Quebec drivers license handbook

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This publication was prepared by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec in cooperation with the Service de l’exploitation of Transport Québec. Updated version researched and written by : Sandra Gauthier With the cooperation of: Service des usagers de la route Direction des communications Éric Lambert English translation Elizabeth Doyle

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INTRODUCTION
This฀ publication,฀ intended฀ for฀ road฀ users,฀ condenses฀ the Highway฀ Safety฀ Code and฀ attendant฀ regulations.฀ It฀ reiterates their฀major฀provisions,฀reminds฀the฀reader฀of฀the฀rules฀of฀the฀road and฀offers฀practical฀advice. All฀road฀users,฀whether฀they฀are฀pedestrians,฀cyclists,฀motor vehicle฀operators฀or฀passengers,฀will฀find฀their฀rights฀and฀obliga฀ions t set฀forth฀in฀this฀Handbook. This฀edition฀includes฀the฀particular฀requirements฀of฀each฀class of฀licence,฀the฀terms฀for฀obtaining฀a฀disabled฀parking฀permit,฀new measures฀that฀concern฀the฀driving฀of฀a฀motor฀vehicle฀under฀the influence฀of฀alcohol,฀including฀the฀obligation,฀at฀the฀first฀offence, to฀ submit฀ to฀ a฀ summary฀ evaluation฀ conducted฀ by฀ a฀ specialist from฀the฀Fédération฀québécoise฀des฀centres฀de฀réadaptation฀pour les฀ personnes฀ alcooliques฀ et฀ toxicomanes฀ for฀ individuals฀ with addictions,฀and฀requiring฀the฀mandatory฀use,฀in฀some฀cases,฀of฀an alcohol฀ignition฀interlock฀device฀before฀a฀licence฀can฀be฀reinstated. The฀Handbook฀also฀reviews฀standards฀for฀the฀installation,฀replacement and฀deactivation฀of฀air฀bags. The฀chapter฀on฀road฀signs฀and฀traffic฀signals฀provides฀descriptions฀of฀each฀type฀of฀sign฀and฀explains฀their฀use. The฀traffic฀rules฀chapter฀details฀the฀fine฀points฀of฀turning฀right฀at a฀red฀light.฀It฀presents฀new฀standards฀concerning฀the฀mandatory use฀of฀a฀child฀restraint฀device฀adapted฀to฀a฀child’s฀size฀and฀provides a฀ brief฀ explanation฀ of฀ air฀ bags,฀ conditions฀ for฀ use฀ of฀ electric power-assisted฀bicycles฀on฀public฀roads฀and฀reinforced฀safety฀rules for฀the฀use฀of฀foot฀scooters฀on฀roadways.฀It฀also฀lists฀safety฀tips฀for drivers฀approaching฀a฀road฀work฀area,฀rules฀for฀travel฀on฀logging roads,฀provides฀an฀overview฀of฀heavy฀vehicle฀use฀and฀urges฀drivers to฀take฀other฀road฀users฀into฀consideration฀to฀make฀roads฀safer. For฀legal฀purposes,฀the฀reader฀is฀urged฀to฀refer฀to฀the฀official text฀of฀the฀legislation.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 – THE DRIVER 1 ......................................................................1

THE DRIVER’S LICENCE .....................................................................................................3 • A first licence ............................................................................................................4 • Licence classes..........................................................................................................9 • Licence upgrade ...................................................................................................10 • Health requirements..........................................................................................20 • Responsabilities of a driver ..........................................................................22 • Responsabilities of persons from outside Quebec ........................25 A REVOKED OR SUSPENDED LICENCE......................................................................27 • Suspension for an unpaid fine ...................................................................28 • Demerit points......................................................................................................28 • Excessive speeding .............................................................................................29 • Criminal Code offences ....................................................................................35 • Penalties for alcohol-impaired driving ..................................................36 • Vehicle seizure .......................................................................................................42 • Fines for driving during a penalty period ...........................................43 • Right of challenge ..............................................................................................45 FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE DRIVING .......................................................................45 • Vision ..........................................................................................................................46 • Physical disorders ...............................................................................................48 • Fatigue ........................................................................................................................49 • Cell phone ...............................................................................................................49 • Alcohol ......................................................................................................................51 • Drugs and medication .....................................................................................54 • A driver’s mind-set .............................................................................................55 • Observation ............................................................................................................56 • Exercising judgment ..........................................................................................56

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CHAPTER 2 – THE VEHICLE ......................................................................59

VEHICLE REGISTRATION ...............................................................................................61 • In general .................................................................................................................61 • Vehicles exempt from registration ............................................................62 • Obtaining a vehicle’s registration and the right to operate the vehicle ..................................................................63 • Conditions relating to vehicle registration .........................................64 • Change of ownership .......................................................................................67 RULES GOVERNING VEHICLES AND ACCESSORIES ...............................................68 • Mandatory identification numbers ..........................................................68 • Compulsory equipment and accessories..............................................68 • Lights and signals ...............................................................................................69 • Brakes .........................................................................................................................71 • Alteration of seat belts.....................................................................................71 • Air bags ...................................................................................................................71 • Radar warning devices ....................................................................................72 • Horns ..........................................................................................................................72 • Exhaust system .....................................................................................................72 • Windshields and windows............................................................................73 • Rearview mirrors.................................................................................................73 • Speedometer and odometer .........................................................................74 • Bumpers ....................................................................................................................74 • Tires .............................................................................................................................74 • Fenders.......................................................................................................................74 • Natural gas and propane vehicles ..........................................................75 • Modifying a vehicle ...........................................................................................75 MECHANICAL INSPECTION ...........................................................................................75 • Compulsory inspection ...................................................................................76 • Inspection outcome ...........................................................................................77 YOUR OWN INSPECTION ...............................................................................................78

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CHAPTER 3 – ROAD SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS ........83

SIGNAL LIGHTS .................................................................................................................85 • Traffic lights ............................................................................................................86 • Flashing lights .......................................................................................................88 • Pedestrian lights ...................................................................................................88 • Cyclists lights .........................................................................................................89 • Lane use lights ......................................................................................................90 • Railway crossing signals .................................................................................90 • Regulated parking lights ................................................................................91 • Work site lights ....................................................................................................91 • Bus priority lights ...............................................................................................93 • Inspection station lights .................................................................................93 PAVEMENT MARKINGS ...................................................................................................94 • Purpose of pavement markings..................................................................94 • Colour of pavement markings ....................................................................95 • Lines, arrows and symbols ...........................................................................96
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ROAD SIGNS ...................................................................................................................100 • Shapes and colours of the main types of signs ..........................101 • Identification and meaning of road signs and traffic signals .....106 – Regulatory signs ..................................................................................106 – Warning signs .......................................................................................128 – Road work signs .................................................................................150 – Information signs................................................................................160 • Signs for cyclists ...............................................................................................180 HIGHWAY SAFETY CODE PROVISIONS CONCERNING ROAD SIGNS AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS......................................................................187
CHAPTER 4 – TRAFFIC RULES ............................................................189

PROTECTION ..................................................................................................................191 • Seat belt .................................................................................................................191 • Air bag ..................................................................................................................192 • Headrest.................................................................................................................193

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TRAF฀FIC฀RULES..............................................................................................................194 • Traffic฀lane฀divi฀ ion ........................................................................................194 s • Lane฀use .................................................................................................................195 • Speed฀฀imits฀and฀dis฀an฀ e฀bet฀ een฀vehi฀ les ...................................198 l t c w c • Passing ....................................................................................................................199 • Turning ...................................................................................................................203 • Indicating฀your฀inten฀ions฀and฀pre฀ en฀ e ..........................................207 t s c • Yielding฀the฀right฀of฀way .............................................................................208 • School฀buses .......................................................................................................212 • Level฀cros฀ ings ...................................................................................................213 s • Driving฀in฀rever฀ e ............................................................................................214 s • Sharing฀the฀road฀with฀heavy฀vehi฀ les .................................................214 c • Heavy฀vehi฀ le฀blind฀spots ..........................................................................215 c APPROA฀CHING฀A฀ROAD฀WORK฀AREA ....................................................................216 STOP฀PING฀AND฀PAR฀KING ...........................................................................................218 • Obligations ..........................................................................................................218 • Restrictions ..........................................................................................................219 • Spaces฀reser฀ ed฀for฀dis฀ b฀ed฀per฀ ons฀and฀parking฀permits .........220 v a l s UNLAW฀FUL฀PRAC฀TI฀CES ...............................................................................................221 • Driving฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀–฀where฀and฀when? .......................................... 221 hbt • Vehicle฀res฀ric฀ions...........................................................................................222 t t • Restrictions฀on฀the฀use฀of฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ays ....................................223 p w SPE฀CIAL฀RULES฀FOR฀CER฀TAIN฀USERS.....................................................................224 • Pedestrians............................................................................................................224 • Bicycles ...................................................................................................................226 • Foot฀scoo฀er .........................................................................................................229 t • Motorcycles,฀฀ opeds฀and฀scoo฀ers.......................................................230 m t • Emergency฀vehi฀ les .........................................................................................231 c • Vehicles฀used฀to฀carry฀฀ chool฀chil฀ ren ...............................................231 s d • Vehicles฀tra฀ el฀ing฀on฀log฀ ing฀roads ....................................................232 v l g • Loads .......................................................................................................................234 • Heavy฀vehi฀ les ...................................................................................................235 c • Off-road฀vehi฀ les...............................................................................................239 c

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CHAP฀ ER฀5฀-฀ACCI฀ ENTS ........................................................................245 T D

AUTO฀MO฀BI฀LE฀INSU฀RAN฀CE .........................................................................................247 • In฀Québec .............................................................................................................247 • Outside฀Québec ................................................................................................248 • Non-resi฀ ents ......................................................................................................248 d • Types฀of฀acci฀ ent฀exclu฀ ed ........................................................................249 d d • Special฀cases ........................................................................................................250 • Compensation ....................................................................................................250 • Right฀of฀chal฀en฀ e ...........................................................................................251 l g PRO฀PER฀TY฀DAMA฀GE ....................................................................................................252 HIT-AND-RUN฀AND฀INSOL฀VEN฀CY .............................................................................252 • Accidents฀invol฀ ing฀pro฀ er฀y฀dama฀ e ................................................252 v p t g WHAT฀TO฀DO฀IN฀THE฀EVENT฀OF฀AN฀ACCI฀DENT ..................................................253 • At฀the฀scene฀of฀an฀acci฀ ent .......................................................................254 d • First฀aid ..................................................................................................................255
CHAP฀ ER฀6฀–฀OFFEN฀ ES฀AND฀FINES ...........................................257 T C
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OFFEN฀CES฀AND฀FINES .................................................................................................259 • Licences฀to฀drive ...............................................................................................259 • Vehicle฀regis฀ra฀ion ..........................................................................................260 t t • Vehicles฀and฀acces฀ o฀ ies ..............................................................................261 s r • Traffic .......................................................................................................................262 • Speeding ................................................................................................................264 • Mechanical฀inspec฀ion ..................................................................................265 t • Motorcycles,฀฀ opeds฀and฀scoo฀ers.......................................................265 m t • Bicycles ...................................................................................................................266 • Foot฀scoo฀ers.......................................................................................................267 t • Pedestrians............................................................................................................267
INDEX ...........................................................................................................................269

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CHAPTER฀1 THE฀DRIVER

THE฀DRIVER’S฀LICEN฀ E C

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o฀ope฀ a฀e฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay r t c p w in฀Québec,฀an฀indi฀ i฀ ual฀must฀hold฀a฀licen฀ e vd c of฀the฀class฀cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing฀to฀the฀type฀of฀vehi฀ le. r p d c Depending฀on฀which฀pro฀ i฀ ions฀of฀the฀Highway vs Safety฀Code apply฀to฀the฀person’s฀situa฀ion,฀the t Société฀de฀l’assu฀ an฀ e฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀du฀Québec฀(SAAQ) r c m bl is฀the฀agen฀ y฀which฀฀ ssues฀a฀learner’s฀licen฀ e,฀a c i c pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e,฀a฀regu฀ar฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀or b t n r c l c a฀res฀ric฀ed฀licen฀ e. t t c Over฀4,400,000฀Quebecers฀hold฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e. c Having฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀is฀not฀an฀inhe฀ ent฀right. c r Getting฀and฀kee฀ ing฀a฀licen฀ e฀฀ epends฀on฀mee฀ing p c d t requi฀ e฀ ents฀and฀spe฀ i฀ic฀condi฀ions.฀A฀licen฀ e r m cf t c is฀ also฀ sub฀ect฀ to฀ with฀ ra฀ al฀ when฀ a฀ holder’s j d w beha฀ iour฀or฀state฀of฀฀ ealth฀repre฀ ents฀a฀dan฀ er v h s g to฀other฀road฀users. Drivers฀ must฀ take฀ their฀ state฀ of฀ ฀ ealth฀ into h consi฀ e฀ a฀ion฀and฀be฀aware฀of฀how฀this฀could d r t influen฀ e฀their฀dri฀ ing. c v

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A฀FIRST฀LICEN฀ E C
A฀first฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀is฀฀ssued฀for฀the฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er c i r t s g vehi฀ le฀(class฀5฀licen฀ e).฀A฀Quebecer฀may฀qua฀i฀y฀for฀a฀first฀driver’s c c lf licen฀ e฀after฀hol฀ ing฀a฀learner’s฀licen฀ e,฀and฀if฀age฀16฀฀hrough฀24, c d c t a฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e. b t n r c
BASIC REQUIREMENTS

To฀฀ btain฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀for฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ le,฀a฀per฀ on o c s g c s must฀be฀at฀least฀age฀16.฀The฀writ฀en฀฀ onsent฀of฀a฀paren฀al฀autho฀ i฀y t c t rt (฀ather,฀฀ other,฀guar฀ ian)฀is฀requi฀ ed฀for฀per฀ ons฀under฀age฀18. f m d r s Applicants฀must฀also฀pre฀ ent฀two฀pie฀ es฀of฀iden฀i฀i฀ a฀ion:฀the s c tfc t first฀must฀be฀an฀offi฀ ial฀birth฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀฀ssued฀by฀the฀Directeur c tfc t i de฀l’état฀civil฀du฀Québec฀or฀a฀civil฀autho฀ i฀y฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀else฀ he฀ e rt g z w r in฀Canada,฀a฀cer฀ i฀i฀ a฀ e฀of฀Canadian฀citi฀ ens฀ ip,฀a฀Permanent tfc t z h Resident฀ Card฀ or฀ a฀ Canadian฀ pas฀ port.฀ The฀ ฀ econd฀ piece฀ of s s iden฀i฀i฀ a฀ion฀may฀be฀a฀pro฀ in฀ ial฀฀ ealth฀insu฀ an฀ e฀card. tfc t v c h r c
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KNOWLEDGE REQUIREMENT

