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Big rigs causing big traffic headaches on Hwy. 401 in Northumberland _: ) See BIG from page 1 Northumberland OPP Constable _ km/h," she said. working on mandating the roll staâ€" â€"â€" of the highest fines in North Amerâ€" 5 Karen German. Some collisions are When it comes to safety there is _ bility systems in transport trucks, _ ica for operating an unsafe comâ€" E ‘ And on_ Jan. 25, several cars â€" causedbydriver error weather conâ€" _ a movement afoot to reduce transâ€" â€" he added. "We believe thatitwould _ mercial vehicleâ€"ashigh as $20,000 & ; smashed into a jackknifed tractor . ditions or speed. Drivers should be. port truck collisions, said Marco be a game changer for highway â€" and for some offences, as high as & trailer spawning a series of colliâ€" _ aware transport truck drivers need _ Beghetto, vice president of commuâ€" _ safety in general," said Mr. Beghetto. _ $50,000; said Ms. Dhahak. A New $ sions. involving. approximately 80 _ moretime to stop. nications for the Ontario Trucking _ Many ofthe Ontario TruckingAssoâ€" .Entrant Education and Evaluaâ€" $ vehicles, just west of Northumberâ€" _ "The reactionary time is a lot lonâ€" â€" Association. Roll stability control _ ciation members are already using. _ tion program should also help new 3 ‘ land‘s boundary. ger than car... you can‘texpect them. _ systems are a relatively new techâ€" _ the devices and see the benefits, he _ truck and bus companies in Ontarâ€" & ; _ Between 2006 and 2010, there . to stop on a dime, said Const.Gerâ€" nology, which reduce the truck . said. io understand regulations, and they € were eight jackknife and three rollâ€" _ man. speed when sensors detect instaâ€" There are several safety measures _ are tested on the rules for safely s + overs involving transport trucks in There does seem to be more colâ€" _ bility, said Mr. Beghetto. The U.S. is _ already in place. Ontario has some _ operating on roads, she added. & Northumberland County, accordâ€" _ lisions involving transport trucks o medanarereennene _i aoseerci cce ie ooeenon oi oooone o c aomnliianiiniititianninnaneors on isnn ‘ \ing to the MTO. on the stretch of Hwy. 401 near $ & } Jackknifed tractor trailer incidents _ Grafton, she said. But Const. Gerâ€" 3 4 g appear to be on the rise in recent _ man could not say why nor could ; § A ) weeks but according to the Minisâ€" _ she provide statistics. In the case of a ? try of Transportation, the number _ the jackknife on Feb. 18, the cause f s o : A _ of fatalities in large truck collisions _ is not yet known but bone dry road A , has declined 50 per cent from 197 _ conditions suggest it wasn‘t weathâ€" to 99, between 1990 and 2009 in errelated, said Const. German. * % . Ontario. The decline comes despite "I saw the trailer had split in half," f the fact that there has been a 59 _ said Mr. Barrie after the accident. & f per cent increase in the number of _ Mr. Barrie was in one of many cars . large trucks registered in Ontario, . stopped for hours on the eastbound ; said Emna Dhahak, an MTO media _ lanes of the highway that day. The : officet. back trailer of the transport truck The Northumberland tractor trailâ€" _ had dislodged, slid across the highâ€" : * _ er accidents in recent weeks have _ way and smashed a vehicle into the & j _ notresulted in life threatening injuâ€" _ guardrail. k ries but a Pickering man died when Many of the incidents in recent 5 his SUV collided headâ€"on with a _ weekshaveoccurred inpoorweathâ€" f transport truck on County Road 28 _ er and Const. German said people on Nov. 10. need to drive according to weather The reason why transport truck _ conditions. rollovers or jackknifings hapâ€" "Just because it says 100 km/h pen is different in every case, said _ doesn‘t mean you have to go 100 ? POLICE BRIEFS i Cause of Port Hope a dangerous purpose and utter threats > « ie + ¢ to cause death or bodily harm. The ; woman‘s death accused was held for a bail hearing on : 5 Fab. 19 at the Ontario Court of Justice $ undetermined in Cobourg at 1:30 p.m. The accused § cannot be named in order to protect the PORT HOPE â€"â€" The cause of a 28â€"yearâ€" .. identity of the victims. ; f old Port Hope woman‘s sudden death * a on the Family Day long weekend is still CObourg residents ' & unknown. 3 #4 The woman was found dead in a Charged with drug j ' Port Hope home in the early afternoon Pary of Monday, Feb. 18. A postmorten trafficking : f $ examination in Toronto on Fab. 19 came 2 back with an undetermined cause. of _ COBOURGâ€"Two people were arrested death, said Port Hope Police Staff Serâ€" _ on drug charges on Saturday. geant Bryant Wood. The police will wait The two adults were arrested after .. for the results of the toxicalogy screenâ€" . Cobourg. Police searched a D‘Arcy i a ing, which is expected to take up to . Street address on Feb. 16 at approxiâ€" three months to receive, said Staff Sgt. mately 5 p.m., said Cobourg Police Wood. The name of the woman is being. Detective Scott Bambridge. ' withheld at the request of her nextâ€"ofâ€" Police seized about one ounce of kin, he said. cocaine, with a street value of $2,800, Pnsc ‘k $285 in cash, and drug paraphernalia, a Grafton man faces said Det. Bambridge. 1 & ‘ Glenn Moore Jr., 34, of Cobourg, ; 6 assault charges and Sara Bragg, 25 of Cobourg, have ¢ q both been charged with possession of f GRAFTON â€" A Grafton man faces _ cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, « assault charges after a man and woman . possession of marijuana, and possesâ€" % ¢ reported being threatened with a knife. sion of property obtained by crime. Mr. Police responded to a complaint _ Moore Jr. has also been charged with 2 of a man threatening his girlfriend and _ two counts of failing to comply with a her brother with a knife at a Station . probation order and was held in cusâ€" : be § Road residence in Grafton on Feb. 19 _ tody. Ms. Bragg was issued a summons at approximately 7 a.m., OPP report. . to appear in court. ? According to the OPP the man left the Anyone with_information on this .. f home before police were called. or any other crime can contact the + A 52â€"yearâ€"old man from Grafton _ Cobourg Police Service at 905â€"372â€" 4 ‘ has been charged with assault with a _ 2243 or Crime Stoppers at 1â€"800â€"222â€" weapon, possession of a weapon for . 8477. | s E 4 t sA 4 â€" % /