Drivers are being asked to slow down and move over for garbage trucks and snow-plows.
A news conference was held today in Niagara Falls at Walker Industries.
Kitchener-Conestoga MPP Michael Harris stood with Niagara Regional Chair, Alan Caslin, the Ontario Waste Management Association, and members of Walker Industries and Emterra today to announce the reintroduction of legislation to extend slow-down, move over privileges to garbage trucks and snow-plows.
“It’s now been 13 years since motorists in Ontario were first introduced to the idea of slowing down and moving over for emergency vehicles,” Harris stated. “As government moved last year to pick up on Garfield Dunlop’s initiative to extend Slow-Down Move Over to roadside assistance vehicles, I was reminded during conversations with the OWMA and the Ontario Road Builders Association of the safety needs for some of our other road and road-side workers.
“It was with those conversations in mind that I stood in the legislature this month to introduce Bill 171 and extend slow-down move over restrictions to waste/recycling vehicles, and snow removal, sanding vehicles when those vehicles have their flashing lights on,” added Harris.
Harris said that with no ballot date set for debate in the near future, he’s joining with OWMA and ORBA to encourage supportive groups and municipalities to advocate with the provincial government to adopt the bill’s provisions into law.