Alberta Occupational Health and Safety regulations require that there be a minimum of two certified first aiders on all job sites. Sounds logical enough. If it were only one and that was the injured party, who would look after his injuries? Now lets say you have nine workers on a job site, but only one is a certified first aider. The job is not allowed to continue under the regulations. The catch....this job was in a functioning hospital no more than 100 meters away from the emergency room! Now it makes perfect sense doesn't it?
Another.... you can take a 14 passanger van load it with people and equipment, remove seats, do what you will.... the transportation police wont give you a second look. Probably not even a first glance for that matter. Make that van one "designed" to carry 15 passengers and look out! Does not matter if you remove all but two seats, it is still a 15 passenger van and falls under the new Alberta transport laws requiring you to have it inspected yearly, complete log books, have a written maintanence plan, and the driver must posses a class 4 license...not much different than owning/operating a greyhound bus or tractor trailer combination(actually any vehicle with a registered gross wieght of more than 11,700 kg or designed to carry 15 or more passengers) other than the license requirements. You may possibly convert said van to a cargo van if you are able to get a permit from the transport ministry however. Can someone explain to me what the differnce is between a 15 passenger van with a row of seating permantly removed and a 14 passenger van? The nice folks at the transportation department couldn't. But hey.thats the law!
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Common Sense the lack there of
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Like the guys on the highway with a fifth weel trailer, pulling a boat, pulling a car, and no class one license, makes no sense....
Don't get me started on that one dino! Funny how average joe can work his 8 or 12 hour shift, head home, hop into his RV and drive all the way across Canada with out stopping if he had enough fuel. No special licence or training. Yet a Proffessional driver trained and licenced as such, gets behind the wheel of his truck and cannot drive legally from Vancouver to Edmonton without an 8 hour rest period in there some where. When was the last time that RV had a safety inspection?(chances are he did not even check to see if the lights all work before leaving)Is it even road worthy? Is the driver compitent? How is is health? You can feel safe in knowing that the all of this is checked very regularly on commercial vehicles. Don't worry about the trucks and the truck drivers out there on the road....its the rest of the vehicles out there that you need to worry about!
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