,

• there is a lack of standardized testing for drugs, and

• different drugs have different effects on driving performance.

Furthermore, the absorption, actionand elimination of these psychoac-tive drugs are difficult to predictgiven individual differences amongusers.

Based on a review of recent research,drug impaired driving would appearto rival alcohol impaired driving interms of its prevalence in night-timeroadside surveys of drugs and driv-ing (i.e., 7.2% of drivers in British Co-lumbia had been using drugscompared to 9.9% who had beendrinking) and in fatal collisions (i.e.,37% of Canadian fatally injured driv-ers had been using drugs comparedto 41% who had been drinking). Thepresence of drugs other than alcoholin fatally-injured drivers has in-creased by 24% from 2000 to 2008.However, a major limitation of this re-search is the lack of evidence thatthe presence of a drug in a driver’sbody is indicative of the driver’s per-

formance actually being impaired bythat drug at the time of the collisionor apprehension by the police.

Canada has legislation, federal (Crim-inal Code of Canada) andprovincial/territorial (highway trafficacts) to deal with drug impaired driv-ers. There are special enforcementtechniques employed by the policeto detect drug impaired drivers suchas the Standardized Field SobrietyTest and the Drug Evaluation andClassification program which usesspecially trained Drug RecognitionEvaluators to assess drivers for drugimpairment. Relatively few educa-tional campaigns have been con-ducted in Canada to raise thepublic’s awareness of the problem ofdrugs and driving. Some drug im-paired drivers are assessed as need-ing addiction treatment in order toprevent further drug impaired driv-ing, and many Canadian jurisdictionsoffer such treatment. Unfortunately,there have not been sufficient evalu-ations conducted to determinewhether these initiatives have beeneffective in reducing drug impaireddriving. Optional short- and long-term activities are offered in the DDFthat could be implemented in the fu-ture to reduce drugs and driving inCanada.

The current version of the DDF is adraft intended to elicit the views ofstakeholders about actions thatcould be taken to deal with drug im-paired driving. To date, commentshave been received from CCMTA’sStanding Committee on Road SafetyResearch and Policies and its ExpertWorking Group on Drugs and Driv-ing. Plans are underway for CCMTAto host a workshop in early Februaryon the DDF in order to obtain inputfrom our key stakeholders.

Project “Medical Fitness to Drive”CCMTA is taking the lead in conjunctionwith jurisdictions on furthering work inthe area of the Medical Fitness to Drive.The goal of the project is to undertake acomprehensive review of medicalscreening tools, assessment programsand existing best practices to determinemedical fitness to drive. The review willhelp address some major long-termchallenges facing Canadian jurisdictions- aging demographics and increasingnumber of older drivers, desire to makeeffective strategic decisions to addressmobility needs of seniors and developdriver licensing and assessment policies.This project supports the strategic ob-jectives of the CCMTA’s Road SafetyStrategy 2015 and the CCMTA’s StrategicPlan.

Building and DevelopingCCMTA’s Business Intelligence CapacityCCMTA is guiding the way on a Busi-ness Intelligence project which fulfillsanother one of its key strategic objec-tives. The creation of a Business Intelli-gence and Knowledge Hub willenhance opportunities for shared andtimely learning among jurisdictions,thereby reducing duplication of ef-forts.

The InterprovincialRecord Exchange (IRE)Network ReviewCCMTA is conducting an environmen-tal scan for the IRE enhancement. Thiswork will help CCMTA improve itsquality of services provided throughthe IRE network, and will create addedlong-term benefits to the Secretariat,members and clients.

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Canadian Driver LicenceAgreement (CDLA) ready to goThe CDLA will be updated with theintent of eventually replacing theCanadian Driver Licence Compact(CDLC) which has been in operationsince the early 1990s. The CDLA en-hances the CDLC which currently al-lows for the exchange of driverlicences and conviction informationbetween Canadian jurisdictions andassists drivers when they relocatefrom one jurisdiction to another.

The CDLA includes more prescriptiverules and many enhancements toboth drivers’ licence administrationand to identification security. Someof the key elements are:

• the capture of legal name

• determination of legal presence inCanada

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What is CET?The Conviction Equivalency Table (CET) is a working tool used by all jurisdictionsand maintained by CCMTA. It provides a standardized set of codes relating to con-victions in the different jurisdictions for similar offences based on individual juris-dictions’ legislation/regulation contained in their respective highway traffic acts.