Prospective฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ ers฀must฀first฀acqui฀ e฀a฀cer฀ain฀฀ mount c d r t a of฀theo฀ e฀i฀ al฀kno฀ led฀ e฀about฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code,฀road r tc w g signs,฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignals฀and฀tech฀ i฀ ues฀befo฀ e฀dri฀ ing฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er f s nq r v s g vehi฀ le.฀This฀theo฀ y฀can฀be฀lear฀ ed: c r n • by฀stu฀ ying฀refe฀ en฀ e฀mate฀ ial฀pre฀ a฀ ed฀by฀the฀Société d r c r p r de฀l’assu฀ an฀ e฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e,฀inclu฀ ing฀this฀Handbook,฀which r c m bl d contains฀infor฀ a฀ion฀for฀pro฀ pec฀i฀ e฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ ers฀on฀dri฀ ing m t s tv c d v tech฀ i฀ ues,฀ and฀ the฀ ฀ anual฀ entit฀ed฀ Driving฀ a฀ Passenger nq m l Vehicle.฀These฀ docu฀ ents฀ are฀ sold฀ in฀ Publications฀ du m Québec฀out฀ets฀and฀book฀ to฀ es฀throu฀ hout Québec; l s r g • by฀฀aking฀a฀dri฀ ing฀฀ chool฀cour฀ e. t v s s

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CHOOSING A DRIVING SCHOOL

Driving฀฀ chool฀cour฀ es฀are฀optio฀ al.฀However,฀if฀you฀com฀ le฀e s s n p t a฀prac฀i฀ al฀cour฀ e฀at฀a฀dri฀ ing฀฀ chool฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀by฀CAA-Québec tc s v s g z or฀the฀Québec฀Safety฀League,฀you฀can฀cut฀four฀฀ onths฀off฀the m mini฀ um฀฀ength฀of฀the฀trai฀ ing฀per฀od,฀which฀will฀be฀8฀฀ onths m l n i m i ฀nstead฀ of฀ a฀ year฀ from฀ the฀ date฀ a฀ learner’s฀ licen฀ e฀ is฀ ฀ssued. c i Under฀ the฀ Highway฀ Safety฀ Code,฀ a฀ lear฀ er฀ who฀ has฀ pas฀ ed฀ a n s cour฀ e฀can฀then฀take฀the฀Société’s฀road฀test. s For฀infor฀ a฀ion฀on฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀dri฀ ing฀฀ chools,฀฀ ontact: m t g z v s c
CAA-Québec 444,฀rue฀Bouvier Québec฀(Québec)฀฀G2J฀1E3 Montréal:฀(514)฀861-7575 Elsewhere฀in฀Québec:฀1฀800฀924-0708 Québec฀Safety฀League Association฀qué฀ é฀ oi฀ e฀du฀trans฀ ort b c s p et฀des฀rou฀es t 533,฀rue฀Ontario฀Est,฀suite฀206 Montréal฀(Québec)฀฀H2L฀1N8 Montréal:฀(514)฀523-6444

LEARNER’S LICENCE
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A฀per฀ on฀must฀hold฀a฀learner’s฀licen฀ e฀befo฀ e฀lear฀ ing฀to฀drive. s c r n A฀lear฀ er฀must: n • cer฀i฀y฀ on฀ a฀ medi฀ al฀ decla฀ a฀ion฀ that฀ he/she฀ is฀ able฀ to tf c r t drive฀฀ ithout฀risk฀to฀฀ ublic฀safe฀y฀and฀must฀meet฀medi฀ al w p t c requi฀ e฀ ents; r m • pass฀the฀Société’s฀฀ ision฀test; v

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• pass฀ a฀ kno฀ led฀ e฀ test,฀ which฀ ฀ oncerns฀ the฀ Highway w g c Safety฀Code,฀road฀signs,฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignals฀and฀tech฀ i฀ ues฀of f s nq dri฀ ing฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ le. v s g c It฀ is฀ possible฀ to฀ rewrite฀ the฀ test฀ in฀ the฀ event฀ of฀ fai฀u฀ e.฀The l r appli฀ ant฀rewrites฀only฀those฀parts฀of฀the฀test฀he/she฀has฀failed. c However,฀applicants฀must฀wait฀a฀mini฀ um฀of฀7฀days฀bet฀ een฀tests. m w
PRACTICE

A฀learner’s฀licen฀ e฀฀ llows฀its฀hol฀ er฀to฀acqui฀ e฀the฀kno฀ led฀ e c a d r w g and฀฀ kills฀neces฀ a฀ y฀to฀drive฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ le฀on฀the฀road. s s r s g c When฀prac฀i฀ ing฀on฀the฀road฀ ay,฀a฀per฀ on฀who฀has฀held฀a฀valid ts w s driver’s฀licen฀ e฀to฀drive฀a฀passenger฀vehicle฀for฀at฀least฀2฀years c must฀accom฀ a฀ y฀a฀lear฀ er.฀This฀per฀ on฀must฀be฀seated฀next฀to฀the p n n s learner฀and฀be฀pre฀ a฀ ed to฀pro฀ i฀ e฀him/her฀with฀assis฀an฀ e฀and p r vd t c advi฀ e.฀A฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀is฀not฀qua฀i฀ied c s b t n r c lf to฀accom฀ a฀ y฀a฀lear฀ er฀฀ uring฀prac฀i฀ e฀dri฀ ing. p n n d tc v

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CHAPTER฀1 THE฀DRIVER

During฀the฀lear฀ ing฀per฀od,฀the฀hol฀ er฀of฀a฀learner’s฀licen฀ e n i d c is฀sub฀ect฀to฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀rules.฀The฀maxi฀ um฀number฀of฀deme฀ it j tc l m r p ฀ oints฀is฀4฀and฀it฀is฀compulsory฀to฀main฀ai฀ ฀a฀zero฀blood฀alco฀ ol t n h level.฀Maintaining฀a฀zero฀blood฀alco฀ ol฀level฀means฀that฀a฀lear฀ er h n is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀from฀dri฀ ing฀after฀฀ aving฀consu฀ ed฀any฀alco฀ ol฀at฀all. hbt v h m h
ROAD TEST

If฀an฀appli฀ ant฀fails฀a฀road฀test,฀he฀or฀she฀must฀wait฀a฀mini฀ um c m of฀21฀days฀bet฀ een฀tests. w

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To฀ qua฀i฀y฀ for฀ a฀ road฀ test,฀ the฀ appli฀ ant฀ must฀ have฀ held฀ a lf c learner’s฀ licen฀ e฀ for฀ at฀ least฀ 12฀ ฀ onths,฀ or฀ 8฀ ฀ onths฀ after c m m com฀ le฀ ing฀a฀dri฀ ing฀cour฀ e฀at฀a฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀฀ chool. p t v s g z s A฀road฀test฀ena฀ les฀the฀Société฀to฀eva฀ua฀e฀a฀pro฀ pec฀i฀ e฀driver’s b l t s tv kno฀ led฀ e฀and฀฀ kills.฀During฀a฀road฀test,฀the฀appli฀ ant฀will฀be w g s c requi฀ ed฀ to฀ per฀orm฀ manoeu฀ res฀ rele฀ ant฀ to฀ road฀ ay฀ dri฀ ing: r f v v w v dri฀ ing฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line,฀฀aking฀a฀curve,฀stop฀ ing฀or฀going฀฀hrough v s t p t an฀inter฀ ec฀ion,฀tur฀ ing,฀chan฀ ing฀lanes฀and฀bac฀ ing฀up. s t n g k During฀a฀road฀test,฀an฀appli฀ ant฀must: c • obey฀traf฀ic฀rules; f • demons฀ ra฀ e฀ an฀ abi฀i฀ y฀ to฀ adapt฀ to฀ dif฀e฀ ent฀ dri฀ ing t t lt f r v situa฀ ions; t • show฀safe฀dri฀ ing฀tech฀ i฀ ues; v nq • fol฀ow฀the฀examiner’s฀instruc฀ions. l t

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Once฀a฀road฀test฀has฀been฀pas฀ ed,฀a฀licen฀ e฀appli฀ ant฀age฀16 s c c t ฀hrough฀24฀is฀฀ssued฀a฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e.฀Drivers฀age฀25฀and i b t n r c over฀are฀฀ssued฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e. i c At฀ a฀ Société฀ ser฀ i฀ e฀ out฀et,฀ a฀ dri฀ er฀ is฀ ฀ssued฀ a฀ tem฀ o฀ a฀ y vc l v i p r r licen฀ e฀ which฀ he/she฀ must฀ keep฀ until฀ a฀ plas฀ic฀ licen฀ e฀ bea฀ ing c t c r his/her฀pho฀o฀ raph฀is฀recei฀ ed฀by฀mail,฀usual฀y฀฀ ithin฀10฀days. t g v l w Upon฀฀ eceipt฀of฀the฀photo฀licen฀ e,฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀des฀roy฀the r c v t tem฀ o฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e. p r r c •••฀Probationary฀Licence฀•••

A฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀is฀valid฀for฀two฀years฀or฀until฀age฀25, b t n r c whi฀ he฀ er฀comes฀first.฀A฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ er฀who฀turns c v b t n r c d 25฀฀ ithin฀the฀two-year฀per฀od฀may฀฀ btain฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀at฀a w i o c Société฀ser฀ i฀ e฀out฀et. vc l Probationary฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ ers฀are฀sub฀ect฀to฀the฀same฀res฀ric฀ions c d j t t that฀apply฀to฀a฀lear฀ er฀(main฀ai฀ ing฀a฀zero฀blood฀alco฀ ol฀level n t n h and฀a฀maxi฀ um฀of฀4฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints).฀A฀pro฀ a฀ io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e m r p b t n r c hol฀ er is฀ not฀ allo฀ ed฀ to฀ serve฀ as฀ the฀ accom฀ a฀ ying฀ rider฀ for d w p n someo฀ e฀who฀holds฀a฀learner’s฀or฀probationary฀licence. n

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LICEN฀ E฀CLAS฀ ES C S
There฀ are฀ twelve฀ clas฀ es฀ of฀ licen฀ es฀ in฀ Québec.฀ Each฀ class s c autho฀ i฀ es฀the฀hol฀ er฀to฀drive฀a฀cate฀ o฀ y฀of฀vehi฀ le฀on฀a฀Québec rz d g r c road. Once฀a฀per฀ on฀has฀been฀฀ssued฀a฀licen฀ e฀to฀drive฀a฀par฀i฀ u฀ar s i c tc l class฀of฀vehi฀ le,฀other฀clas฀ es฀of฀vehi฀ les฀are฀gene฀ al฀y฀autho฀ i฀ ed, c s c r l rz as฀shown฀in฀the฀following฀table.

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To฀recei฀ e฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e,฀a฀new฀dri฀ er฀must฀pay฀the฀฀ mount v c v a deter฀ i฀ ed฀under฀regu฀a฀ion.฀These฀฀ mounts฀inclu฀ e฀remit฀an฀ e mn l t a d t c fees฀ to฀ the฀ Ministère฀ des฀ Finances฀ du฀ Québec,฀ admi฀ is฀ra฀ion n t t fees฀and฀an฀insu฀ an฀ e฀pre฀ ium฀under฀the฀฀ ublic฀plan. r c m p Driver’s฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ ers฀are฀sub฀ect฀to฀a฀legal฀blood฀alco฀ ol c d j h limit฀ of฀ .08%฀ (80฀ mg฀ of฀ alco฀ ol฀ per฀ 100฀ ml฀ of฀ blood)฀ and฀ a h maxi฀ um฀of฀15฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints.฀Failure฀to฀com฀ ly฀will฀฀ esult฀in m r p p r licen฀ e฀revo฀ a฀ion. c c t

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Changing฀one’s฀licen฀ e฀class฀to฀ano฀her฀is฀not฀done฀sim฀ ly฀on c t p r ฀ equest.฀Before฀฀ pplying฀for฀a฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀class,฀a฀dri฀ er฀must฀meet a tc l v cer฀ain฀pre-condi฀ions,฀which฀may฀requi฀ e฀a฀dri฀ ing฀expe฀ ien฀ e t t r v r c of฀1฀to฀3฀years฀or฀a฀฀ ealth฀care฀professional’s฀฀ eport฀on฀fit฀ ess h r n to฀drive. To฀get฀a฀licen฀ e,฀an฀appli฀ ant฀must฀go฀to฀a฀SAAQ฀ser฀ i฀ e฀cen฀re c c vc t to฀ take฀ the฀ kno฀ led฀ e฀ and฀ road฀ test,฀ after฀ pas฀ ing฀ an฀ ฀nitial w g s i v ฀ ision฀test. Some฀clas฀ es฀also฀requi฀ e฀the฀appli฀ ant฀to฀hold฀a฀learner’s s r c licen฀ e฀or฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀for฀a฀cer฀ain฀per฀od. c b t n r c t i These฀prin฀ i฀ al฀requi฀ e฀ ents฀are฀detai฀ed฀in฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀table. cp r m l l w Specific฀infor฀ a฀ion฀on฀licen฀ e฀clas฀ es฀can฀be฀found฀in฀bro฀ hu฀ es m t c s c r avai฀a฀ le฀ from฀ Société฀ ser฀ i฀ e฀ cen฀ res,฀ ฀ hrough฀ its฀ customer l b vc t t relations฀centre฀(1฀800฀361-7620)฀or,฀in฀French,฀at฀the฀Web site฀(www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca).
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Requirements
36฀ months of฀ experience฀ as฀ the฀ holder฀ of฀ a฀ class฀ 5฀ driver’s licence฀(passenger฀vehicle)฀ OR 24฀months of฀experience฀if฀he฀or฀she฀has฀successfully฀completed one฀of฀the฀following฀programs: a) a฀truck฀driving฀training฀program฀authorized฀by฀the฀Ministère de฀l’Éducation,฀du฀Loisir฀et฀du฀Sport฀as฀a฀requirement฀for฀a vocational฀diploma; b) a฀ program฀ that฀ consists฀ of฀ 300฀ hours฀ of฀ driving฀ a฀ class฀ 1 road฀vehicle฀on฀a฀public฀road.฀ The฀ program฀ must฀ include฀ at฀ least฀ 40฀ hours฀ of฀ driving฀ dispensed฀by฀a฀training฀school฀specialized฀in฀driving฀heaving฀vehicles฀AND฀practical฀on-the-job฀training฀that฀includes฀the฀number of฀hours฀necessary฀to฀accumulate฀the฀required฀300฀hours. The฀program฀a฀candidate฀completes฀must฀be฀recognized฀by฀the Société,฀ which฀ will฀ request฀ various฀ documents,฀ including฀ the daily฀logs฀of฀the฀candidate฀and฀the฀accompanying฀rider,฀in฀the case฀of฀a฀300-hour฀program. Training฀Period 3฀ months of฀ experience฀ as฀ the฀ holder฀ of฀ a฀ class฀ 1฀ learner’s licence OR 1฀ month of฀ experience฀ if฀ the฀ candidate฀ meets฀ one฀ of฀ the฀ following฀requirements: • is฀enrolled฀in฀a฀truck฀driving฀training฀program฀authorized฀by the฀Ministère฀de฀l’Éducation,฀du฀Loisir฀et฀du฀Sport฀leading฀to a฀ vocational฀ diploma฀ and฀ successful฀ completion฀ of฀ all฀ the mandatory฀parts฀of฀the฀program฀prior฀to฀driving฀on฀the฀road without฀an฀accompanying฀rider;

