Side Guards

• Vancouver council approves mandatory side guards for city-owned or contracted trucks

  A motion to require side guards on trucks entering urban areas in Vancouver was passed by city council in the wake of a fatal collision involving a cyclist in Yaletown. 

  Health

  Jul 21, 2022
  
• Edmonton pilot project tests side guards on trucks to protect cyclists, pedestrians

  Some Canadian cities have already started using them and now a pilot project is underway in Alberta's capital to see if side guards on trucks can help reduce pedestrian and cyclist fatalit

  Health

  Aug 10, 2017
  
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• Halifax begins installing side guards on city heavy duty vehicles

  “We’ve had experience where we’ve had unfortunate collisions where cyclists have been dragged under the rear wheels and have been killed.”

  Traffic

  Nov 15, 2016
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• Side guards, bus passes and Sidney Crosby: highlights from Halifax Regional Council

  From naming a Cole Harbour street after an iconic Nova Scotia hockey player, to the safety of cyclists and pedestrians, here are the regional council highlights.

  Politics

  Jun 21, 2016
• Cycling coalition calls for protective sideguards on trucks after cyclist killed

  Protective side guards would prevent cyclists from being dragged under the vehicle after being struck.

  Oct 7, 2015
• Chow renews call for mandatory side guards on trucks

  New Democrat MP Olivia Chow says Canada is a step closer to safer roads after an Ontario truck manufacturer agreed to put side guards on all its new vehicles.

  Canada

  Apr 9, 2013
• Tories deflate proposed cycling safety law

  The Conservative government is putting the brakes on a cycling safety bill that would see side guards made mandatory for transport trucks, saying it is up to provinces and cities to enact legislation.

  Nov 14, 2011