The CET can be found on the CCCMTA website in a section for government mem-bers only under the CDLA section:http://ccmta.ca/memonly/committees/dv/cdlc/cdlc-reports.cfm

Under the CDLC and the new CDLA, the jurisdiction in which a conviction occurredis obliged to send the conviction information to the driver’s home jurisdiction. Thesending jurisdiction includes the relevant conviction codes from the CET.

The driver record is then maintained by treating analogous traffic convictions andadministrative actions in other member jurisdictions as if they had been committedin the home jurisdiction. This process furthers highway safety and supports the onedriver, one licence, one record philosophy.

A Review and Guidelines for LowSpeed Vehicles, dated October 2011,was approved by the CCMTA Boardof Directors in December.

A low speed vehicle (LSV) is a class ofsmall, lightweight vehicle, originallyintroduced to meet the short dis-tance transportation needs of resi-dents of gated communities,primarily in the United States. LSVshave four wheels, an electric motorand drive at a maximum speed ofbetween 32 km/h and 40 km/h.

While Transport Canada regulatesthe safety standards that apply tonew vehicles sold in Canada, it is theprovinces, territories and cities/mu-nicipalities that have jurisdictionover the appropriate use of new ve-hicles such as LSVs.One of the chal-lenges the group has faced is thelack of road safety data on LSVs. Cur-rently AB, QC and ON are establish-

ing or carrying out pilot projects onLSVs, and BC currently allows somelimited use. However, in total, thereare approximately 100 registered inthe four provinces.

The report highlights the status re-port of pilot projects, legislation,regulations and research currentlyavailable throughout Canada andprovides a series of guidelines to as-sist jurisdictions in planning theirstrategies for managing these vehi-cles. In reporting to the Board in De-cember, D&V Chair M. Francis notedthese recommendations must beviewed as guidelines and not asbest practices until the pilot work iscomplete and fully evaluated.

The following key points in estab-lishing the guidelines have beennoted:

• LSV have much less stringent origi-nal manufacturing equipment re-

quirements than typical passengervehicles, and are considered saferwhen operated in controlled areas,such as university campuses, mili-tary bases, parks and retirementcommunities.

• The safety of LSV occupants in a col-lision is a very significant concern.Transport Canada’s safety assessment (including non-des -tructive and destructive testing)confirmed LSVs provide a substan-tially lower level of occupant pro-tection than conventionalpassenger cars.

• There is a need for the general pub-lic to receive balanced informationand understand the road safetyconcerns as well as the more obvi-ous environmental benefits.

A copy of the report is available onthe CCMTA website www.ccmta.caalong with other vehicle reports re-cently completed by VSOG.

• driver licence expiry, linked to residency requirements

• expanded driver offences using the entire Conviction Equivalency Table

• acceptable verifiable resourcedocuments, and

• DL card standards.

The jurisdictions now ready to join(AB, SK, MB and PE) will be filing theirNotice of Joinder to the Secretariat. Aworkshop is expected to be held inOttawa in early 2012 to allow jurisdic-tions to review the various roles, work-ing rules and obligations of theagreement.

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Cargo Securement PublicForum UpdateCargo Securement stakeholders con-vened in Montreal on November 29 forthe North American Cargo SecurementHarmonization Public Forum. The meet-ing included a report from the Canada/U.S. Regulatory Committee as well as updates and discussions on the stan-dard and several commodity-specific requirements.

A first this fall: in an effort to improve theeffectiveness of the Public Forum, newChair Pierre Pratte agreed to develop an issue tracking mechanismand repository of interpretations issued.A process to fast-track urgent policymatters and interpretation issuesthrough the Public Forum will be

developed in instances where resolu-tion cannot wait until the next meet-ing. Developments will be provided atthe spring meeting.

Cargo Securement issues are man-aged through a collaborative effortwith FMCSA and CVSA, with industryissues raised through the PublicForum and regulatory/policy mattersaddressed through the Canada/U.S.Regulatory Harmonization Committee.Issues of a strictly Canadian nature arecoordinated by the CRA Committeewith technical support from pro v in - cial/ territorial cargo secure ment experts.

