C-24.2, r. 32 - Regulation respecting safety standards for road vehicles

Section 163 Disposition versions

2016-11-20

163. The following are major defects:

(1)  a road vehicle without at least one adequate low beam in good working order;

(1.1)  a single-unit road vehicle or the last vehicle in a combination of vehicles without at least one adequate taillight and brake light in good working order;

(1.2)  a single-unit road vehicle or the last vehicle in a combination of vehicles, where such a vehicle has a gross vehicle weight rating of 4,500 kg or more without at least one turn-signal light located at the rear right or rear left in good working order;

(2)  a door of the passenger compartment or front hood that does not engage fully when closed;

(3)  a safety system against the accidental opening of doors that is out of order, in the case of a bus equipped with automatic doors;

(4)  an emergency exit that is blocked or inadequate or a warning light or buzzer that is out of order;

(5)  the floor of the passenger compartment that is so perforated that it constitutes a hazard for passengers by reason of a lack of solidity;

(6)  a part of the body, equipment or an accessory that is not securely fixed and that might fall off or the passenger access device that does not retract completely;

(7)  a windshield so damaged that the driver’s visibility of the road and road signs is considerably reduced;

(8)  a missing or inadequate wiper on the driver’s side;

(9)  the seat belt of the driver’s seat is missing, inadequate or modified; and

(10)  an air bag for the driver that is missing, modified or inadequate.

O.C. 1483-98, s. 163; O.C. 370-2016, s. 79.

2012-09-01

163. The following are major defects:

(1)  a road vehicle without at least one adequate low beam, taillight or brake light;

(2)  a door or front hood that does not engage fully when closed;

(3)  a safety system against the accidental opening of doors that is out of order, in the case of a bus equipped with automatic doors;

(4)  an emergency exit that is blocked or inadequate or whose warning light or buzzer is out of order;

(5)  the floor of the passenger compartment that is so perforated that it constitutes a hazard for passengers by reason of a lack of solidity or the entry of the exhaust gases of a fuel engine;

(6)  a part of the body, equipment or an accessory that is not securely fixed and that might fall off;

(7)  a windshield so damaged that the driver’s visibility of the road and road signs is considerably reduced; and

(8)  a missing or inadequate wiper on the driver’s side.

O.C. 1483-98, s. 163.