A฀combination฀of฀vehicles,฀including: • a฀ road฀ tractor฀ with฀ 2฀ axles,฀ whose net฀weight฀is฀4,500฀kg฀or฀over,฀that is฀ pulling฀ one฀ or฀ more฀ trailers฀ or semi-trailers;฀ or • a฀ road฀ tractor฀ with฀ three฀ or฀ more axles฀ that฀ is฀ pulling฀ one฀ or฀ more trailers฀or฀semi-trailers; or • a฀class฀3฀truck฀that฀is฀pulling฀a฀trailer฀or฀semi-trailer฀whose฀net฀weight฀is 4,500฀ kg฀ or฀ over฀ and฀ that฀ is฀ used solely฀ for฀ the฀ purpose฀ of฀ transporting฀ equipment,฀ tools฀ and฀ furnishings฀that฀remain฀permanently฀inside the฀trailer; or฀ • a฀ class฀ 3฀ truck฀ that฀ is฀ pulling฀ any other฀ type฀ of฀ trailer฀ or฀ semi-trailer than฀that฀described฀above฀and฀whose net฀weight฀is฀2,000฀kg฀or฀over. Note:฀A฀road฀tractor฀is฀a฀motor฀vehicle that฀does฀not฀have฀cargo฀space฀and฀that is฀ permanently฀ equipped฀ with฀ a฀ fifth wheel. Classes฀included: 2,฀3,฀4A,฀4B,฀4C,฀5, 6D฀and฀8

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• a฀straight-body฀truck:฀a฀truck฀with฀2 axles฀ and฀ a฀ net฀ weight฀ of฀ 4,500฀ kg or฀over; • a฀truck฀with฀3฀or฀more฀axles; • a฀ road฀ vehicle฀ pulling฀ a฀ trailer฀ or฀ a semi-trailer: • whose฀net฀weight฀is฀under฀2,000฀kg; • whose฀net฀weight฀is฀2,000฀kg฀and over,฀but฀under฀4,500฀kg฀and฀that is฀ used฀ solely฀ for฀ the฀ purpose฀ of transporting฀equipment,฀tools฀and furnishings฀ that฀ remain฀ permanently฀inside฀the฀trailer. • any฀ other฀ type฀ of฀ vehicle,฀ except class฀ 1฀ and฀ 2฀ road฀ vehicles฀ and motorcycles.

24฀ months of฀ experience฀ as฀ the฀ holder฀ of฀ a฀ class฀ 5฀ driver’s licence฀(passenger฀vehicle).฀ Training฀Period 3฀ months of฀ experience฀ as฀ the฀ holder฀ of฀ a฀ class฀ 3฀ learner’s licence OR 1฀ month of฀ experience฀ if฀ the฀ candidate฀ meets฀ one฀ of฀ the฀ following฀requirements: • is฀age฀25฀or฀over; • has฀60฀months฀of฀experience฀as฀the฀holder฀of฀a฀class฀5฀licence.

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• is฀age฀25฀or฀over ; • has฀ 60฀ months฀ of฀ experience฀ as฀ the฀ holder฀ of฀ a฀ class฀ 5฀ driver’s licence;฀ • is฀the฀holder฀of฀a฀class฀2฀or฀3฀driver’s฀licence.

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A฀ bus฀ with฀ a฀ sea฀ing฀ capa฀ i฀y฀ for t ct more฀than฀24฀pas฀ en฀ ers. s g
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24฀ months of฀ experience฀ as฀ the฀ holder฀ of฀ a฀ class฀ 5฀ driver’s licence฀(passenger฀vehicle).฀ Training฀Period 3฀months of฀experience฀as฀the฀holder฀of฀a฀class฀2฀learner’s฀licence OR 1฀month if฀the฀candidate฀meets฀one฀of฀the฀following฀requirements: • is฀age฀25฀or฀over; • has฀ 60฀ months฀ of฀ experience฀ as฀ the฀ holder฀ of฀ a฀ class฀ 5฀ driver’s฀licence; • holds฀a฀class฀3฀driver’s฀licence.

Endorsements฀for฀clas฀ es฀1,฀2฀or฀3 s Holders฀of฀a฀class฀1,฀2฀or฀3฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀must฀have฀an฀endor฀ e฀ ent฀on฀their฀licen฀ e c s m c cer฀ i฀ying฀autho฀ i฀ a฀ ion฀to฀drive฀cer฀ ain฀heavy฀vehi฀ les.฀These฀endor฀ e฀ ents฀are฀indi฀ a฀ ed tf rz t t c s m c t on฀the฀licen฀ e: c • F ฀ ttests฀that฀the฀per฀ on฀is฀allo฀ ed฀to฀drive฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀air฀bra฀ es; a s w c p k • M ฀ ttests฀that฀the฀per฀ on฀is฀allo฀ ed฀to฀drive฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀a฀฀ anual a s w c p m trans฀ is฀ ion; m s • T ฀ ttests฀that฀the฀per฀ on฀is฀allo฀ ed฀to฀drive฀a฀dou฀ le฀road฀train,฀requi฀ ing฀a฀spe฀ ial฀tra฀ el a s w b r c v per฀ it.฀This฀endor฀ e฀ ent฀only฀฀ pplies฀to฀class฀1฀and฀requi฀ es฀the฀hol฀ er฀to฀have฀held฀this m s m a r d class฀of฀licen฀ e฀for฀at฀least฀5฀years. c
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A฀licen฀ e฀endor฀ e฀ ent฀also฀requi฀ es฀that฀the฀hol฀ er฀pass฀a฀spe฀ i฀ic฀test. c s m r d cf 1 To฀฀ btain฀a฀class฀1,฀2฀or฀3 learner’s฀licen฀ e,฀an฀appli฀ ant฀must: o c c

• have฀a฀dri฀ ing฀฀ ecord฀with฀fewer฀than฀4฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints; v r r p • not฀have฀had฀his/her฀licen฀ e฀revo฀ ed฀or฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀for฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀or฀a฀dri฀ ing-rela฀ed c k p d r p v t Criminal฀Code offen฀ e฀฀ ithin฀the฀pre฀ ious฀two฀years; c w v • pro฀ i฀ e฀a฀medi฀ al฀exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀or฀฀ ealth฀assess฀ ent฀฀ eport฀sho฀ ing฀fit฀ ess฀to฀drive. vd c mn t h m r w n
Tests Successfully฀pass฀a฀฀ ision฀test,฀kno฀ led฀ e฀test,฀pre-trip฀inspec฀ion฀test฀and฀road฀test฀with฀the v w g t vehi฀ le฀in฀ques฀ion. c t
1.฀Further฀infor฀ a฀ion฀on฀these฀licen฀ e฀clas฀ es฀is฀contai฀ ed฀in฀the฀bro฀ hu฀ e฀Prospective฀Heavy฀Vehicle฀Driver,฀avai฀a฀ le฀฀hrough m t c s n c r l b t SAAQ฀ser฀ i฀ e฀cen฀res,฀the฀Customer฀relations฀centre฀(1฀800฀361-7620)฀or฀the฀Web฀site฀(www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca). vc t

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r c d Minibus:฀ pas฀ en฀ er฀ motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ with฀ 2 • One฀year฀of฀expe฀ ien฀ e฀as฀the฀hol฀ er฀of฀a s g c class฀5฀licen฀ e. c sin฀ le-wheel฀axles฀and฀no฀more฀than฀5฀rows g of฀seats,฀or a฀bus฀with฀a฀sea฀ing฀capa฀ i฀y฀for t ct • At฀the฀time฀of฀appli฀ a฀ion,฀sub฀ it฀a฀medi฀ al c t m c 24฀or฀fewer฀pas฀ en฀ ers. s g exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀ or฀ ฀ ealth฀ assess฀ ent฀ ฀ eport mn t h m r com฀ le฀ed฀by฀a฀phy฀ i฀ ian฀sho฀ ing฀fit฀ ess p t sc w n Classes฀inclu฀ ed: d to฀drive. 4C,฀5,฀6D฀and฀8 • Pass฀a฀฀ ision฀and฀kno฀ led฀ e฀test. v w g

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An฀emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ le g c c (ex.฀ambu฀an฀ e,฀poli฀ e฀vehi฀ le,฀fire฀truck). l c c c Classes฀inclu฀ ed: d 4B,฀4C,฀5,฀6D฀and฀8

Requirements
• Two฀ years’฀ expe฀ ien฀ e฀ as฀ the฀ hol฀ er฀ of฀ a r c d class฀5฀licen฀ e฀or hold฀a฀class฀5฀licen฀ e฀and c c have฀pas฀ ed฀an฀emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ le฀dri฀ ing s g c c v cour฀ e฀given฀by฀the฀Québec฀poli฀ e trai฀ ing s c n insti฀u฀e฀or฀its฀equi฀ a฀ent. t t v l • At฀the฀time฀of฀appli฀ a฀ion,฀sub฀ it฀a฀medi฀ al c t m c exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀ or฀ ฀ ealth฀ assess฀ ent฀ ฀ eport mn t h m r com฀ le฀ed฀by฀a฀phy฀ i฀ ian฀sho฀ ing฀fit฀ ess p t sc w n to฀drive. • Pass฀a฀฀ ision฀and฀kno฀ led฀ e฀test. v w g

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• One฀year฀of฀expe฀ ien฀ e฀as฀the฀hol฀ er฀of฀a r c d class฀5฀licen฀ e. c • At฀the฀time฀of฀appli฀ a฀ion,฀sub฀ it฀a฀medi฀ al c t m c exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀ or฀ ฀ ealth฀ assess฀ ent฀ ฀ eport mn t h m r com฀ le฀ed฀by฀a฀phy฀ i฀ ian฀sho฀ ing฀fit฀ ess p t sc w n to฀drive. • No฀ prior฀ convic฀ ion฀ ฀ ithin฀ the฀ last฀ 5 t w years฀ for฀ an฀ offen฀ e฀ rela฀ed฀ to฀ ope฀ a฀ion c t r t of฀a฀taxi.
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• A฀ per฀ on฀ must฀ hold฀ a฀ taxi฀ per฀ it,฀ in s m accor฀ an฀ e฀ with฀ the฀ Transportation฀ by d c Taxi฀Act and฀Regulation.฀Transport฀Québec has฀pre฀ a฀ ed฀the฀Québec฀taxi฀driver’s฀hand฀ p r book, which฀pro฀ i฀ es฀more฀infor฀ a฀ion. vd m t • Pass฀a฀฀ ision฀and฀kno฀ led฀ e฀test. v w g

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• A฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ le฀(auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀or฀mini- • Applicants฀ must฀ be฀ age฀ 16฀ or฀ over.฀The s g c m bl t c s t van)฀or฀truck฀with฀2฀axles฀whose฀net฀฀ eight writ฀en฀฀ onsent฀of฀a฀per฀ on฀with฀paren฀al w autho฀ i฀y฀ is฀ requi฀ ed฀ if฀ the฀ appli฀ ant฀ is฀ a rt r c is฀less฀than฀4,500฀kg; minor. • A฀motor฀home; • One฀year฀of฀expe฀ ien฀ e฀as฀the฀hol฀ er฀of฀a r c d • A฀tool฀vehi฀ le:฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀in฀which฀the c c learner’s฀licen฀ e,฀or฀8฀฀ onths฀in฀the฀case฀of c m work฀sta฀ion฀is฀contai฀ ed฀฀ ithin฀the฀driver’s t n w a฀per฀ on฀who฀has฀pas฀ ed฀a฀dri฀ ing฀cour฀ e s s v s com฀ art฀ ent.฀The฀vehi฀ le฀is฀manu฀ac฀u฀ ed p m c f t r at฀a฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀฀ chool. g z s to฀carry฀out฀a฀task฀and฀desi฀ ned฀to฀tra฀ el g v • Pass฀ a฀ ฀ ision฀ test,฀ kno฀ led฀ e฀ exam฀ and v w g at฀a฀maxi฀ um฀speed฀of฀70฀km/h; m road฀test. • A฀ ser฀ i฀ e฀ vehi฀ le:฀ vehi฀ le฀ equip฀ ed฀ to vc c c p • Hold฀a฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀valid฀for฀2฀years b t n r c sup฀ ly,฀฀ epair฀or฀tow฀motor฀vehi฀ les. p r c or฀until฀age฀25. Also฀ autho฀ i฀ ed฀ is฀ any฀ vehi฀ le฀ cove฀ ed฀ by rz c r this฀class฀hau฀ing฀a฀trai฀er฀or฀in฀the฀case฀of l l a฀motor฀home,฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le. t c

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A฀motor฀ y฀ le฀with฀a฀cylin฀ er฀size฀of฀400฀cc See฀below. c c d or฀less. Classes฀inclu฀ ed: d 6C,฀6D,฀8

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A฀motor฀ y฀ le฀with฀a฀cylin฀ er฀size฀of฀125฀cc See฀below. c c d or฀less. Classes฀inclu฀ ed: d 6D,฀8
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Applicants฀for฀a฀licen฀ e฀to฀ope฀ a฀e฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le฀must฀go฀฀hrough฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀steps฀and฀meet c r t c c t l w the฀฀ emands฀of฀each. d c c c a C To฀฀ btain฀a฀CLASS 6R฀LEARNER’S LICEN฀ E for฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le฀–฀this฀licen฀ e฀฀ llows฀motor฀ o cy฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ ion฀only฀for฀pur฀ o฀ es฀of฀a฀dri฀ ing฀cour฀ e฀or฀a฀Société฀road฀test. c r t p s v s Applicants฀must: • Be฀age฀16฀or฀over.฀The฀writ฀en฀฀ onsent฀of฀a฀per฀ on฀with฀paren฀al฀autho฀ i฀y฀is฀requi฀ ed฀if฀the t c s t rt r appli฀ ant฀is฀a฀minor. c
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• Hold฀a฀class฀6A฀learner’s฀licen฀ e฀for฀at฀least฀7฀฀ onths. c m • Pass฀a฀road฀test฀using฀the฀type฀of฀motor฀ y฀ le฀that฀cor฀ es฀ onds฀to฀the฀licen฀ e฀฀ ought c c r p c s (an฀appli฀ ant฀who฀fails฀must฀wait฀a฀mini฀ um฀of฀56฀days฀bet฀ een฀tests). c m w • Hold,฀if฀the฀appli฀ ant฀does฀not฀have฀a฀class฀5฀driver’s฀licen฀ e,฀a฀pro฀ a฀ io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀for c c b t n r c 2฀years฀or฀until฀age฀25฀(฀ uring฀this฀per฀od,฀the฀rule฀of฀main฀ai฀ ing฀a฀zero฀blood฀alco฀ ol d i t n h level฀฀ pplies฀and฀no฀more฀than฀4฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀are฀allo฀ ed). a r p w