The next meeting will be held in conjunction with the spring CVSAmeeting on April 23, 2012, in Bellevue, Washington.

EOBR WORK CONTINUESDevelopment work on a proposedCanadian standard for the use ofElectronic On-Board Recorders isunder way. The project’s consultant,FPInnovations –formerly FERIC– re-cently completed a first draft of thestandard, and the document is cur-rently being reviewed by govern-ment and industry stakeholders.

The project, a result of Deputy Minis-terial direction to CCMTA in the fallof 2010, calls for the development ofa performance-based, technicallyflexible operating standard forEOBRs that will leverage work al-ready undertaken in the U.S. whilerecognizing the requirementsunique to the Canadian regulatoryenvironment. The main advantage ofthis approach is that it allows carriersto employ whatever system theychoose as long as it meets the pre-scribed elements of the standard. Asopposed to e-logs, EOBRs are inte-grated with the electronic control

module of the truck and are tamperresistant.

A second round of industry feedbackis planned for January, with comple-tion of the standard slated for Febru-ary/March 2012. Policy considerationsrelated to scope and application (e.g.universal mandate, targeted/remedialapproach or voluntary adoption) arenow being addressed and the work isexpected to continue during the win-ter and spring, with final recommen-dations to Deputy Ministers targetedfor the summer.

Meanwhile Canadian officials are fol-lowing U.S. developments closely. TheFederal Motor Carrier Safety Adminis-tration has indicated it will not appealthe August order vacating the 2010remedial on-board recorder rulescheduled to take effect next June.The agency intends to continue itswork in support of EOBR rulemakingsand indicated it will address thecourt’s concerns about driver harass-ment in a revised final rule.

CCMTA Gearing Up for PMVI Review

Review of National SafetyCode Standard 11 on Periodic Commercial

Motor Vehicle Inspections(PMVI) is about to get underway with the reactivation ofCCMTA’s Commercial Vehicle In-spection Standard ProjectGroup. Membership of theworking group will include onecommercial vehicle inspectionrepresentative per jurisdictionand a small number of techni-cal experts from industry.

NSC 11 calls for mandatory an-nual in-shop inspections oftrucks, tractors and trailers andsemi-annual inspections ofbuses. The standard is a resultof a 1991 Ministerial Memoran-dum of Understanding de-signed to ensure interprovincialconsistency of periodic com-mercial motor vehicle inspec-tion programs across Canada.The inspections are conductedat government-licensed facili-ties.

The work plan envisions threemeetings in 2012, with workconcluding in the winter of2013. The last update of NSCStandard 11 was conducted in2005/2006. The standard ispublished by CCMTA in a man-ual entitled Periodic CommercialMotor Vehicle Inspections. Theproject group will be led byQuebec’s René Désaulniers.

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CRA Committee PilotsNew Meeting FormatCRA piloted a new meeting formatat its October meeting in Ottawa.The change was designed to stream-line the committee agenda and foster better industry engagement,with the first day an open sessionwith associates and stakeholderswhile the second was reserved forinternal government discussions.The change featured an industryroundtable for associates and stake-holders to raise issues and engagethe committee, as well as a hollow-square set-up that allowed all partic-ipants to sit at the table.

The committee reports that thechange was well received and ap-peared to foster a better sense ofpartnership and cooperation. CRA believes the change was positive andcan be continued at future meetings.Industry feedback is welcome.

Drivers have reported that distracted driving is a common behavior

that is causing a high level of concern amongst road users. In recent

surveys, respondents were alarmed about the frequency of cell phone use

and texting. To date, 12 jurisdictions in Canada have introduced, or will be

introducing, cell phone or distracted driving legislation.

National data on cell phone use (see figure below) was collected by

CCMTA and Transport Canada in 2006-07 and in 2009-10 which demon-

strates usage rates prior to most jurisdictional implementation of legisla-

tion. Now that most jurisdictions have some form of legislation to address

distracted driving, timing is optimal for CCMTA to carry out another

national observational survey to find out if drivers have changed their

behaviour regarding the use of electronic communication devices as a

result of jurisdictional legislation.

