Canadian Laws

**mjolnir131** · 01-12-2009, 06:43 PM

Originally Posted by Doggie Daddy

I'm thinkin' that truck dealerships near the border are gonna be putting in an express lane for setting ECM's.

oh yea but deciding when to change back becomes a challenge and if you have time to stop on they way out otherwise you might be stuck with it for a 1000 mile run

**Crazynuff** · 01-12-2009, 06:52 PM

I made two trips to Ontario last week and can tell you Ontario based truckers don't have any more respect for the speed limiter law than they do for the speed limit . I kept hearing on the CB "Keep it under 105 " . Why would they be saying that if they had limiters on their trucks ? I even heard one driver come back " I'm doing 110 . What are they going to do , give me a ticket for 10 km/h over ? " (the 100 km/h speed limit ) I saw quite a few trucks pass me going considerably faster than a limiter would allow . Some of them were out of OH and NY , but many were based in ON .

**Turtle** · 01-12-2009, 09:36 PM

Yeah, they'll get ticketed for going 10km over. But that's not all. Anyone in a truck that is going any faster than 105km, that's the litmus test for no speed limiter, and they'll get ticketed for not having that, too.

**piper1** · 01-12-2009, 09:54 PM

Ok, I give up, everyone just stay home.

**RLENT** · 01-12-2009, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by piper1

Ok, I give up, everyone just stay home.

Not me Dave ..... I like our northern neighbors.

I was up there on Friday morning dropping at Sterling in St. Thomas .... wasn't three hours before I got called with a load coming back out into the US.

Of course, freight is so hot down here in the lower 48, lotsa folks are just too busy to make it up that way .....

**pjjjjj** · 01-13-2009, 04:08 AM

Originally Posted by Turtle

Yeah, they'll get ticketed for going 10km over. But that's not all. Anyone in a truck that is going any faster than 105km, that's the litmus test for no speed limiter, and they'll get ticketed for not having that, too.

Actually the 'litmus test' is 115kph.

Quote:
(9) In any proceeding under this section and in the absence of evidence to the contrary, proof that a commercial motor vehicle was driven on a highway at a speed equal to or greater than the speed prescribed for the purpose of this subsection is proof that the vehicle was not equipped with a speed-limiting system that was activated and functioning as required by subsection (1). 2008, c. 8, s. 1.

17. The prescribed speed for the purposes of subsection 68.1 (9) of the Act is 115 kilometres per hour. O. Reg. 396/08, s. 1.

115kph and they know you don't have a working limiter device, but they can still ticket you for speeding, or for not having one. Just the 115kph will tell them with certainty that it's not working. And don't forget... the first 6 mos is the 'educational period'.