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V-1.3 - Act respecting off-highway vehicles
Section 39
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39. Subject to other standards provided under an Act or a regulation made by the Government, the maximum rate of speed for a snowmobile is 70 km/h and the maximum rate of speed for any other vehicle is 50 km/h.
The maximum rate of speed for various classes of vehicles may be lower than that fixed in the first paragraph, where indicated by signs or signals that conform to regulatory standards, on public land or on private land owned by a municipality and used for public utility.
Despite the preceding paragraphs, where vehicle operation is permitted less than 100 metres away from a dwelling, a facility operated by a healthcare institution or an area reserved for cultural, educational, recreational or sports activities, the maximum rate of speed is 50 km/h and, when vehicle operation is permitted less than 30 metres away from such places, the maximum rate of speed is 30 km/h.
In force: 2020-12-30
39. Subject to other standards provided under an Act or a regulation made by the Government, the maximum rate of speed for a snowmobile is 70 km/h and the maximum rate of speed for any other vehicle is 50 km/h.
The maximum rate of speed for various classes of vehicles may be lower than that fixed in the first paragraph, where indicated by signs or signals that conform to regulatory standards, on public land or on private land owned by a municipality and used for public utility.
Despite the preceding paragraphs, where vehicle operation is permitted less than 100 metres away from a dwelling, a facility operated by a healthcare institution or an area reserved for cultural, educational, recreational or sports activities, the maximum rate of speed is 50 km/h and, when vehicle operation is permitted less than 30 metres away from such places, the maximum rate of speed is 30 km/h.