CCMTA will issue an RFP for data collection in the new year so that an

urban survey can be conducted in 2012 and a rural survey conducted in

2013 – the combined data will provide a national figure. Comparisons of

the observational data pre- and post- legislation should shed some light

on the effectiveness of legislation and will provide jurisdictions with

valuable data for evidence-based decision making concerning the possi-

ble need for increased enforcement and/or educational activities.

New survey aims to measure distracted driving behavior in Canada

CCMTA to develop estimate model for vehicle-kilometerstravelledCCMTA will soon be embarking on aproject to develop a statistical modelthat estimates overall vehicle-kilome-ters travelled in Canada and by jurisdic-tion in light of the discontinuation ofthe Canadian Vehicle Survey (CVS) con-ducted by Statistics Canada. The CVSsurvey was a voluntary vehicle-basedsurvey that provided quarterly and annual estimates of vehicle- and pas-senger-kilometers travelled among vehicles registered in Canada between1999 to 2009.

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November 23, 2011 marked the 4th annualNational Day of Remembrance for RoadCrash Victims in Canada. The day was setaside to remember those who died orhave been injured on Canadian roads. Thisyear the Canadian Global Road SafetyCommittee, which includes members fromCCMTA, the provincial and territorial juris-dictions and non-governmental roadsafety organizations and which TransportCanada chairs, chose the theme “Remember: 6 people die on Canada’sroads every day”. Initiatives developed topromote the Day included:

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RSRP to develop guidelinesfor conducting roadside drugand alcohol surveysIn order to support one of the keyrecommendations within the newDrugs and Driving Framework, theRSRP Committee intends to developguidelines to assist jurisdictions inconducting roadside drug and alco-hol surveys.

Roadside surveys are conducted injurisdictions whereby drivers volun-tarily provide breath, urine, or oralfluid samples in order to test for thepresence of alcohol and other drugs.A roadside survey conducted inQuebec in the late 1990s (Brault, etal., 2004) found that about 12% ofdrivers’ urine samples tested positivefor at least one psychoactive drugwith cannabis and benzodiazepinesbeing more commonly detected(6.7% and 3.6% respectively).

Beirness and Beasley (2011) con-ducted a night-time roadside surveyduring June 2010 in five communi-ties in British Columbia. A similar sur-

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The availability of an estimate ofvehicle-kilometers travelled dur-ing 2010 and beyond would en-able the use of the samebenchmark indicator used duringthe 2002-2008 period for assess-ing the progress of Road Safety Vi-sion 2010 (RSV 2010) towards theachievement of its overarchingobjective of Canada having thesafest roads in the world. It willalso assist CCMTA to monitor the‘directional downward trend in therate-based number of fatalitiesand serious injuries’ as part of theRoad Safety Strategy 2015.

Vehicle-kilometers travelled isviewed as the ‘gold standard’ of ex-posure measures for monitoringroad safety progress. This projectwill ultimately support data collec-tion for CCMTA and the jurisdic-tions. An RFP is expected to beissued in early 2012.

vey had been conducted in 2008. Asample of 2,840 drivers voluntarilyprovided breath samples to deter-mine their blood alcohol concentra-tion (BAC) and oral fluid samples weretaken in order to detect the presenceof other drugs. Breath samples wereprovided by 86% of drivers and 71%of drivers provided oral fluid samples.The weighted results showed that9.9% of drivers had positive BACs and7.2% tested positive for drugs.

It is possible that the prevalence ofdriving while under the influence ofdrugs is different in other jurisdictionsas that observed in Quebec andBritish Columbia. A survey conductedin other regions would help deter-mine the prevalence of driving underthe influence of drugs. Encouragingand providing Canadian jurisdictionswith the tools to undertake a roadsidedrug and alcohol survey will ensurenational consistency of methodologyso that data are comparable acrosstime and jurisdiction. The guidelinesare expected to be completed by May2012.

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• An updated “Remember Road CrashVictims” website with new featuresand additional information incor-porating this year’s theme.

• A Social Media Campaign to con-tinuously share updated contentand engage with a larger audience.

