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Toronto moving to install fatality-reducing side guards on heavy trucks
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class="c-link" href="/team/joshua-freeman/">Joshua Freeman</a></span></div><time as="time" class="c-date b-date" dateTime="2024-11-20T19:41:31.463Z">November 20, 2024 at 2:41PM EST</time><div class="b-lead-art-custom"><figure class="c-media-item b-lead-art-custom__expand-button"><div class="b-lead-art-custom__image-wrapper"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/JDYT4N65DBB5ZGHYZXYBXLUTRQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=45feed496f27acfce5dc4793aae0691262112ed2dd2a3bf2d6ced64adbd63065&width=4032&height=2268" srcSet="https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/JDYT4N65DBB5ZGHYZXYBXLUTRQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=45feed496f27acfce5dc4793aae0691262112ed2dd2a3bf2d6ced64adbd63065&width=800&height=450 800w, https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/JDYT4N65DBB5ZGHYZXYBXLUTRQ.jpg?smart=true&auth=45feed496f27acfce5dc4793aae0691262112ed2dd2a3bf2d6ced64adbd63065&width=1600&height=900 1600w" width="4032" height="2268"/></div><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__caption">Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow tests out a side guard installed on a city vehicle as Councillor Paula Fletcher looks on Wednesday November 20, 2024. (Ken Enlow /CP24) </span></figcaption></figure></div><article class="b-article-body"><p class="c-paragraph">Toronto is looking to retrofit its heavy-duty vehicles with side guards in an effort to reduce pedestrian deaths. </p><p class="c-paragraph">The protective railings or bars can be mounted on the sides of large trucks between the axles to help prevent people from being pulled under the wheels in a collision. </p><p class="c-paragraph">Mayor Olivia Chow said having them on city vehicles “means saving lives. It means less tragedy. It means safety.”</p><p class="c-paragraph">According to city staff, side guards can reduce cyclist fatalities by approximately 62 per cent and pedestrian fatalities by 20 per cent. </p><p class="c-paragraph">Standing in front of a vehicle outfitted with side guards Wednesday, Chow recalled a promise she made to the husband and child of Jenna Morrison – a 38-year-old yoga instructor who was fatally struck by a transport truck while cycling back in 2011 – back when she was an MP. </p><p class="c-paragraph">“I promised her husband at the time that I would do something to make sure that this doesn’t happen again to other people,” Chow said. </p><p class="c-paragraph">She said she has championed the change for years, but has hit roadblocks, particularly around the trucking industry, which she said has resisted efforts to make the guards mandatory. </p><figure class="c-media-item b-article-body__image"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="" class="c-image" loading="lazy" src="https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/5NB53QZSDZA77P33H6NL2WCGE4.jpg?auth=5e6e9a8c669834a9372770c395d35754bfc10902cba73b4c3aadf90171f50c88&width=800&height=600" srcSet="https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/5NB53QZSDZA77P33H6NL2WCGE4.jpg?auth=5e6e9a8c669834a9372770c395d35754bfc10902cba73b4c3aadf90171f50c88&width=274&height=205 274w, https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/5NB53QZSDZA77P33H6NL2WCGE4.jpg?auth=5e6e9a8c669834a9372770c395d35754bfc10902cba73b4c3aadf90171f50c88&width=400&height=300 400w, https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/5NB53QZSDZA77P33H6NL2WCGE4.jpg?auth=5e6e9a8c669834a9372770c395d35754bfc10902cba73b4c3aadf90171f50c88&width=768&height=576 768w, https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/5NB53QZSDZA77P33H6NL2WCGE4.jpg?auth=5e6e9a8c669834a9372770c395d35754bfc10902cba73b4c3aadf90171f50c88&width=1024&height=768 1024w, https://www.cp24.com/resizer/v2/5NB53QZSDZA77P33H6NL2WCGE4.jpg?auth=5e6e9a8c669834a9372770c395d35754bfc10902cba73b4c3aadf90171f50c88&width=1440&height=1080 1440w" width="800" height="600"/><figcaption class="c-media-item__fig-caption"><span class="c-media-item__title">Side guards </span><span class="c-media-item__caption">A side guard installed on the side of a heavy truck is pictured at a city announcement Wednesday November 20, 2024. The protective railings or bars can be mounted on the sides of large trucks between the axles to help prevent people from being pulled under the wheels in a collision. (Ken Enlow /CP24) </span></figcaption></figure><p class="c-paragraph">A report coming before the city’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee next week is recommending that the city retrofit all city-owned commercial vehicles with side guards. </p><p class="c-paragraph">“If there’s a side guard, they (pedestrians or cyclists) will just bounce out, get bruised a bit. Without a side guard, they’re going to get trapped between the two wheels, and they would get run over,” Chow said. </p><p class="c-paragraph">Retrofitting Toronto’s 500 heavy-duty vehicles would cost about $5.7 million, city staff estimate. </p><p class="c-paragraph">Around 219 of the vehicles could be retrofitted by December 2025, while the rest could be done by the end of 2026, the staff report says. </p><p class="c-paragraph">The safety devices have become standard in other jurisdictions, such as the EU, and Ontario’s chief coroner has said that they could help save lives. </p><p class="c-paragraph">There are currently no federal or provincial requirements for vehicles to be fitted with side guards. </p><p class="c-paragraph">Chow said she has an upcoming meeting with Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria and plans to ask him to consider making the devices a standard for provincial vehicles as well. </p><p class="c-paragraph">The report is set to go before the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on Nov. 27. 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