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• Pass฀a฀฀ ision฀test฀and฀kno฀ led฀ e฀exam฀on฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code,฀road฀signs฀and฀traf฀ic v w g f s ฀ ignals฀and฀tech฀ i฀ ues฀for฀ope฀ a฀ ing฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le฀(an฀appli฀ ant฀who฀fails฀must฀wait฀a nq r t c c c mini฀ um฀of฀28฀days฀bet฀ een฀tests). m w
C c a r t c c To฀฀ btain฀a฀CLASS 6A฀LEARNER’S LICEN฀ E –฀this฀licen฀ e฀฀ llows฀ope฀ a฀ ion฀of฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le o with฀an฀accom฀ a฀ ying฀rider฀on฀ano฀ her฀motor฀ y฀ le. p n t c c

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Applicants฀must: • Have฀pas฀ ed฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le฀dri฀ ing฀cour฀ e฀given฀at฀a฀฀ chool฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀by฀CAA-Québec฀or s c c v s s g z the฀Quebec฀Safety฀League. • Hold฀a฀class฀6R฀learner’s฀licen฀ e฀for฀at฀least฀1฀month. c • Pass฀a฀test฀on฀a฀clo฀ ed฀track฀(an฀appli฀ ant฀who฀fails฀must฀wait฀a฀mini฀ um฀of฀14฀days s c m bet฀ een฀tests). w

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Moped฀or฀moto฀ i฀ ed฀scoo฀er rz t

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• Applicants฀ must฀ be฀ at฀ least฀ age฀ 14.฀The t c t rt A฀moped฀or฀motorized฀scooter฀is฀a฀two-or writ฀en฀฀ onsent฀of฀a฀paren฀al฀autho฀ i฀y฀is r c three-wheel฀ passenger฀ vehicle฀ that฀ can฀ requi฀ ed฀if฀the฀appli฀ ant฀is฀a฀minor. travel฀ at฀ a฀ maximum฀ speed฀ of฀ 70฀ km/h, • Read฀ the฀ guide฀ entitled:฀ Operating฀ a operates฀ using฀ an฀ electric฀ or฀ maximum฀ Moped฀or฀Scooter,฀available฀at฀Publications 50฀cc฀motor฀and฀is฀equipped฀with฀an฀autodu฀Québec฀and฀in฀bookstores. matic฀transmission.฀ • Pass฀a฀฀ ision฀test฀and฀kno฀ led฀ e฀exam. v w g • Applicants฀ must฀ be฀ at฀ least฀ age฀ 16.฀ The฀ ฀ onsent฀ of฀ a฀ paren฀al฀ autho฀ i฀y฀ is฀ c t rt requi฀ ed฀if฀the฀appli฀ ant฀is฀a฀minor. r c • Pass฀a฀฀ ision฀test฀and฀kno฀ led฀ e฀exam. v w g
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H ฀ EALTH฀REQUI฀ E฀ ENTS R M
Driving฀safe฀y฀not฀only฀฀ emands฀know-how฀and฀฀ kills,฀but฀also l d s a฀state฀of฀฀ ealth฀that฀is฀consis฀ent฀with฀the฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀par฀i฀ u฀ar h t r t tc l type฀of฀vehi฀ le฀and฀its฀use. c Certain฀ill฀ es฀ es,฀dis฀ bi฀i฀ies฀or฀situa฀ions฀can฀inter฀e฀ e฀with฀a n s a lt t f r person’s฀abi฀i฀y฀to฀drive฀safe฀y.฀The฀Regulation฀res฀ ec฀ing฀฀ ccess lt l p t a to฀dri฀ ing฀a฀road฀vehi฀ le฀in฀connec฀ion฀with฀the฀฀ ealth฀of฀dri฀ ers v c t h v des฀ ri฀ es฀ these฀ condi฀ ions.฀The฀ most฀ com฀ on฀ inclu฀ e฀ sight c b t m d dis฀ r฀ ers,฀car฀ io฀ as฀ u฀ar฀dis฀ a฀ es,฀men฀ al฀ill฀ ess,฀alco฀ o฀ism, od d v c l e s t n h l drug฀depen฀ en฀ y฀and฀medi฀ a฀ion,฀epi฀ep฀ y,฀dia฀ e฀es,฀kid฀ ey฀and d c c t l s b t n lung฀dis฀ a฀ es. e s At฀the฀time฀of฀applying฀for฀a฀licence฀or฀on฀renewal,฀everyone has฀an฀obligation฀to฀advise฀the฀SAAQ฀of฀any฀health฀condition that฀might฀affect฀driving,฀and฀accordingly฀must฀fill฀out฀and฀sign the฀Declaration฀of฀Illness฀or฀Impairment฀form.฀The฀SAAQ฀must also฀ be฀ informed฀ of฀ any฀ change฀ in฀ a฀ licence฀ holder's฀ state฀ of health฀within฀30฀days. A฀ person’s฀ par฀i฀ u฀ar฀ ฀ ealth฀ condi฀ion฀ may฀ ฀ ffect฀ eli฀ i฀ i฀i฀y tc l h t a gblt for฀ clas฀ es฀ of฀ licen฀ es฀ and฀ res฀rict฀ dri฀ ing฀ pri฀ i฀e฀ es.฀The฀ most s c t v vl g com฀ on฀ situa฀ion฀ is฀ one฀ in฀ which฀ the฀ Société฀ ฀ssues฀ a฀ licen฀ e m t i c with฀condi฀ions: t • requi฀ ing฀the฀dri฀ er฀to฀wear฀eye฀ las฀ es,฀฀ ontact฀len฀ es฀or r v g s c s a฀hea฀ ing฀aid; r • requi฀ ing฀the฀instal฀a฀ion฀of฀equip฀ ent฀in฀the฀vehi฀ le฀for r l t m c dri฀ ing; v • limi฀ing฀the฀time฀of฀day,฀per฀od฀and฀area฀for฀dri฀ ing; t i v • limi฀ing฀the฀types฀of฀vehi฀ les; t c • requi฀ ing฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀ano฀her฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ er; r s c t c d • allo฀ ing฀the฀per฀ on฀to฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀that฀is฀equip฀ ed w s c p with฀an฀alco฀ ol฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock฀devi฀ e. h t l c

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One฀ or฀ more฀ of฀ the฀ fol฀o฀ ing฀ condi฀ions฀ may฀ ฀ ppear฀ on฀ a l w t a driver’s฀licen฀ e: c A B C G H I J K L N P Q R S V Must฀wear฀eye฀ las฀ es฀or฀฀ ontact฀len฀ es฀while฀dri฀ ing g s c s v Must฀drive฀only฀฀ uring฀the฀day฀i฀ e d tm Must฀wear฀a฀hea฀ ing฀aid฀when฀dri฀ ing r v Must฀under฀ o฀a฀medi฀ al฀exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀or฀฀ ealth฀assess฀ ent g c mn t h m on฀rene฀ al w Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀with฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀of฀less฀ c w than฀2,500฀kg Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀an฀alco฀ ol฀ c p h igni฀ion฀inter฀ock฀devi฀ e t l c Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀an฀auto฀ a฀ic c p m t trans฀ is฀ ion m s Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀power฀stee฀ ing c p r Must฀wear฀a฀safe฀y฀har฀ ess฀when฀dri฀ ing t n v Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀hand-ope฀ a฀ed c p r t c ฀ ontrols Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀a฀฀ anual฀ c p m dim฀ er฀฀ witch m s Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀an฀acce฀e฀ a฀or c p l r t on฀the฀left Is฀sub฀ect฀to฀medi฀ al฀res฀ric฀ions฀as฀indi฀ a฀ed j c t t c t Must฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀฀ ontrols฀adap฀ed c p c t to฀his/her฀dis฀ bi฀i฀y a lt
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The฀Société฀may฀requi฀ e฀a฀dri฀ er฀to฀under฀ o฀a฀pro฀i฀ ien฀ y฀test, r v g fc c medi฀ al฀exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀or฀฀ ealth฀assess฀ ent฀in฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀cases: c mn t h m l w • the฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ er฀is฀70฀years฀of฀age; c d • the฀licen฀ e฀autho฀ i฀ es฀him/her฀to฀drive฀a฀trac฀or฀semi-trai฀er, c rz t l trac฀or-trai฀er,฀฀ traight-body฀truck,฀road฀train,฀bus฀or฀mini฀ us, t l s b emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ le฀or฀taxi฀ ab; g c c c • the฀dri฀ er฀has฀not฀under฀ o฀ e฀an฀exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀฀ ithin฀the v g n mn t w last฀ten฀years; • the฀Société฀has฀rea฀ o฀ a฀ le฀฀ rounds฀to฀veri฀y฀the฀driver’s s n b g f h ฀ ealth฀or฀dri฀ ing฀beha฀ iour฀on฀฀ ublic฀roads. v v p Proficiency฀exams฀(kno฀ led฀ e฀or฀road฀test)฀may฀be฀requi฀ ed w g r of฀a฀per฀ on฀who฀wis฀ es฀to฀chan฀ e฀a฀licen฀ e฀class.฀A฀medi฀ al s h g c c exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀ or฀ ฀ ealth฀ assess฀ ent฀ may฀ be฀ requi฀ ed฀ befo฀ e฀ a mn t h m r r condi฀ion฀on฀the฀licen฀ e฀can฀be฀chan฀ ed. t c g The฀Société฀ may฀ also฀ requi฀ e฀a฀ licen฀ e฀hol฀ er฀ to฀sub฀ it฀a r c d m per฀o฀ ic฀ medi฀ al฀ or฀ opto฀ e฀ ric฀ ฀ eport฀ where฀ a฀ dis฀ r฀ er฀ or i d c m t r o d impair฀ ent฀requi฀ es฀a฀per฀o฀ ic฀fol฀ow-up. m r i d l The฀Société฀may฀sus฀ end฀the฀licen฀ e฀or฀licen฀ e฀class฀of฀any p c c dri฀ er฀who: v • makes฀ a฀ false฀ health฀ declaration฀ or฀ fails฀ to฀ declare฀ a health฀condition; • refu฀ es฀ to฀ under฀ o฀ a฀ medi฀ al฀ exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀ or฀ ฀ ealth s g c mn t h assess฀ ent฀or฀fails฀to฀sub฀ it฀the฀rela฀ed฀฀ eport; m m t r • refu฀ es฀to฀take฀or฀fails฀a฀pro฀i฀ ien฀ y฀test; s fc c • is฀afflic฀ed฀with฀an฀ill฀ ess฀or฀dis฀ bi฀i฀y฀that฀could฀jeo฀ ar฀ i฀ e t n a lt p dz road฀ ay฀safe฀y. w t

RES฀ ON฀ I฀ I฀ I฀ IES฀OF฀A฀DRI฀ ER P SBLT V
Anyone฀ope฀ a฀ing฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀roadway฀must r t c p carry฀a฀valid฀licen฀ e฀bea฀ ing฀his/her฀signa฀ure.฀A฀dri฀ er฀must฀res฀ ect c r t v p the฀condi฀ions฀indi฀ a฀ed฀on฀his/her฀licen฀ e.฀A฀law฀enfor฀ e฀ ent t c t c c m offi฀ er฀ may฀ seize฀ the฀ vehi฀ le฀ of฀ a฀ dri฀ er฀ who฀ does฀ not฀ hold฀ a c c v licen฀ e฀ for฀ the฀ class฀ of฀ vehi฀ le฀ dri฀ en฀ and฀ may฀ ฀mpound฀ it฀ for c c v i thir฀y฀days. t
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A฀dri฀ er฀must฀also฀have฀all฀the฀docu฀ ents฀rela฀ed฀to฀the฀vehi฀ le, v m t c that฀is: • a฀valid฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀for฀the฀vehi฀ le; t t tfc t c • proof฀of฀insu฀ an฀ e฀cove฀ a฀ e฀or฀sol฀ en฀ y; r c r g v c • a฀lease฀฀ ontract฀(ori฀ i฀ al฀or฀copy)฀for฀a฀vehi฀ le฀ren฀ed฀for c gn c t less฀than฀a฀1฀year฀per฀od; i • writ฀en฀proof฀of฀the฀per฀od฀of฀the฀loan฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀by฀a t i c car฀dea฀er. l A฀vehicle฀driver฀or฀owner฀without฀third-party฀liability฀insurance who฀becomes฀involved฀in฀an฀accident฀causing฀more฀than฀$500฀in property฀damage฀is฀subject฀to฀licence฀suspension฀(driver’s฀licence, probationary฀licence฀or฀learner’s฀licence).฀The฀operation฀of฀any vehicle฀registered฀in฀that฀person’s฀name฀is฀also฀prohibited,฀until฀the SAAQ฀is฀provided฀with฀a฀payment฀guarantee฀or฀proof฀of฀settlement covering฀the฀damage. The฀ obli฀ a฀ ion฀ of฀ car฀ ying฀ docu฀ ents฀ not฀ only฀ ฀ pplies฀ to g t r m a tra฀ el฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay;฀some฀are฀requi฀ ed฀for฀pri฀ a฀e฀roads v p w r v t open฀to฀฀ ublic฀traf฀ic,฀on฀log฀ ing฀roads฀and฀on฀shop฀ ing฀cen฀re p f g p t par฀ ing฀lots. k For฀hol฀ ers฀of฀licen฀ e฀clas฀ es฀1,฀2฀or฀3,฀other฀docu฀ en฀a฀ion d c s m t t may฀be฀requi฀ ed,฀such฀as฀the฀dri฀ ing฀and฀duty฀time฀log,฀pre-trip r v inspec฀ion฀฀ eport฀or฀certain฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀es,฀depen฀ ing฀on฀the฀type฀of t r tfc t d load฀or฀ser฀ i฀ es฀pro฀ i฀ ed. vc vd A฀law฀enfor฀ e฀ ent฀offi฀ er฀may฀requi฀ e฀a฀dri฀ er฀to฀pro฀ u฀ e฀any c m c r v d c of฀these฀docu฀ ents฀for฀exa฀ i฀ a฀ion. m mn t
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It฀is฀an฀offen฀ e฀to฀hold฀more฀than฀one฀valid฀driver’s฀licen฀ e, c c pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀or฀learner’s฀licen฀ e฀฀ssued฀by฀the฀Société฀or b t n r c c i ano฀her฀autho฀ i฀y฀in฀Canada฀or฀the฀U.S.฀for฀the฀same฀class.฀It฀is฀also t rt an฀offen฀ e฀to฀lend฀a฀licen฀ e฀or฀kno฀ in฀ ly฀give฀false฀or฀mis฀ea฀ ing c c w g l d infor฀ a฀ion฀to฀฀ btain฀one. m t o

