C-24.2, r. 52.1 - Regulation respecting the visibility and traffic of farm machines wider than 2.6 metres

Section 5 Disposition versions

2013-12-01

5. Every farm machine and combination of farm vehicles must, at night if more than 3.1 m wide and in the day if more than 3.7 m wide, be equipped with

(1)  at least 2 flashing amber warning lamps that flash in unison, mounted as symmetrically as possible on the lateral extremities of the vehicle without exceeding them. If one of the lamps cannot be mounted on a lateral extremity of the vehicle, it must be mounted in all cases at less than 40 cm from the extremity. The lamps must be mounted at not less than 1 m and not more than 3.7 m from the roadway;

(2)  at least 2 strips of amber retroreflective material visible from the front of the vehicle, placed as horizontally as practicable, each less than 40 cm from the lateral extremities; and

(3)  strips of red retroreflective material visible from the rear of the vehicle, placed as horizontally and as aligned and evenly spaced as practicable without exceeding 1.8 m, and the strips placed on the lateral extremities must be less than 40 cm from them.

The flashing amber warning lamps and, at night, the strips of retroreflective material must, when directly in front of the low beams of the headlamps, be visible to the driver of a road vehicle approaching from the front or rear at a distance between 300 m and 30 m.

In the case of a combination of farm vehicles, if the towed vehicle exceeds the width of the towing vehicle on both sides, the flashing amber warning lamps may be mounted on the towing vehicle provided they are less than 6 m from the lateral extremities at the rear of the towed vehicle and the distance between the lamps is the width of the towed vehicle. If the towed vehicle exceeds the width of the towing vehicle on one side, the distance between the lamps must be the distance between the width of the towed vehicle on the wider side and the width of the towing vehicle on the other side.

A farm motor vehicle that is part of a combination of farm vehicles and a self-propelled farm machine may, in addition to the lamps prescribed in this section, be equipped with an amber beacon or strobe light or an equivalent light bar mounted on or as near as practicable to the top of the vehicle.

Every farmer who is the owner of a farm machine or combination of farm vehicles who contravenes this section is liable to a fine of $120 to $360. However, the fine is

(1)  $60 to $180 if the offence is committed because of the colour of a retroreflective material or a lamp or of the position of a strip of retroreflective material or a lamp other than a lamp referred to in the fourth paragraph; or

(2)  $60 to $180 if the offence is committed because of the visibility of a retroreflective material or a lamp referred to in the second paragraph.

O.C. 733-2013, s. 5.