So... with that line of thinking, every time someone is stopped for a certain infraction the officer should have no discretion and lay all applicable charges? Speeding (for the full amount), Fail to produce valid insurance card, fail to produce valid permit, ooops your licence plate light is out, o...

Wow. Extrapolating from what you are saying, the officer is, of course, not obligated to inform the driver of any additional charges he MIGHT CONSIDER in addition to the offence notice he is actually handing out. If so, would this not open the door to a "and NOW I am going to teach you!" r...

Some tidbits: The HTA states: "commercial motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle having permanently attached thereto a truck or delivery body and includes ambulances, hearses, casket wagons, fire apparatus, buses and tractors used for hauling purposes on the highways; ("vehicule utilit...

I am a volunteer fire fighter in a rural area of Ontario as well. The HTA is quite clear - in your POV you are obligated to pull over and make room for the (EMS) emergency vehicle. On a more practical level, fire gets dispatched to medical emergencies to ensure a swift response, because EMS may be d...

First off, this is not in response to an offence notice received. I am asking purely for compliance purposes. I have an antique truck, 1974, tandem axle, weighs 6300 kg empty (weigh scale verified) and has a load capacity of 5 tons for a total weight of 11300 kg. I restored the truck, maintain it me...

Stanton may be incorrect, one of my employees was recently stopped on the 400 nb for driving with his beacon on. He was informed that the amber light is for service vehicles "performing" service. This was a hydro one truck just driving. Not working. I think at the minimum you need a slow ...

I operate a (historic) tandem axle truck with Ontario licence plates on public highways. The top speed of the vehicle is below the speed traffic on a highway customarily moves at (my truck tops out at 80 km/h). I am worried about getting rear-ended by an inattentive driver and contemplate operating ...

Thank you for the insights. This is helpful.

I will explore using magnetic backing for the military police signs. That way, I can put them on when the truck is on display and take them off when on a public road.

Here it goes: I have a 6x6 military truck (M35), restored, insured, registered, plated. No historic plates because of weight. It used to be a Military Police rig and I would like to restore the markings as such. My questions: 1) Am I allowed to display "Military Police" on the vehicle? 2) ...

An ATV with a snow plow attached to the front doesn't become any more of a "snow plow vehicle" for the purpose of the HTA than does a pickup truck with a plow on the front. You would drive your pickup truck on the road uninsured and unplated just because it has a plow on it, would you? &q...

My bad. That makes it very clear now.
So, a backhoe is not a motor vehicle as per the HTA and it ends right there. End of confusion!

Hwybear, thank you. So, what you posted means that a road building machine is a motor vehicle under the HTA and therefore has to have a permit and display license plates in order to travel on a highway.

I have yet to see one that does.

My question is not meant to offend the construction industry. If there is indeed a "permit" of some sort, what is it based on? How are these vehicles insured for on-road use? Are they subject to a safety and emissions inspection, similar to other vehicles that use highways? Clearly, many o...

I searched but could not retrieve a satisfactory answer. It seems matter-of-fact that all sorts of work equipment, namely backhoes, loaders and other similar mororized vehicles without licence plates, sometimes equipped with a slow moving vehicle sign, often not, some with an amber beacon, some with...

Thank you for your valued opinions! My intention is not to endanger any passengers or break an obvious regulatory provision. I have used and intend to use the vehicle with passengers on the bed solely on local streets for the purpose of a parade, rememberance day activity and the like. I have no int...