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CORRECT ฀ DDRESS A

The฀ ฀ ddress฀ that฀ ฀ ppears฀ on฀ a฀ licen฀ e฀ must฀ be฀ the฀ holder’s a a c prin฀ i฀ al฀place฀of฀resi฀ en฀ e.฀The฀hol฀ er฀must฀advi฀ e฀the฀Société cp d c d s of฀a฀chan฀ e฀of฀฀ ddress,฀fol฀o฀ ing฀which฀the฀Société฀will฀send฀a g a l w confir฀ a฀ion,฀which฀must฀be฀kept฀with฀the฀licen฀ e. m t c Under฀฀hreat฀of฀penal฀ies฀set฀forth฀in฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code, t t a฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ er฀must฀noti฀y฀the฀Société฀of฀a฀chan฀ e฀of฀฀ ddress c d f g a w ฀ ithin฀ 30฀ days฀ by฀ mail,฀ in฀ per฀ on฀ at฀ a฀ ser฀ i฀ e฀ cen฀ re฀ or฀ by s vc t tele฀ ho฀ e฀at฀1฀800฀361-7620. p n
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The฀hol฀ er฀of฀a฀licen฀ e฀that฀has฀been฀lost,฀sto฀en,฀des฀royed, d c l t dama฀ ed฀or฀on฀which฀infor฀ a฀ion฀has฀beco฀ e฀inac฀ u฀ a฀e฀must g m t m c r t r ฀ equest฀a฀repla฀ e฀ ent฀from฀the฀Société.฀The฀Société฀will฀repla฀ e c m c the฀licen฀ e฀on฀pay฀ ent฀of฀the฀requi฀ ed฀fee฀and฀pre฀ en฀a฀ion฀of c m r s t t two฀pie฀ es฀of฀iden฀i฀i฀ a฀ion. c tfc t
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Although฀a฀plas฀ic฀licen฀ e฀with฀a฀photo฀is฀inten฀ ed฀to฀last฀4฀years, t c d the฀hol฀ er฀is฀requi฀ ed฀to฀pay฀a฀licen฀ e฀fee฀each฀year,฀even฀where d r c he/she฀fails฀to฀recei฀ e฀noti฀ e.฀Insurance฀pre฀ iums฀on฀the฀licen฀v c m ce฀are฀set฀accor฀ ing฀to฀the฀num฀ er฀of฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀ente฀ ed฀on d b r p r the฀ holder’s฀ dri฀ ing฀ ฀ ecord.฀ In฀ the฀ absen฀ e฀ of฀ pay฀ ent,฀ the v r c m licen฀ e฀ hol฀ er฀ is฀ not฀ allo฀ ed฀ to฀ drive.฀ Driving฀ with฀ an฀ inva฀id c d w l licen฀ e฀is฀an฀offen฀ e฀punis฀ a฀ le฀by฀a฀mini฀ um฀fine฀of฀$300฀and c c h b m addi฀io฀ al฀penal฀ies. t n t Once฀a฀licen฀ e฀has฀been฀inva฀id฀for฀at฀least฀3฀years,฀the฀per฀ on c l s must฀pass฀a฀kno฀ led฀ e฀test฀and฀a฀road฀test฀to฀drive฀again. w g

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DECLA฀ A฀ ION R T

A฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ er฀must฀decla฀ e฀any฀dis฀ a฀ es฀or฀dis฀ r฀ ers฀when c d r e s od the฀Société฀asks฀for฀infor฀ a฀ion฀on฀his/her฀฀ ealth,฀and฀must฀fill m t h out฀and฀sign฀the฀decla฀ a฀ion฀form฀when฀฀ pplying฀for฀a฀licen฀ e r t a c or฀upon฀its฀rene฀ al.฀Licence฀hol฀ ers฀must฀also฀advi฀ e฀the฀Société w d s of฀any฀chan฀ e฀in฀their฀฀ ealth. g h

RES฀ ON฀ I฀ I฀ I฀ IES฀OF฀PER฀ ONS฀ P SBLT S FROM฀OUT฀ I฀ E฀QUE฀ EC SD B

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A฀ newly฀ arri฀ ed฀ resi฀ ent฀ of฀ Québec฀ may฀ drive฀ a฀ pas฀ en฀ er v d s g vehi฀ le฀for฀90฀days฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀he/she฀holds฀a฀valid฀driver’s฀licen฀ e. c vd c After฀ 90฀ days,฀ he฀ or฀ she฀ must฀ apply฀ for฀ a฀ Quebec฀ licen฀ e, c which฀may฀or฀may฀not฀requi฀ e฀a฀pro฀i฀ ien฀ y฀exam: r fc c • Any฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀for฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er s c s g vehi฀ le฀฀ssued฀by฀a฀Canadian฀pro฀ in฀ e฀or฀ter฀ i฀o฀ y,฀the฀U.S., c i v c rt r Belgium,฀South฀Korea,฀France,฀Japan,฀or฀cer฀ain฀OECD t mem฀ er฀ coun฀ ries฀ may,฀ upon฀ ฀ aking฀ up฀ resi฀ en฀ e฀ in b t t d c Québec,฀exchan฀ e฀this฀licen฀ e฀for฀a฀class฀5฀licen฀ e฀฀ssued g c c i by฀the฀Société.

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• For฀a฀per฀ on฀who฀takes฀up฀resi฀ en฀ e฀in฀Québec฀and฀does s d c not฀come฀from฀one฀of฀the฀jurisdictions฀iden฀i฀ied฀above, tf the฀condi฀ions฀vary฀accor฀ ing฀to฀the฀num฀ er฀of฀years฀the t d b per฀ on฀has฀held฀a฀valid฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing฀to s c r p d a฀class฀5: – if฀the฀appli฀ ant฀has฀held฀a฀licen฀ e฀for฀at฀least฀1฀year฀at c c the฀ time฀ he/she฀ takes฀ up฀ resi฀ en฀ e฀ in฀ Québec, d c he/she฀ must฀ pass฀ a฀ kno฀ led฀ e฀ exam฀ and฀ road฀ test w g befo฀ e฀the฀Société฀can฀issue฀a฀licen฀ e; r c – if฀the฀appli฀ ant฀has฀held฀a฀licen฀ e฀for฀less฀than฀1฀year, c c the฀licen฀ e฀is฀not฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀by฀the฀Société;฀he/she฀is c g z the฀ e฀o฀ e฀ sub฀ect฀ to฀ the฀ same฀ requi฀ e฀ ents฀ as฀ appli฀ r f r j r m cants฀for฀their฀first฀driver’s฀licen฀ e. c Details฀on฀licen฀ e฀exchan฀ e฀may฀be฀obtai฀ ed฀by฀contac฀ing c g n t the฀ nea฀ est฀ Société฀ ser฀ i฀ e฀ cen฀ re,฀ cus฀ o฀ er฀ infor฀ a฀ ion฀ line r vc t t m m t (514฀954-7771฀or฀1฀888฀356-6616)฀or,฀in฀French,฀at฀the฀Web฀site (www.saaq.gouv.qc.ca).
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A฀non-resi฀ ent฀may฀ope฀ a฀e฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀in฀Québec฀for฀a d r t c per฀od฀of฀not฀more฀than฀6฀conse฀ u฀i฀ e฀฀ onths฀฀ ithout฀obtai฀ ing i c tv m w n a฀ Québec฀ licen฀ e.฀A฀ non-resi฀ ent฀ must,฀ howe฀ er,฀ hold฀ a฀ valid c d v driver’s฀ licen฀ e฀ ฀ssued฀ by฀ a฀ juris฀ ic฀ion฀ out฀ i฀ e฀ Québec฀ which c i d t sd g ฀ rants฀the฀same฀right฀to฀Québec฀resi฀ ents,฀must฀drive฀only฀those d vehi฀ les฀cove฀ ed฀by฀the฀licen฀ e฀and฀must฀res฀ ect฀any฀atten฀ ant c r c p d condi฀ions. t A฀ stu฀ ent,฀ co-ope฀ ant฀ or฀ trai฀ ee฀ who฀ is฀ a฀ non-resi฀ ent฀ and d r n d stu฀ ying฀at฀an฀edu฀ a฀io฀ al฀insti฀u฀ion฀in฀Québec,฀is฀฀ xempt฀from d c t n t t e h ฀ aving฀to฀฀ btain฀a฀Québec฀licen฀ e฀to฀drive฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ le฀for o c s g c the฀per฀od฀of฀stu฀ ies฀or฀trai฀ ing,฀pro฀ i฀ ing฀the฀฀ssuing฀juris฀ ic฀ion i d n vd i d t g ฀ rants฀the฀same฀right฀to฀Québec฀resi฀ ents. d

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A฀non-resident฀who฀holds฀a฀valid฀international฀driver’s฀licence issued฀ by฀ his/her฀ country฀ of฀ origin฀ may฀ for฀ the฀ period฀ of฀ its validity฀drive฀the฀motor฀vehicles฀authorized฀by฀the฀holder’s฀regular licence,฀which฀must฀be฀valid฀and฀kept฀with฀the฀international driver’s฀licence฀for฀presentation.

A฀REVO฀ ED฀OR฀SUS฀ EN฀ ED฀LICEN฀ E K P D C
To฀revoke฀a฀licence฀means฀to฀withdraw฀the฀driving฀privilege. A฀person฀whose฀licence฀has฀been฀revoked฀is฀not฀allowed฀to฀operate a฀motor฀vehicle฀and฀must฀comply฀with฀conditions฀prescribed฀by the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code before฀being฀issued฀a฀licence฀again. A฀licen฀ e฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀is฀by฀฀ ature฀tem฀ o฀ a฀ y.฀A฀per฀ on฀whose c p s n p r r s right฀to฀฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e฀has฀been฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀can฀ ot฀฀ btain฀any o c p d n o licen฀ e฀from฀the฀Société฀for฀a฀fixed฀per฀od฀of฀time. c i Revocation฀of฀a฀licen฀ e,฀its฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀or฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀of฀the c p s p s right฀to฀฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e฀can฀occur: o c •฀ as฀ a฀ result฀ of฀ an฀ unpaid฀ fine฀ for฀ an฀ offence฀ under฀ the Highway฀ Safety฀ Code or฀ a฀ municipal฀ traffic฀ or฀ parking bylaw ; • for฀ an฀ accu฀ u฀a฀ion฀ of฀ deme฀ it฀ ฀ oints฀ due฀ to Highway m l t r p Safety฀Code offen฀ es; c • fol฀o฀ ing฀a฀convic฀ion฀of฀a฀dri฀ ing-rela฀ed฀offen฀ e฀under l w t v t c the฀Criminal฀Code ; • as฀ a฀ result฀ of฀ being฀ pulled฀ over฀ by฀ a฀ peace฀ officer฀ for excessive฀speeding.฀ The฀Société฀is฀noti฀ied฀of฀traf฀ic฀offen฀ es฀that฀are฀com฀ it฀ed f f c m t by฀ dri฀ ers฀ in฀ ano฀her฀ Canadian฀ pro฀ in฀ e฀ or฀ a฀ U.S.฀ state฀ with v t v c which฀Québec฀has฀a฀reci฀ ro฀ i฀y฀agree฀ ent฀and฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints p ct m r p are฀ ente฀ ed฀ on฀ the฀ driver’s฀ ฀ ecord฀ as฀ if฀ the฀ offen฀ e฀ had฀ taken r r c place฀in฀Québec.

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Drivers฀who฀do฀not฀pay฀fines฀for฀offen฀ es฀under฀the฀Highway c Safety฀Code or฀a฀muni฀ i฀ al฀traf฀ic฀bylaw฀will฀have฀their฀licen฀ e cp f c sus฀ en฀ ed,฀or฀their฀right฀to฀฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀if฀they p d o c p d do฀not฀hold฀a฀licen฀ e. c This฀ sus฀ en฀ ion฀ is฀ ฀ pplied฀ in฀ accor฀ an฀ e฀ with฀ the฀ Code฀ of p s a d c Penal฀Procedure and฀฀ emains฀in฀฀ ffect฀until฀the฀Société฀has฀been r e noti฀ied฀that฀the฀fine฀has฀been฀paid.฀The฀offen฀ er฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed f d hbt from฀ope฀ a฀ing฀any฀vehi฀ le฀for฀the฀dura฀ion฀of฀the฀sus฀ en฀ ion. r t c t p s Failure฀to฀res฀ ect฀this฀res฀ric฀ion฀could฀฀ esult฀in฀vehi฀ le฀sei฀ u฀ e p t t r c z r and฀impound฀ ent฀for฀30฀days. m

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The฀Société฀฀ nters฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀on฀the฀฀ ecord฀of฀dri฀ ers฀for e r p r v cer฀ain฀offen฀ es฀under฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code,฀a฀traf฀ic-rela฀ed t c f t sta฀ u฀ e฀ or฀ bylaw.฀The฀ fol฀o฀ ing฀ table฀ lists฀ offen฀ es฀ and฀ the t t l w c cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing฀num฀ er฀of฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints. r p d b r p
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Speed-related฀offences฀that฀result฀in฀demerit฀points฀ Excessive฀Speeding Exceeding฀the฀legal฀or฀posted speed฀limit฀by: 11฀to฀20฀km/h฀฀ 21฀to฀30฀km/h฀฀ 31฀to฀39฀km/h 31฀to฀45฀km/h 40฀to฀45฀km/h 46฀to฀49฀km/h 46฀to฀60฀km/h 50฀to฀59฀km/h 60฀km/h 61฀to฀80฀km/h 81฀to฀100฀km/hh 101฀to฀120฀km/h 121฀km/h฀or฀over 6 10 10 10 14 18 24 30฀or฀more 3 5 10 10 14 18 24 30฀or฀more 3 5 5 10 14 18 24 30฀or฀more Excessive฀speeding
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Demerit฀Points Zone฀of฀ 60฀km/h฀ or฀less 1 2 3 60฀km/h฀to฀ 100฀km/h฀zone 90฀km/h฀zone 1 2 3 1 2 3

