Another Great Idea!
Whats next?
I wonder how the auto industry will like this, selling cars on appearance alone!
http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublication ... =1&File=24
2nd Session, 39th Parliament,
2e session, 39e l©gislature,
56-57 Elizabeth II, 2007-2008
56-57 Elizabeth II, 2007-2008
house of commons of canada
BILL C-568
PROJET DE LOI C-568
An Act to amend the Motor Vehicle Safety Act (speed limiters)
1993, c. 16
Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows:
1. The Motor Vehicle Safety Act is amended by adding the following after section 5:
Definition of "speed limiter"
5.1 (1) In this section, "speed limiter" means a device mounted on a vehicle that, when engaged, electronically limits the maximum speed at which the vehicle is driven to the speed set on the device.
importation, sale and lease
(2) No person shall manufacture, import into Canada or sell or lease to another person a vehicle unless it is equipped with a speed limiter that is engaged and set to a maximum speed that is not greater than 150 kilometres per hour.
Duty of repairer
(3) No person who repairs or maintains a vehicle shall release the vehicle to another person unless the vehicle is equipped with a speed limiter that is engaged and set to a maximum speed that is not greater than 150 kilometres per hour.
Restriction on operation
(4) No person who owns a vehicle or leases a vehicle from another person shall operate the vehicle or allow it to be operated by another person unless it is equipped with a speed limiter that is engaged and set to a maximum speed that is not greater than 150 kilometres per hour.
Application
(5) This section applies to vehicles manufactured on or after January 1, 2010 that are not fire-fighting vehicles, ambulances, police vehicles or other vehicles that are used for the purpose of emergency or vehicles that belong to a class of vehicles that is exempted from the application of this section by regulation.