C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

Section 245 Disposition versions

2010-12-10

245. Every trailer or semi-trailer operated without an independent brake system that can stop the vehicle if the trailer or semi-trailer becomes separated from the towing vehicle must be equipped with a chain, a cable or any other sufficiently solid safety device installed so that the trailer or semi-trailer and the towing vehicle would remain attached were the coupling device to break.

The towing vehicle must carry the necessary equipment for attaching the chain, cable or safety device of the trailer or semi-trailer.

1986, c. 91, s. 245; 1990, c. 83, s. 111; 2010, c. 34, s. 46.

1991-02-01

245. Every trailer or semi-trailer operated without an independent brake system adequate to stop the vehicle if the trailer or semi-trailer becomes separated from the tractor vehicle, must be equipped with chains, cables or any other safety device that is sufficiently solid and so installed as to ensure that the trailer or semi-trailer and the tractor vehicle remain attached in the event of a failure in the attachment devices.

The towing vehicle must carry the necessary equipment for attaching the chains, cables or the safety device of any trailer or semi-trailer being towed.

1986, c. 91, s. 245; 1990, c. 83, s. 111.

1987-06-29

245. Every trailer or semi-trailer, other than a trailer or semi-trailer referred to in section 244, operated without an independent brake system adequate to stop the vehicle if the trailer or semi-trailer becomes separated from the tractor vehicle, must be equipped with chains, cables or any other safety device that is sufficiently solid and so installed as to ensure that the trailer or semi-trailer and the tractor vehicle remain attached in the event of a failure in the attachment devices.

1986, c. 91, s. 245.