WHAT฀IS฀EXCESSIVE฀SPEEDING? You฀commit฀an฀excessive฀speeding฀offence฀when฀you฀exceed฀the speed฀limit฀by: • 40฀km/h฀or฀over฀in฀a zone฀of฀60฀km/h฀or฀less; • 50฀km/h฀or฀over฀in฀a 60฀km/h฀to฀90฀km/h฀zone; • 60฀km/h฀or฀over฀in฀a 100฀km/h฀zone.
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Other฀offences฀that฀result฀in฀demerit฀points฀ Offences Driving฀at฀a฀speed฀too฀great฀for฀weather฀or฀road฀conditions Tailgating Demerit฀ points฀ 2 2

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Passing฀a฀bicycle฀too฀closely฀in฀a฀travel฀lane Failure฀to฀yield฀to฀pedestrians฀and฀cyclists฀at฀ an฀intersection Failure฀to฀yield฀to฀oncoming฀traffic

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Failure฀to฀stop฀before฀turning฀right฀at฀a฀red฀traffic฀light (where฀permitted) Failure฀to฀wear฀a฀seat฀belt Failure฀to฀wear฀a฀helmet฀(motorcycles,฀mopeds฀ &฀motorized฀scooters) Prohibited฀passing฀on฀the฀right

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Prohibited฀passing฀on฀the฀left Prohibited฀driving฀in฀reverse Failure฀to฀obey฀the฀order฀or฀signal฀of฀a฀peace฀officer, school฀crossing฀guard฀or฀flag฀person

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Other฀offences฀that฀result฀in฀demerit฀points฀ Offences Failure฀to฀obey฀a฀red฀traffic฀light฀or฀stop฀sign Failure฀to฀come฀to฀a฀mandatory฀stop฀at฀a฀level฀crossing Prohibited฀crossing฀of฀a฀line฀marking฀off฀lanes Driving฀while฀using฀a฀hand-held฀device฀ that฀includes฀a฀telephone฀function Zigzagging฀to฀pass Prohibited฀passing฀in฀a฀lane฀reserved฀for฀ oncoming฀traffic Speeding฀or฀reckless฀driving Driving฀for฀a฀wager฀or฀stake฀or฀in฀a฀race Failure฀to฀stop฀when฀approaching฀a฀school฀bus฀or minibus฀with฀its฀flashing฀lights฀in฀operation,฀or฀ prohibited฀passing฀or฀meeting฀of฀such฀a฀vehicle Prohibited฀use฀of฀a฀tunnel฀by฀a฀vehicle฀carrying฀ dangerous฀substances Failure฀of฀a฀driver฀involved฀in฀an฀accident฀ to฀do฀his฀or฀her฀duty Failure฀to฀stop฀at฀a฀level฀crossing฀when฀driving฀a฀bus,฀ a฀minibus฀or฀a฀road฀vehicle฀carrying฀certain฀ dangerous฀substances Demerit฀ points฀ 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 9
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For฀ holders฀ of฀ a฀ learner's฀ licence,฀ a฀ probationary฀ licence฀ or฀ a฀ driver's licence฀ with฀ an฀ alcohol฀ ignition฀ interlock฀ requirement.฀ Also,฀ for฀ any฀person฀under฀age฀25฀who฀has฀held฀a฀licence,฀for฀less฀than฀5฀years,฀to drive฀a฀moped,฀motorized฀scooter฀or฀farm฀tractor฀only. Driving฀without฀an฀accompanying฀rider฀(learner's licence฀holder) Driving฀with฀the฀presence฀of฀alcohol฀in฀the฀body฀ Failure฀to฀provide฀a฀breath฀sample 4 4 4

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LENGTH

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A฀per฀ on฀whose฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀has฀been฀revo฀ ed฀or฀the฀right s c k to฀ ฀ btain฀ one฀ sus฀ en฀ ed฀ due฀ to฀ an฀ accu฀ u฀a฀ion฀ of฀ deme฀ it o p d m l t r p ฀ oints฀can฀฀ btain฀a฀new฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀only฀after฀a฀per฀od฀of฀time o c i set฀by฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code.฀Time฀periods฀vary฀accor฀ ing฀to d type฀of฀licen฀ e฀and฀point฀฀imits. c l
4฀DEME฀ IT POINTS R ฀

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A฀ learner’s฀ licen฀ e฀ or฀ pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀ licen฀ e฀ hol฀ er฀ who฀ has c b t n r c d accu฀ u฀a฀ed฀4฀or฀more฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀recei฀ es฀a฀noti฀ e฀from฀the m l t r p v c Société฀informing฀the฀driver฀of฀licen฀ e฀sus฀ en฀ ion. c p s A฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀hol฀ er฀who฀has฀accu฀ u฀a฀ ed฀7฀or฀more c d m l t deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀recei฀ es฀a฀noti฀ e฀from฀the฀Société฀฀ rging฀impro฀ ed r p v c u v dri฀ ing฀฀ abits.฀An฀addi฀io฀ al฀noti฀ e฀is฀sent฀each฀time฀new฀deme฀ it v h t n c r p ฀ oints฀are฀added฀to฀that฀driver’s฀฀ ecord.฀When฀the฀num฀ er฀of r b p ฀ oints฀rea฀ hes฀15,฀the฀licen฀ e฀is฀revo฀ ed฀or฀the฀right฀to฀a฀licen฀ e c c k c sus฀ en฀ ed,฀whe฀her฀or฀not฀the฀hol฀ er฀recei฀ es฀noti฀ e. p d t d v c A฀per฀ on฀whose฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀has฀been฀revo฀ ed฀must฀sur฀ en฀ er s c k r d the฀ licen฀ e฀ at฀ the฀ ฀ equest฀ of฀ the฀ Société฀ ฀ ithin฀ 10฀ days฀ of฀ the c r w date฀the฀revo฀ a฀ion฀takes฀฀ ffect,฀fai฀ing฀which฀he฀or฀she฀beco฀ es c t e l m lia฀ le฀to฀a฀fine฀of฀$300฀to฀$600. b Heavy฀ vehi฀ le฀ dri฀ ers฀ cove฀ ed฀ by฀ the฀ Act฀ respecting฀ owners, c v r operators฀and฀drivers฀of฀heavy฀vehicles,฀and฀dri฀ ers฀of฀a฀taxi฀or v c r i s p sb emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ le฀are฀requi฀ ed฀to฀฀nform฀the฀per฀ on฀res฀ on฀ i฀ le฀for g c g c c the฀vehi฀ le, or฀the฀owner฀of฀the฀taxi฀or฀emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ le,฀when c c c their฀ driver’s licen฀ e฀ (or฀ class฀ of฀ licen฀ e)฀ has฀ been฀ modified,฀ suspended฀or฀revoked.

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• a฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e; s b t n r c • a฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀class฀6D฀licen฀ e฀(moped฀or฀scoo฀er) s c t or฀a฀class฀8฀licen฀ e฀(farm฀trac฀or),฀under฀age฀25฀and฀who c t has฀held฀the฀licen฀ e฀for฀less฀than฀5฀years. c The฀ Code฀ pres฀ ri฀ es฀ a฀ 3฀ month฀ licen฀ e฀ sus฀ en฀ ion฀ where฀ the c b c p s dri฀ er฀accu฀ u฀a฀es฀4฀฀ oints฀or฀more฀in฀his฀file.฀Since฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y v m l t p b t n r licen฀ e฀ hol฀ ers฀ under฀ age฀ 25฀ must฀ have฀ 2฀ years’฀ expe฀ ien฀ e c d r c dri฀ ing฀with฀a฀valid฀licen฀ e,฀the฀฀ength฀of฀their฀pro฀ a฀ion฀per฀od v c l b t i will฀be฀exten฀ ed฀an฀addi฀io฀ al฀per฀od฀equi฀ a฀ent฀to฀the฀sus฀ en฀ ion d t n i v l p s per฀od.฀When฀they฀are฀again฀eli฀ i฀ le฀for฀a฀licen฀ e,฀they฀must฀go i gb c to฀a฀Société฀ser฀ i฀ e฀cen฀re฀to฀reins฀a฀e฀their฀licen฀ e฀and฀dri฀ ing vc t t t c v pri฀ i฀e฀ e. vl g
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Demerit฀฀ oints฀฀ emain฀on฀a฀driver’s฀฀ ecord฀for฀2฀years฀after p r r the฀ convic฀ ion฀ that฀ ฀ rought฀ about฀ their฀ entry฀ on฀ the฀ dri฀ ing t b v r ฀ ecord,฀or฀pay฀ ent฀of฀the฀fine฀(pay฀ ent฀of฀a฀fine฀is฀equi฀ a฀ent m m v l to฀a฀convic฀ion). t

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A฀licen฀ e฀is฀revo฀ ed฀or฀the฀right฀to฀฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e฀sus฀ en฀ ed c k o c p d for฀a฀per฀od฀of฀3,฀6฀or฀12฀฀ onths,฀depen฀ ing฀on฀whe฀her฀the i m d t dri฀ er฀has฀accu฀ u฀a฀ed฀15฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀for฀the฀first,฀฀ econd฀or v m l t r p s third฀time฀in฀the฀pre฀ ious฀2฀years. v To฀฀ btain฀a฀new฀driver’s฀licen฀ e,฀the฀per฀ on฀must฀sche฀ u฀e o c s d l an฀appoint฀ ent฀to฀take฀a฀kno฀ led฀ e฀test฀when฀he/she฀is฀again m w g eli฀ i฀ le฀ to฀ hold฀ a฀ licen฀ e฀ and฀ pay฀ appli฀ a฀ le฀ test฀ and฀ licen฀ e gb c c b c fees.฀It฀฀ hould฀be฀noted฀that฀the฀cost฀of฀a฀new฀licen฀ e฀will฀be s c increa฀ ed฀by฀a฀฀ igher฀insu฀ an฀ e฀pre฀ ium฀under฀the฀฀ ublic฀plan, s h r c m p which฀is฀esta฀ lis฀ ed฀on฀the฀basis฀of฀a฀driver’s฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints. b h r p

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When฀ a฀ licen฀ e฀ has฀ beco฀ e฀ sub฀ect฀ to฀ a฀ penal฀y฀ resul฀ing c m j t t from฀ the฀ accu฀ u฀a฀ion฀ of฀ deme฀ it฀ ฀ oints,฀ 4฀ or฀ 15฀ ฀ oints฀ are m l t r p p writ฀en฀off฀the฀offen฀ ing฀driver’s฀฀ ecord,฀depen฀ ing฀on฀the฀type t d r d of฀licen฀ e.฀However,฀any฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀that฀฀ xceed฀these฀num฀ ers c r p e b will฀฀ emain฀on฀the฀฀ ecord฀for฀2฀years. r r For฀ exam฀ le,฀ for฀ a฀ licen฀ e฀ hol฀ er฀ who฀ has฀ accu฀ u฀a฀ed฀ 14 p c d m l t deme฀ it฀฀ oints,฀a฀sub฀ e฀ uent฀offen฀ e฀will฀bring฀that฀num฀ er฀to฀16. r p s q c b Since฀the฀15฀point฀level฀has฀been฀rea฀ hed,฀the฀driver’s licen฀ e฀is c c revo฀ ed฀ and฀ 15฀ ฀ oints฀ are฀ era฀ ed.฀ The฀ remai฀ ing฀ deme฀ it k p s n r point฀ stays฀ on฀ the฀ driver’s฀ ฀ ecord฀ for฀ 2฀ years฀ fol฀o฀ ing฀ the r l w l ฀atest฀convic฀ion. t No฀฀ oints฀are฀writ฀en฀off฀upon฀rene฀ al฀of฀a฀driver’s฀or฀learner’s p t w licen฀ e,฀nor฀upon฀the฀issue฀of฀a฀first฀licen฀ e,฀or฀of฀a฀new฀licen฀ e c c c fol฀o฀ ing฀revo฀ a฀ion. l w c t
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A฀dri฀ er฀whose฀licen฀ e฀has฀been฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀or฀revo฀ ed฀as฀a v c p d k r ฀ esult฀of฀a฀first-time฀accu฀ u฀a฀ion฀of฀deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀in฀2฀years m l t r p (4฀ ฀ oints฀ for฀ pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀ licen฀ e,฀ or฀ 15฀ deme฀ it฀ ฀ oints฀ for฀ a p b t n r c r p driver’s฀ licen฀ e)฀ may฀ ฀ btain฀ a฀ res฀ric฀ed฀ licen฀ e฀ where฀ his/her c o t t c live฀i฀ ood฀requi฀ es฀the฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀motor vehi฀ le.฀To฀฀ btain฀a lh r r t c o res฀ric฀ed฀licen฀ e,฀the฀per฀ on฀must฀apply฀to฀a฀Court฀of฀Québec t t c s judge฀for฀a฀res฀ric฀ed฀licen฀ e฀and฀noti฀y฀the฀Société฀of฀the฀appli฀ a฀t t c f c tion.฀ The฀ appli฀ ant฀ has฀ to฀ prove฀ that฀ dri฀ ing฀ is฀ an฀ essen฀ial c v t a ฀ spect฀of฀his/her฀work฀and฀peti฀ion฀the฀judge฀to฀฀ btain฀the฀order t o autho฀ i฀ ing฀him/her฀to฀hold฀a฀res฀ric฀ed฀licen฀ e. rz t t c Upon฀ pre฀ en฀ a฀ ion฀ of฀ this฀ order,฀ the฀ Société฀ will฀ issue฀ a s t t res฀ ric฀ ed฀licen฀ e. t t c

