Speed limiters will be mandatory Jan. 1 in Quebec

[Mike]

Transportation officials in the province of Quebec have officially announced that speed limiters will be mandatory on all heavy trucks beginning Jan. 1, 2009.

Quebec’s transportation minister, Julie Boulet, published a decree Wednesday, Oct. 29, in the official provincial register, Gazette Officielle du Quebec.

The regulation requires that all heavy trucks manufactured after Dec. 31, 1994, with a gross weight in excess of 26,000 pounds have a working speed limiter set at or below a maximum of 105 kilometers per hour, or 65 mph.

The regulation applies to all trucks doing business in or traveling through Quebec regardless of domicile.

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Transportation officials in Ontario said they will harmonize with Quebec and implement regulations for mandatory speed limiters on trucks starting Jan. 1, 2009.

“Staff from Ontario and Quebec have been working very closely to ensure a harmonized speed limiter program between our two provinces,” Ontario Ministry of Transportation Spokesman Bob Nichols confirmed to Land Line on Thursday, Oct. 30.

“Regulations have not yet been approved, but subject to approval, will be implemented on Jan. 1, 2009, as well. That would be followed by a six-month education period.”

Transportation officials in Quebec were the first to announce the Jan. 1 implementation date, which surprised many in the trucking industry, including members of U.S.-based OOIDA and the Owner Operators Business Association of Canada

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