• iDRIVE: Road Stories DVD distrib-uted to secondary schools inCanada.

• Continued promotion of Leave thePhone Alone campaign.

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New website in BCThe Office of the Superintendent ofMotor Vehicles (OSMV), part of theBC Ministry of Public Safety &Solicitor General, recently launched anew website and expanded its onlinepresence through the use of socialmedia. The new website providesthe public with up-to-dateinformation about OSMV programs,policies and processes. OSMV cannow also be found “tweeting” aboutroad safety issues and OSMVprograms on Twitter. Partners,stakeholders and the public can“follow” us under our @RoadSafetyBCTwitter profile. OSMV are currentlydeveloping other social media toolssuch as YouTube and are creating anumber of short videos about drivermedical fitness, and the DriveABLEin-office cognitive assessment. Thesevideos will be broadcast on the B.C.Government YouTube channel andthe OSMV website.

Website: www.pssg.gov.bc.ca/osmv/Twitter:http://twitter.com/RoadSafetyBCYouTube:www.youtube.com/ProvinceofBC

Alberta honours veterans with newmotorcycle plateStarting next spring, Albertans whoserved their country in the forces willbe able to display veterans’ licenceplates on their motorcycles with theexpansion of the provincial govern-ment’s veterans’ plate program.

“Albertans respect the sacrifice of themen and women in the CanadianForces, and the veterans’ licence plateis an instantly recognizable reminderof that sacrifice,” said Service AlbertaMinister Manmeet Bhullar. “We owe a

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lot to veterans for the freedoms andrights we enjoy today and theprovincial government is happy toprovide yet another way of showingour appreciation for all veterans havedone.”

Nearly 21,000 veterans’ plates havebeen issued since the programbegan in February 2005. Plates areavailable to retired forces memberswho have been honourably dis-charged, as well as members of theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police orother Canadian police departmentswho served under NATO or theUnited Nations.

Last year, the Alberta government,working with the Royal Canadian Le-gion Alberta-Northwest TerritoriesCommand, expanded eligibility to in-clude currently serving CanadianForces members with at least threeyears of service.Alberta will be thethird province to offer veterans’ mo-torcycle plates when they becomeavailable in April 2012.

To view an electronic image of theveterans’ motorcycle plate, go to:www.servicealberta.gov.ab.ca/640.cfm

Taking services on anorthern adventure inSaskatchewanSGI goes many, many extra miles forclients. That is becoming increasinglytrue for those in remote locations ofnorthern Saskatchewan.On two oc-casions during 2011, SGI representa-tives from Driver Safety Services andIssuer Relations visited a number ofcommunities in northern Saskatch -ewan to provide examination, driverlicensing and vehicle registration,and photo identification services.

Travelling distances to communitiesas far north as Uranium City, near theborder between Saskatchewan and

Transport CanadaLaunches Winter Driving Campaign Transport Canada has launched aWinter Driving Campaign in part-nership with the Canadian Auto-mobile Association and CanadianTire to encourage Canadians toget their vehicles ready for winterand practice safe winter drivingtechniques. The campaign in-cludes:

A Winter Driving Websitefeaturing winter driving tips,videos and publications.

Winter Driving Videos are avail-able on TC’s YouTube channel.

A Google Ad Word Campaign di-recting Canadians to TC’s websitefor information on winter driving.

A News Canada Campaign ofwinter driving articles in commu-nity newspapers.

A Social Media Campaign onFacebook and Twitter providingCanadians with winter drivingtips.

Canadian Tire is including TC win-ter driving messages and logo onflyers, display quiz and videos ondigital screens in stores, and willinclude a car mirror hanger for allserviced cars that also contains acode that links to TC’s website.

Canadian Automobile Associa-tion has posted TC’s winter driv-ing videos, included winter drivingtips in their magazine and will distribute TC’s winter drivingbrochures.

Service Canada will display win-ter driving messages on digitalscreens in all centres.

Citizenship and ImmigrationsCanada and EnvironmentCanada have linked to TC’s website.

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the Northwest Territories, demon-strates SGI’s commitment to cus-tomer service and the importancewe place on ensuring all drivers haveaccess to our services. SGI providescustomers in northern communitieswith driver’s licenses, photo ID cards,driver examinations and several in-structional courses, including DrivingWithout Impairment.