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CRI฀ I฀ AL฀CODE OFFEN฀ ES MN C
A฀ per฀ on฀ convic฀ed฀ of฀ any฀ of฀ the฀ fol฀o฀ ing฀ Criminal฀ Code s t l w offen฀ es฀will฀see฀฀his/her฀licence฀revoked฀or฀the฀฀right฀to฀฀ btain c o a฀licen฀ e฀sus฀ en฀ ed: c p d • criminal฀negli฀ en฀ e฀of฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀cau฀ ing฀death฀or g c c s bodi฀y฀harm; l • manslaughter ; • dangerous฀ dri฀ ing฀ (in฀ light฀ of฀ wea฀her,฀ road฀ and฀ traf฀ic v t f condi฀ ions฀ at฀ the฀ time฀ or฀ rea฀ o฀ a฀ ly฀ expec฀ ed฀ use฀ of t s n b t vehi฀ le) ; c • dangerous฀dri฀ ing฀cau฀ ing฀death฀or฀bodi฀y฀harm ; v s l • refusal฀to฀stop฀฀ uring฀a฀poli฀ e฀pur฀ uit ; d c s • leaving฀the฀scene฀of฀an฀acci฀ ent ; d • hit-and-run฀causing฀death฀or฀bodily฀harm ; • refusal฀ to฀ sub฀ it฀ to฀ a฀ brea฀ha฀y฀ er฀ test฀ or฀ to฀ pro฀ i฀ e฀ a m t l z vd blood฀sam฀ le ; p • refusal฀to฀obey฀the฀orders฀of฀a฀law฀enforcement฀officer฀to provide฀ a฀ breath฀ or฀ blood฀ sample฀ or฀ to฀ submit฀ to฀ a฀ physical฀ coordination฀ test฀ following฀ an฀ accident฀ resulting฀in฀the฀death฀of฀another฀person ; • driving฀ or฀ having฀ care฀ of฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ while฀ impai฀ ed฀ by c r alco฀ ol฀or฀drugs ; h • driving฀ or฀ ฀ aving฀ care฀ of฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ while฀ impai฀ ed฀ by h c r alco฀ ol฀or฀drugs฀and฀cau฀ ing฀death฀or฀bodi฀y฀harm ; h s l • driving฀or฀฀ aving฀care฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀while฀one’s฀blood h c alco฀ ol฀level฀is฀over฀.08%฀(80฀mg฀of฀alco฀ ol฀per฀100฀ml h h of฀blood). Where฀these฀offences฀are฀committed฀simultaneously,฀they will฀lead฀to฀a฀single฀penalty. The฀Société฀is฀noti฀ied฀of฀dri฀ ing-rela฀ ed฀cri฀ i฀ al฀offen฀ es f v t mn c com฀ it฀ed฀in฀ano฀her฀Canadian฀pro฀ in฀ e฀or฀equi฀ a฀ent฀offen฀ es m t t v c v l c in฀a฀U.S.฀state฀with฀which฀Québec฀has฀a฀reci฀ ro฀ al฀agree฀ ent. p c m Such฀offen฀ es฀are฀ente฀ ed฀on฀the฀driver’s฀฀ ecord฀and฀฀ esult฀in฀the c r r r same฀penal฀y฀as฀if฀the฀offen฀ e฀took฀place฀in฀Québec. t c

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PENAL฀ IES฀FOR฀ALCO฀ OL-IMPAI฀ ED฀DRI฀ ING T H R V

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Under฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code,฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀per฀ ons฀can฀ ot l w s n drive,฀or฀have฀the฀care฀or฀฀ ontrol฀of฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀if฀there฀is c c the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀alco฀ ol฀in฀their฀body: s c h • a฀per฀ on฀who฀does฀not฀hold฀a฀licen฀ e฀and฀who฀has฀never s c held฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀other฀than฀that฀which฀autho฀ i฀ es c rz dri฀ ing฀only฀a฀moped,฀scoo฀er฀(class฀6D)฀or฀farm฀trac฀or v t t (class฀8); • a฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀learner’s฀licen฀ e฀which฀autho฀ i฀ es s c rz dri฀ ing฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ le฀(class฀5)฀or฀motor฀ y฀ le฀(class฀6A), v s g c c c u ฀ nless฀he/she฀has฀pre฀ ious฀y฀held฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀for฀a v l c class฀of฀vehi฀ le฀other฀than฀6D฀or฀8; c • a฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e; s b t n r c

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Measures฀adop฀ ed฀to฀coun฀ er฀alco฀ ol-impai฀ ed฀dri฀ ing฀are t t h r v based฀on฀pre฀ en฀ion,฀that฀is,฀the฀iden฀i฀i฀ a฀ion฀and฀moni฀o฀ ing฀of v t tfc t t r per฀ ons฀who฀have฀dif฀i฀ ul฀y฀dis฀ s฀ o฀ ia฀ing฀alco฀ ol฀consump฀ion s fc t a s c t h t with฀dri฀ ing฀a฀vehi฀ le.฀Measures฀are฀more฀seve฀ e฀for฀฀ epeat฀offen฀ ers v c r r d in฀an฀฀ ffort฀to฀per฀ ua฀ e฀them฀to฀chan฀ e฀their฀beha฀ iour฀regar฀ ing e s d g v d alco฀ ol฀consump฀ion. h t

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• a฀ per฀ on฀ who฀ holds฀ a฀ driver’s฀ licen฀ e฀ autho฀ i฀ ing฀ only s c rz the฀dri฀ ing฀of฀a฀moped,฀scoo฀er฀(class฀6D)฀or฀farm฀trac฀or v t t (class฀8),฀under฀age฀25฀and฀who฀has฀held฀a฀licen฀ e฀for c less฀than฀5฀years; • a฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀res฀ric฀ed฀licen฀ e฀฀ssued฀fol฀o฀ ing s t t c i l w the฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀of฀a฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e; p s b t n r c • a฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀licen฀ e฀autho฀ i฀ ing฀only฀the฀dri฀ ing s c rz v of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀an฀alco฀ ol฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock c p h t l devi฀ e; c • a฀per฀ on฀who฀holds฀a฀licen฀ e฀requiring฀that฀he/she฀must s c main฀ain฀a฀zero฀blood฀alco฀ ol฀level฀to฀drive,฀or฀have฀the t h care฀or฀฀ ontrol฀of฀฀ ฀motor฀vehi฀ le. c a c
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When฀a฀dri฀ er฀is฀convic฀ed฀of฀an฀offen฀ e฀under฀the฀Criminal v t c Code,฀a฀judge฀can฀impo฀ e฀a฀dri฀ ing฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ion฀per฀od.฀The฀per฀od s v hbt i i v ฀ aries฀accor฀ ing฀to฀the฀offender’s฀dri฀ ing฀฀ ecord฀and฀the฀type d v r of฀offen฀ e. c

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A฀law฀enfor฀ e฀ ent฀offi฀ er฀imme฀ ia฀e฀y฀sus฀ ends฀the฀licen฀ e c m c d t l p c or฀right฀to฀฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e฀for฀a฀90-day฀per฀od: o c i 1. of฀any฀per฀ on฀sub฀ect฀to฀the฀zero฀alco฀ ol฀rule฀who฀dri฀ es, s j h v or฀has฀the฀care฀or฀฀ ontrol฀of฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀and฀has฀the c c pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀alco฀ ol฀in฀his/her฀body; s c h 2. of฀any฀per฀ on฀who฀dri฀ es,฀or฀has฀the฀care฀or฀฀ ontrol฀of฀a s v c motor฀vehi฀ le฀when฀his/her฀blood฀alco฀ ol฀level฀is฀over฀.08; c h 3. of฀any฀per฀ on฀who฀refu฀ es฀to฀pro฀ i฀ e฀a฀฀ reath฀or฀blood s s vd b sam฀ le. p

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A฀minimum฀fine฀of฀$1,000฀may฀accom฀ a฀ y฀a฀dri฀ ing฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ p n v hbtion per฀od฀in฀the฀case฀of฀a฀first฀offen฀ e;฀fines฀for฀subsequent i c offences฀ are฀ at฀ the฀ discretion฀ of฀ the฀ judge.฀The฀ offender฀ may also฀be฀subject฀to฀a฀prison฀term. The฀Highway฀Safety฀Code provides฀for฀revocation฀of฀a฀learner’s licence,฀probationary฀licence฀or฀driver’s฀licence฀as฀well฀as฀suspension of฀the฀right฀to฀obtain฀one฀of฀these฀licences.฀The฀minimum฀period of฀licence฀revocation฀or฀suspension฀of฀the฀right฀to฀obtain฀a฀licence is฀1,฀3฀or฀5฀years,฀depending฀on฀the฀number฀of฀times฀the฀offender’s licence฀has฀been฀revoked฀or฀suspended฀in฀the฀previous฀10฀years for฀an฀alcohol-related฀driving฀conviction. If฀ a฀ court฀ impo฀ es฀ a฀ dri฀ ing฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ion฀ per฀od฀ lon฀ er฀ than s v hbt i g the฀revo฀ a฀ion฀per฀od฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀in฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code,฀the c t i vd judge’s฀ deci฀ ion฀ pre฀ ails฀ and฀ the฀ dri฀ ing฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ion฀ per฀od s v v hbt i shall฀apply.
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A฀per฀ on฀whose฀licen฀ e฀has฀been฀revo฀ ed฀fol฀o฀ ing฀a฀cri฀ i฀ al s c k l w mn convic฀ion฀ for฀ impai฀ ed฀ dri฀ ing฀ is฀ requi฀ ed฀ to฀ meet฀ par฀i฀ u฀ar t r v r tc l condi฀ions฀befo฀ e฀a฀licen฀ e฀can฀be฀reins฀a฀ed.฀The฀Highway฀Safety t r c t t Code pro฀ i฀ es฀that: vd • for฀a฀first฀offen฀ e ฀ ithin฀the฀last฀10฀years: c w – the฀offen฀ er฀must฀suc฀ ess฀ul฀y฀com฀ le฀e฀the฀Alcofrein d c f l p t dri฀ er฀edu฀ a฀ion฀pro฀ ram฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀by฀the฀the฀Minister v c t g g z of฀Transport฀ ฀ that฀ is฀ inten฀ ed฀ to฀ raise฀ awa฀ e฀ ess฀ about d r n drin฀ ing฀ and฀ dri฀ ing฀ pro฀ lems฀ and pre฀ ent฀ a฀ ฀ epeat k v b v r offen฀ e ; c – the฀offen฀ er฀must฀under฀ o฀a฀sum฀ a฀ y฀assess฀ ent d g m r m conduc฀ed฀by฀a฀duly฀autho฀ i฀ ed฀per฀ on฀who฀works฀in t rz s an฀addic฀ion฀reha฀ i฀i฀a฀ion฀cen฀re.฀The฀final฀assess฀ ent t blt t t m r ฀ eport฀ must฀ show฀ that฀ the฀ offender’s฀ beha฀ iour฀ is v consis฀ent฀with฀the฀safe฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le. t r t c

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If฀the฀฀ esults฀of฀the฀assess฀ ent฀are฀favou฀ a฀ le,฀the฀offen฀ er r m r b d may฀฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e฀at฀the฀end฀of฀the฀revo฀ a฀ion฀per฀od. o c c t i If,฀howe฀ er,฀the฀฀ esults฀of฀the฀assess฀ ent฀are฀unfa฀ ou฀ a฀ le, v r m v r b the฀offen฀ er฀must฀under฀ o฀a฀com฀ re฀ en฀ i฀ e฀assess฀ ent d g p h sv m (the฀ same฀ pro฀ e฀ u฀ e฀ ฀ pplies฀ to฀ a฀ ฀ epeat฀ offen฀ er). c d r a r d Furthermore,฀once฀this฀pro฀ ess฀has฀been฀com฀ le฀ed฀and c p t the฀ offen฀ er฀ would฀ like฀ to฀ ฀ btain฀ a฀ new฀ licen฀ e,฀ for฀ a d o c period฀of฀1฀year he/she฀will฀only฀be฀allo฀ ed฀to฀drive฀a w vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀an฀alco฀ ol฀igni฀ ion฀inter฀ock; c p h t l • for฀a฀฀ epeat฀offen฀ e ฀ ithin฀10฀years: r c w d g p h sv m – the฀offen฀ er฀must฀under฀ o฀a฀com฀ re฀ en฀ i฀ e฀assess฀ ent over฀a฀per฀od฀of฀7฀to฀9฀฀ onths,฀the฀pur฀ o฀ e฀of฀which฀is i m p s to฀ren฀ er฀his/her฀rela฀ions฀ ip฀to฀alco฀ ol฀consis฀ent฀with d t h h t the฀safe฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le.฀Before฀a฀new฀licence฀can r t c be฀issued,฀this฀assess฀ ent฀฀ hould฀clear฀y฀demons฀ra฀e, m s l t t to฀ the฀ satis฀ac฀ion฀ of฀ the฀ Société,฀ that฀ his/her฀ alco฀ ol f t h consump฀ion฀฀ abits฀do฀not฀com฀ ro฀ i฀ e฀the฀safe฀ope฀a฀ion t h p ms r t of฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le.฀The฀assess฀ ent฀must฀be฀conduc฀ed by c m t a฀ duly฀ autho฀ i฀ ed฀ per฀ on฀ who฀ works฀ in฀ an฀ addic฀ion rz s t reha฀ i฀i฀a฀ion฀cen฀re฀or฀ser฀ i฀ e; blt t t vc – the฀man฀ a฀o฀ y฀instal฀a฀ion฀of฀an฀alco฀ ol฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock d t r l t h t l devi฀ e฀ is฀ requi฀ ed฀ for฀ a฀ per฀od฀ of฀ 2฀ years฀ for฀ a฀ ฀ econd c r i s convic฀ion฀or฀3฀years฀for฀a฀third฀convic฀ion฀or฀more. t t Fees฀to฀regis฀ er฀in฀the฀Alcofrein฀pro฀ ram฀and฀the฀costs฀of t g sum฀ a฀ y฀ and฀ com฀ re฀ en฀ i฀ e฀ assess฀ ents฀ must฀ be฀ assu฀ ed m r p h sv m m by฀par฀ i฀ i฀ ants. tcp

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LICENCE REQUI฀ ING USE OF AN ALCO฀ OL IGNI฀ ION INTER฀ OCK DEVI฀ E R H T L C

1. After฀ the฀ dri฀ ing฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ion฀ per฀od฀ han฀ ed฀ down฀ by฀ the v hbt i d court,฀the฀dri฀ er฀may apply฀to฀the฀Société฀for฀a฀res฀ric฀ed฀licen฀ e, v t t c which฀will฀be฀valid฀until฀the฀end฀of฀the฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀revo฀ a฀ion c c t per฀od฀impo฀ ed฀under฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code.฀An฀offen฀ er฀may i s d also฀apply฀for฀a฀res฀ric฀ed฀licen฀ e฀฀ uring฀the฀dri฀ ing฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ion t t c d v hbt per฀od.฀A฀ res฀ ric฀ ed฀ licen฀ e฀ autho฀ i฀ es฀the฀offen฀ er฀to฀drive฀a i t t c rz d vehi฀ le฀ on฀ the฀ condi฀ion฀ that฀ it฀ is฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ an฀ alco฀ ol c t p h igni฀ ion฀inter฀ock฀devi฀ e.฀This฀devi฀ e฀pre฀ ents฀engi฀ e฀ope฀ a฀ion t l c c v n r t if฀it฀฀ etects฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀alco฀ ol฀in฀the฀driver’s฀body. d s c h 2. At฀the฀end฀of฀the฀licen฀ e฀revo฀ a฀ion฀per฀od,฀use฀of฀an฀alco฀ ol c c t i h igni฀ion฀inter฀ock฀devi฀ e฀is฀man฀ a฀ o฀ y in฀order฀to฀฀ btain฀a฀new t l c d t r o licen฀ e฀in฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀cases: c l w • if฀the฀dri฀ er฀is฀a฀฀ epeat฀offen฀ er฀(2฀or฀3-year฀man฀ a฀o฀ y฀use); v r d d t r • if฀the฀sum฀ a฀ y฀assess฀ ent฀is฀unfa฀ ou฀ a฀ le฀for฀a฀first-time m r m v r b offen฀ ing฀dri฀ er฀(man฀ a฀o฀ y฀use฀for฀1฀year). d v d t r

