The Ministry of Transportation in Ontario has just announced huge changes to the driver’s test for tractor trailers. This new testing plan aims to increase the standards of driver quality, and also hopefully begin to get rid of “licensing mills”. Starting on July 1, 2017, all drivers will be required to pass Class A mandatory [...]
What is an Ontario CVOR? All provinces in Canada are required to issue a National Safety Code number to all commercial carriers in their governing jurisdiction. Ontario calls this number a Commercial Vehicle Operator’s Registration or CVOR. […]
Are you a Tow Truck Operator in Ontario? Or want to become one? The province of Ontario has a lot of regulations when it comes to being a tow truck driver or running a tow truck operation. Make sure you have your Commercial Vehicle Operations Regulation's (CVOR) set up and ready to go. [...]
Motorists in Ontario are reminded of new rules set to begin on January 1, 2016 concerning pedestrian and school crossing. Back in the summer Ontario passed the Making Ontario's Roads Safer Act which among other things increased fines for distracted driving. It also introduced new rules for pedestrian crossovers and school crossings. Starting January 1, [...]
Ontario carriers with a CVOR have started to receive letters from the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) regarding a new requirement for class G drivers of commercial motor vehicles. As of April 1, 2016, Ontario class G holders who operate a commercial motor vehicle in the United States will have to obtain a medical fitness [...]
Ontario just passed the Making Ontario’s Roads Safer Act that will make distracted driving more costly for Ontario motorists. Recent studies have shown that by 2016 Ontario expects that if trends continue fatalities from distracted driving may exceed those from drinking and driving. With this in mind Ontario has taken steps to change that growing [...]
The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) recently announced it is reviewing its current definition of and exemptions to vehicles falling under the classification of Road-Building Machine or RBM. If passed, new legislation will potentially see changes to the definition of RBMs and regulation changes for operators as well as the machines themselves. What is an [...]
Have you traveled on a U.S. highway and seen a tractor-trailer rolling by with these funny looking fins sticking out back of the trailer? They are boat-tails or trailer-tails and they coming to Canada sooner rather than later! The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) recently announced it's commitment to moving forward with changes to [...]
It does not take long driving on any public highway to find your first person talking or typing on their hand-held phone willfully disregarding Ontario’s law which prohibits hand-held device use while driving. In reaction to the this flagrant disregard Ontario is […]
All Oversize/Overweight offices in Ontario will be closed November 22, 2013 in order to service you better. The Ontario Ministry of Transportation is modernizing they way you get oversize and overweight permits. The new Oversize/Overweight (O/O) permit solution is called […]
