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Letters: Lack of fines is not okay

Crashes of this type should be accompanied by charges, fines and temporary driver suspension.
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A truck accident northbound on Highway 17A caused major traffic delays last week.

Editor:

Re: RCMP shares more details on Wednesday semi-truck roll-overs

Regarding the incident on May 10 at the 17A before Highway 99 that delayed traffic for many hours, I was shocked to read that Cpl. Moore of BC Highway Patrol said the investigation is concluded with no charges to the driver.

He said the truck flipped over while making a turn. So, it’s okay to drive demonstrating incompetence and no charges against the driver? The driver clearly can’t drive his large vehicle safely. This is only one of many recent crashes with large trucks in the Lower Mainland. I’m sure additional training for these drivers is needed however, crashes of this type should be accompanied by charges, fines and temporary driver suspension.

Keith Munro