Jump to full article: Toronto (Ont) Star (ca), 2009-10-10
Author: Peter Edwards Jennifer Yang Staff Reporters
Intro: A lit cigarette between the lips of a trucker stopped by police on Highway 401 near Windsor has left a smoke cloud hanging over the issue of where commercial drivers are allowed to smoke. . . .
However, exactly where truckers are – and aren't – allowed to smoke remains as clear as a thick cloud of tobacco smoke.
About all that's apparent is that not all trucks are created equal.
Sgt. Pierre Chamberland of the OPP in Orillia said in an interview that almost all drivers are expected to butt out when driving in Ontario, regardless of who owns the rig or where it operates.
The sole exception would be for drivers employed by the federal government, Chamberland said.
However, an official with the Ontario Truckers Association offered a more nuanced interpretation of the law, as it applies to smoking in rigs operated by Ontario's 160,000 tractor-trailer drivers and 350,000 dump truck drivers.
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