Truckers in Canada will soon have to electronically log the amount of time they sleep and drive while on the road.
Acadia Broadcasting’s Geoff Waterfield is a former trucker who agrees with the new legislation, noting with paper log books, it is easy for a trucker to lie about how much he or she has slept.
He explains, “there is no lying with an electronic log, it can’t be done.”
Waterfield admits it is easy to lie on a paper log book, noting he has seen it done before.
The new rule was one of the recommendations of a coroners report into the 2017 bus crash involving members of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team.
It will take effect on June 12th, 2021.
