Driver Compliance 101

The Ontario Highway Traffic Act applies to the provisional use of commercial and commercial motor vehicles on the roads and highways of Ontario.

This includes motor vehicles such as cars, trucks, motorcycles, off-road vehicles, farm equipment, construction equipment, buses, motor home vehicles and non-motorized bikes.

What is the “Highway Traffic Act?”

What does the “Highway Traffic Act” mean to your driver?

What kind of things are covered under the “Highway Traffic Act?”

What are the “Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations?”

Topics Include:

• Types of Drivers’ licenses
• Commercial Motor Vehicle Inspections
• Hours of Service
• Gross Vehicle Weights
• Speed Limits
• Demerit Point System
• Restricted use of left lanes by CMV (commercial motor vehicles)
• Suspension & impoundment of CMV for critical defects
• Road signs
• Vehicle licensing requirements