SGI also provided services to the re-mote northern communities ofFond-du-Lac, Stony Rapids, BlackLake and Wollaston Lake. Since then,a private Motor License Issuing officehas been established in Stony Rapidsto join SGI’s network of more than400 motor license issuers across theprovince. The Stony Rapids issueralso offers vehicle registration serv-ices. Previously, the closest license is-suer was more than 650 kilometersaway in La Ronge.

New motorcyclists gettraining wheelsSGI’s new Motorcycle Graduated Dri-ver’s Licensing (MGDL) program en-sures every motorcycle enthusiastgoes through a “training wheelstage” to make sure they’re ready toride. The Motorcycle Graduated Dri-ver’s Licensing (MGDL) program ispart of SGI’s commitment to improv-ing traffic safety.

Saskatchewan implemented a Mo-torcycle Graduated Driver’s Licensing(MGDL) program on June 18, 2011.New riders and holders of a motorcy-cle learner’s endorsement are nowrequired to take a road test to movethrough the MGDL program and willexperience tougher sanctions for of-fences known to contribute to mo-torcycle collisions.

The three stages in the MGDL pro-gram for new motorcycle drivers areLearner, Novice 1 and Novice 2. As

riders move through the stages, theywill see fewer restrictions until theygraduate to an experienced “M” en-dorsed motorcycle license.

Motorcyclists who already have fullmotorcycle driving privileges will notbe part of the MGDL program.

Ontario new photo card On July 25, 2011, the Ontario govern-ment introduced a new government-issued identification card called theOntario photo card. The Ontariophoto card is voluntary and is recog-nized as government-issued photoidentification for Ontario residentswho are 16 years of age and over anddo not hold a driver’s license. Thephoto card mirrors the same securityfeatures and identity requirementsas the Ontario driver’s license to helpprevent fraud and identity theft. Ap-plicants will be required to provideoriginal identity documents thatprove legal name, date of birth andsignature (e.g. Canadian/Foreignpassport, Birth Certificate, etc.). Cur-rent holders of an Ontario driver’s li-cense may surrender their driver’slicense for an Ontario photo card.

The photo card is purple and lookssimilar to the Ontario driver’s license.It includes information such as thecard holder’s name, photo, signature,address and date of birth. The cardhas a clipped top-right corner thathelps differentiate it from other cardsin a holder’s wallet and also hasraised lettering on the “ON Canada”.

The photo card costs $35 and isvalid for five years.

More information can be found athttp://www.mto.gov.on.ca/eng-lish/dandv/driver/photo-card.shtml.

The Ontario photo card is currentlyavailable at 21 ServiceOntario cen-tres across the province. It will beavailable at all ServiceOntario loca-tions in 2012. You can find informa-tion regarding service locations atserviceontario.ca/findservices.

Ontario’s new ATV rideguide and websiteSmart Ride Safe Ride outlines thelegislative requirements for ATVsand other types of off-road vehiclesand promotes safe and responsibleriding practices. It is available fordownload on our recently re-leased ATV/ORV content site:http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/pubs/atv/index.shtml

Segway pilot extensionMTO extended the pilot anothertwo years, from October 19, 2011 toOctober 19, 2013, to further assessthe safety of Segways amongpedestrians and other vehicles onOntario’s roads. No additional mod-ifications were made to the regula-tion. The pilot remains open topersons 14 years and older thathave a condition that impairs mobil-ity, Canada Post mail carriers andpolice officers.

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Quebec's fatigue 2011 campaignIn 2011, the Société de l’assuranceautomobile du Québec (SAAQ) in-creased its communication activi-ties aimed at raising awareness ondriver fatigue. In partnership withthe Ministère des Transports duQuébec, it produced 32 highwaysigns to encourage drivers to stop iftired and conducted several postercampaigns through the ZoomMedia network, particularly inrestaurants located near selectedhighway exits.

A video brief on driver fatigue wasproduced and is available on theSAAQ’s YouTube channel. Ads addressing driver fatigue werepublished in Protégez-vous’s“Guide de l’auto 2011” and duringthe Canadian Sleep Society’s con-ference.

