The Globe and Mail reports in its Saturday edition that the Quebec government will require inexperienced truck drivers from Ontario to pass a practical exam to obtain a licence, after a provincial Auditor-General this spring pointed to lax training in Ontario's trucking sector. The Globe's Maura Forrest writes that Quebec has seen an increase in the number of fatal collisions involving heavy vehicles in recent years. According to the new temporary measure announced on Thursday, Ontario truck drivers with less than 24 months experience will have to pass a road test to obtain a Class 1 heavy vehicle licence from Quebec's auto insurance board, the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec. If they fail twice, they will have to undergo training. The rule will not affect Ontario drivers who travel through Quebec roads, but only those who move to the province. In May, the Ontario Auditor-General's Office reported private career colleges in that province were accrediting aspiring commercial truck drivers who had not completed minimum training requirements, and in some cases were altering student records to falsify their qualifications. The new rule will remain in place until Ontario demonstrates it has tightened its rules.