The Kamloops Chamber of Commerce will once again be banging the drum for stricter truck driver regulations at the BC Chamber AGM this month.

President Joshua Knaak says the Kamloops Chamber is asking for a policy for graduation from a recognized commercial driving program to be mandatory before truckers can take their exam.

“That hasn’t happened (in B.C), and if you look at the recommendations, that’s the key one. That there be a requirement for a commercial driving program, like accredited commercial driving program, before you can go in and take the test,” Knaak says, adding a similar policy has been implemented in several other provinces.

“It’s something that we had introduced through the BC Chamber last year, asking for changes to be made to that driver training. That’s going to continue on, because we are still hearing about issues with that, about inadequate training, and feel that that’s something important. And that’s actually something the trucking industry is being as well.”

Knaak says there have been significant accidents that can be traced to inadequate training for truck drivers.

That policy will be one of eight the Kamloops Chamber will be bringing to the BC Chamber of Commerce annual general meeting, which takes place in Burnaby from May 23-25.

Knaak says the Chamber will also be proposing a policy to mandate electronic logbooks in commercial trucks.