A fact sheet that encourages driv-ers to recognize the first signs of fatigue and to pull over to a safeplace is now being distributed byCAA-Québec and La Capitale assur-ance to their members along withthe trip itineraries they have or-dered.

Lastly, through its participation in anumber of salons and other events,including the Grand Rendez-vousen santé et sécurité du travail, theSAAQ disseminated more informa-tion on driver fatigue.

Name change in Newfoundland/LabradorThe Department of GovernmentServices has been renamed to Serv-ice Newfoundland and Labrador.There are no changes to the pro-grams and services offered.

New plate design in Nova ScotiaNova Scotia has redesigned its 6” x 12”plates. Two of the significant changesare the removal of the painted borderaround the plate and the removal ofthe validation sticker well on the upper left-hand corner of the plate.

Validation stickers will now be placedon the right-hand side of the plate, however, the left side stickers issuedprior to that date may be displayed onthe left side of the plate.

BoardMichael Conway has been namedActing Director of Road Licensing &Safety Division of the NT Dept. ofTransportation and represents NT onCCMTA’s Board.

The following Directors have been approved as officers from May 20,2011 to May 10, 2012.

President: Ward Keith (MB), Registrarof Motor Vehicles, MPI

Vice-President: Methusalah Kunuk(NU), Assistant Deputy Minister, Trans-portation Branch, NU Department ofEconomic Development & Trans-portation

2nd Vice-President: Rob Fleming (ON),Assistant Deputy Minister, Road UserSafety Division, Ontario Ministry ofTransportation

Committee Changes

CRA

Brian Murray, Director, CommercialVehicle Safety Enforcement with BC’sMinistry of Public Safety and SolicitorGeneral, now represents BC on theCRA Committee.Doug MacEwen,Safety Coordinator with PEI’s Depart-ment of Transportation & Infrastruc-ture Renewal, started his term as

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Chair of the CRA Committee in May 2011. Darren Christle, Executive Director,Motor Carrier Division with Manitoba Infrastructure & Transportation has beenappointed Vice-Chair of the CRA Committee.

D&V

Carol Robson, Manager, Licensing Services with MPI joins Brian Rapinchuk,Manager, Vehicle Standards & Inspectionswith MPI, to represent MB on the D&VCommittee.

RSRP

Donna Roed, Manager of Road SafetyPrograms with Manitoba Public Insur-ance (MPI), represents MB on the RSRPCommittee, along with LucilleMcLaughlin from MB Infrastructure andTransportation.Lyne Vézina, Director ofRoad Safety Studies and Strategies withthe Société de l’assurance automobile duQuébec, started her term as Chair of theRSRP Committee in May 2011.Sonny Senghera, Manager, Road SafetyPolicy & Programming with ICBC hasbeen nominated as Vice-Chair of theRSRP Committee. Patricia Langlois, Senior Policy Analyst with NT’s Dept. of Transportation replaces Kelley Merilees-Keppel as the NT representative.

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CCMTA welcomes new members:Capilano Truck Driver Training InstituteDale Francis, General ManagerEdmonton, AB(www.capilanotrucktraining.com)

Centre for Research on Safe Driving, Lakehead University Michel Bédard, Canada Research Chair in Aging and HealthThunder Bay, ON(www.crsd.lakeheadu.ca)

City of Edmonton, The Bill Horne, Supervisor Fleet SafetyEdmonton, AB(www.edmonton.ca)

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General Teamsters Local 979Kelly Gorzen, Principal OfficerWinnipeg, MB

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MorphoTrak Eric PichonMontreal, QC(www.morphotrak.com)

Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry CouncilCarl Compton, Executive DirectorToronto, ON(www.omvic.on.ca)

RadioWorks Communications Inc. Mark Yager, Public Safety / Fleet Equipment SalesVictoria, BC(www.radioworks.ca)

Swift RadiusKevin Green, Senior ManagerCharlottetown, PE( www.swiftradius.com)

Virtual Driver Interactive Andre Luongo, VP OperationsEl Dorado Hills, CA USA(www.driverinteractive.com)

Work Safe BCKevin Bennett, Industry SpecialistVancouver, BC(www.worksafetbc.com)

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