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3. If฀the฀offen฀ ing฀dri฀ er฀wis฀ es฀to฀drive฀at฀the฀end฀of฀the฀penal฀y d v h t per฀od฀and฀if฀he/she฀has฀not฀recei฀ ed฀a฀satis฀ac฀o฀ y฀assess฀ ent i v f t r m r ฀ eport,฀the฀appli฀ ant฀may ฀ btain,฀on฀a฀volun฀ a฀ y basis,฀a฀licen฀ e c o t r c autho฀ i฀ ing฀ him/her฀ to฀ drive฀ only฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ an rz c p alco฀ ol฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock.฀However,฀the฀per฀od฀฀ uring฀which฀he/she h t l i d dri฀ es using฀the฀devi฀ e฀will฀not฀redu฀ e฀the฀per฀od฀of฀man฀ a฀o฀ y v c c i d t r use฀impo฀ ed. s To฀฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e฀autho฀ i฀ ing฀dri฀ ing฀with฀an฀alco฀ ol฀igni฀ o c rz v h tion฀inter฀ock,฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀also฀meet฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing condi฀ions: l v l w t • have฀no฀other฀penal฀y฀on฀his/her฀฀ ecord; t r • sub฀ it฀proof฀of฀an฀agree฀ ent฀to฀฀nstall฀an฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ m m i t lock฀devi฀ e฀by฀a฀Société-appro฀ ed฀shop; c v • obs฀ r฀ e฀the฀terms฀of฀use฀for฀the฀inter฀ock฀devi฀ e; ev l c • assu฀ e฀costs฀rela฀ing฀to฀use฀of฀the฀devi฀ e. m t c A฀licen฀ e฀requi฀ ing฀use฀of฀an฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock฀devi฀ e฀can฀ ot c r t l c n be฀฀ssued฀for฀motor฀ y฀ le฀clas฀ es฀or฀for฀a฀lear฀ er. i c c s n The฀licen฀ e฀clas฀ es฀autho฀ i฀ ed฀are฀those฀held฀by฀the฀dri฀ er฀at c s rz v the฀time฀the฀penal฀y฀was฀impo฀ ed. t s If฀the฀sup฀ lier฀of฀an฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock฀devi฀ e฀฀nforms฀the฀Société p t l c i that฀ a฀ dri฀ er฀ is฀ not฀ complying฀ with฀ ope฀ a฀ing฀ condi฀ions,฀ the v r t t Société฀may฀revo฀ e฀or฀sus฀ end฀the฀licen฀ e. k p c

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VEHI฀ LE฀SEI฀ U฀ E C Z R

A฀vehi฀ le฀can฀be฀sei฀ ed,฀towed฀imme฀ ia฀e฀y฀and฀impoun฀ ed c z d t l d for฀30฀days,฀whe฀her฀or฀not฀the฀offen฀ ing฀dri฀ er฀is฀the฀vehi฀ le t d v c owner฀if: • the฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀has฀been฀revo฀ ed฀or฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀due c k p d to฀a฀Criminal฀Code offen฀ e,฀an฀accu฀ u฀a฀ion฀of฀deme฀ it c m l t r p ฀ oints,฀an฀฀ npaid฀fine฀or฀for฀medi฀ al฀rea฀ ons; u c s • a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀is฀not฀equip฀ ed฀with฀an฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock c p t l devi฀ e,฀des฀ i฀e฀the฀fact฀that฀the฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀autho฀ i฀ es c pt c rz him/her฀to฀drive฀only฀a฀vehi฀ le฀fit฀ed฀with฀this฀devi฀ e; c t c • the฀dri฀ er฀fails฀to฀res฀ ect฀igni฀ion฀inter฀ock฀condi฀ions฀or v p t l t dri฀ es฀with฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀alco฀ ol฀in฀the฀body; v s c h • the฀driver฀fails฀to฀respect฀the฀terms฀of฀a฀restricted฀licence issued฀because฀of฀demerit฀points; • the฀driver฀does฀not฀hold฀a฀valid฀driver’s฀licence,฀of฀a฀class appropriate฀for฀the฀type฀of฀vehicle฀used฀and฀carrying฀the mandatory฀endorsements฀(in฀the฀case฀of฀heavy฀vehicles); • the฀holder฀of฀a฀learner's฀licence฀for฀a฀motorcycle฀(6R)฀is operating฀the฀vehicle฀outside฀of฀a฀driving฀school's฀course or฀a฀road฀test฀for฀the฀SAAQ; • the฀driver฀of฀a฀road฀vehicle฀commits฀an฀excessive฀speeding฀offence; • the฀driver฀(or฀individual฀who฀has฀care฀of฀the฀vehicle)฀has a฀blood฀alcohol฀level฀above฀0.16%฀(160฀mg฀of฀alcohol per฀100฀ml฀of฀blood); • the฀driver฀refuses฀to฀provide฀a฀breath฀or฀blood฀sample.

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If฀ the฀ driver฀ is฀ not฀ the฀ owner฀ of฀ the฀ motor฀ vehi฀ le,฀ he/she฀ is c requi฀ ed to฀imme฀ ia฀e฀y฀noti฀y฀the฀vehicle฀owner฀of฀its฀seizure. r d t l f The฀dri฀ er฀is฀also฀res฀ on฀ i฀ le฀for฀sub฀ it฀ing฀to฀the฀vehicle฀owner v p sb m t a฀copy฀of฀the฀sei฀ u฀ e฀฀ eport. z r r In฀order฀to฀recover฀the฀vehicle,฀the฀owner฀must฀pay฀all฀฀owing t and฀ sto฀ a฀ e฀ char฀ es,฀ and฀ then฀ take฀ the฀ appro฀ ria฀e฀ steps฀ for r g g p t reim฀ ur฀ e฀ ent฀by฀the฀offen฀ er. b s m d

FINES฀FOR฀DRI฀ ING฀฀ URING฀A฀PENAL฀ Y฀PER฀ OD V D T I
A฀per฀ on฀who฀dri฀ es฀a฀vehi฀ le฀while฀his/her฀licen฀ e฀is฀sub฀ect s v c c j to฀a฀penal฀ y฀must,฀in฀addi฀ ion฀to฀dea฀ing฀with฀an฀imme฀ ia฀ e t t l d t sei฀ u฀ e,฀pay฀a฀fine฀gene฀ al฀y฀bet฀ een฀$300฀and฀$600.฀If฀a฀penal฀y z r r l w t per฀od฀had฀been฀impo฀ ed฀for฀impai฀ ed฀dri฀ ing,฀the฀fine฀will฀be i s r v $1,500฀to฀$3,000. An฀ owner฀ who฀ ฀ llows฀ use฀ of฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ by฀ someo฀ e฀ whose a c n licen฀ e฀has฀been฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀or฀revo฀ ed฀is฀lia฀ le฀to฀a฀fine฀of฀$300 c p d k b to฀$600;฀if฀the฀person’s฀licen฀ e฀had฀been฀revo฀ ed฀for฀impai฀ ed c k r dri฀ ing,฀the฀owner’s฀fine฀will฀be฀$1,500฀to฀$3,000. v Before฀len฀ ing฀or฀ren฀ing฀out฀a฀vehi฀ le,฀the฀owner฀can฀check d t c the฀vali฀ i฀ y฀of฀the฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀with฀the฀Société฀by฀calling dt c 1฀ 900฀ 565-1212.฀There฀ is฀ a฀ char฀ e฀ of฀ $1.50฀ per฀ call฀ for฀ the g auto฀ a฀ed฀ser฀ i฀ e. m t vc The฀ table฀ below฀ lists฀ the฀ sta฀u฀es฀ and฀ penal฀ies฀ impo฀ ed t t t s under฀the฀Criminal฀Code and฀Highway฀Safety฀Code fol฀o฀ ing฀a l w convic฀ion฀for฀impai฀ ed฀dri฀ ing: t r v In฀addition฀to฀the฀cost฀of฀a฀fine,฀offenders฀are฀required฀to฀pay registration฀fees฀and฀a฀mandatory฀contribution฀to฀the฀crime฀victims’฀ assistance฀ program฀ (Indemnisation฀ des฀ victimes฀ d’actes criminels).฀Additional฀fees฀may฀also฀apply.

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Criminal฀Code
Driving฀ prohibition฀of฀1฀yr Possible฀ignition฀interlock use฀after฀a฀minimum driving฀prohibition฀ of฀3฀months Fine฀of฀at฀least฀$1000

Highway฀Safety฀Code
Immediate฀licence฀suspension฀for฀90฀days Immediate฀vehicle฀impoundment฀for฀30฀days฀if฀the฀ bloodalcohol฀level฀is฀in฀excess฀of฀160฀mg/100฀ml฀ or฀for฀refusing฀to฀provide฀a฀breath฀sample Licence฀revocation฀for฀a฀period฀of฀1฀yr1 Mandatory฀Alcofrein2 session Summary฀assessment฀of฀a฀driver's฀alcohol฀or฀drug฀habits฀to determine฀whether฀they฀compromise฀the฀safe฀operation฀of฀a motor฀vehicle. If฀summary฀assessment฀is฀unfavourable฀: • comprehensive฀assessment4 • mandatory฀ignition฀interlock฀use฀for฀1฀yr฀after฀licence revocation฀once฀an฀assessment฀is฀satisfactory฀for฀the฀Société Immediate฀licence฀suspension฀for฀90฀days Immediate฀vehicle฀impoundment฀for฀30฀days฀if฀the฀ blood฀alcohol฀level฀is฀in฀excess฀of฀160฀mg/100฀ml฀or฀ for฀refusing฀to฀provide฀a฀breath฀sample Licence฀revocation฀for฀a฀period฀of฀3฀yrs Comprehensive฀assessment4 Mandatory฀ignition฀interlock฀use฀for฀2฀yrs฀after฀licence revocation฀once฀an฀assessment฀is฀satisfactory฀for฀the฀Société Immediate฀licence฀suspension฀for฀90฀days Immediate฀vehicle฀impoundment฀for฀30฀days฀if฀the฀ bloodalcohol฀level฀is฀in฀excess฀of฀160฀mg/100฀ml฀or฀ for฀refusing฀to฀provide฀a฀breath฀sample Licence฀revocation฀for฀a฀period฀of฀5฀yrs1 Comprehensive฀assessment4 Mandatory฀ignition฀interlock฀use฀for฀3฀yrs฀after฀licence฀ revocation฀once฀an฀assessment฀is฀satisfactory฀for฀the฀Société

First฀penalty

Second฀penalty

Driving฀ prohibition฀of฀2฀yrs Possible฀ignition฀interlock use฀after฀a฀minimum driving฀prohibition฀ of฀6฀months Imprisonment฀for฀at฀ least฀30฀days Driving฀prohibition฀ of฀3฀yrs Possible฀ignition฀interlock use฀after฀a฀minimum driving฀prohibition฀ of฀12฀months Imprisonment฀for฀at฀ least฀120฀days Imprisonment฀for฀up฀ to฀10฀yrs Maximum฀life฀sentence

Third฀or subsequent penalty

Accident*฀ causing bodily฀harm Accident*฀ causing฀death Reference฀ period฀for calculating฀ a฀repeat฀offence Other฀ provisions

10฀yrs

Driving฀while฀prohibited:฀vehicle฀impoundment฀for฀30฀days and฀fine฀of฀$1885฀to฀$3760** Zero฀alcohol฀for฀holders฀of฀a฀learner’s฀licence or฀a฀probationary฀licence.

* while฀impaired,฀with฀a฀blood฀alcohol฀level฀in฀excess฀of฀80mg/100ml฀or฀for฀refusing฀ to฀provide฀a฀breath฀sample. ** These฀amounts฀are฀subject฀to฀change฀and฀include฀fines฀provided฀under฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code, registry฀fees฀and฀a฀contribution฀to฀IVAC฀(Indemnisation฀des฀victimes฀d’actes฀criminels). Please฀note฀that฀additional฀fees฀may฀apply.
driver฀ education฀ program฀ recognized฀ by฀ the Minister฀ of฀Transport.฀The฀ aim฀ of฀ the฀ program฀ is฀ to฀ raise฀ awareness฀ about฀ the฀ problems฀ associated฀ with฀ alcohol฀ and฀ drug฀ consumption (session฀ fee฀ payable฀ by฀ offender).฀ 3Summary฀ assessment : aims฀ to฀ determine฀ the฀ likelihood฀ of฀ an฀ individual’s฀ repeat฀ impaired-driving offence฀(fee฀payable฀by฀offender).฀ 4Comprehensive฀assessment : aims฀to฀identify฀the฀behavioural฀problems,฀establish฀a฀supervision฀and follow฀up฀plan฀according฀to฀the฀severity฀of฀a฀case฀and฀the฀individual’s฀motivation฀(several฀meetings฀over฀a฀period฀of฀six฀to฀nine฀months,฀fee payable฀by฀offender).฀N.B. : assessments฀are฀conducted฀by฀recognized฀addiction฀rehabilitation฀centre฀professionals฀working฀in฀the฀health฀and social฀services฀network.
1See฀ the฀ SAAQ฀ folder,฀“Criminal฀ Code฀ offences.฀ Drivers’฀ licences”.฀ 2Alcofrein฀ program :

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RIGHT฀OF฀CHAL฀ EN฀ E L G
An฀indi฀ i฀ ual฀whose฀licen฀ e฀or฀right฀to฀฀ btain฀one฀has฀been vd c o sus฀ en฀ ed฀for฀30,฀60฀or฀90฀days฀after฀being฀stopped฀for฀excessive p d speeding฀or฀following฀a฀repeat฀impaired฀driving฀offence may฀ file an฀appli฀ a฀ ion฀with฀the฀Société฀for฀a฀฀ eview฀of฀the฀sus฀ en฀ ion c t r p s but฀he/she฀must฀assu฀ e฀the฀rela฀ed฀costs.฀If฀a฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀is฀lif฀ed, m t p s t the฀Société฀reim฀ ur฀ es฀costs฀incur฀ ed฀by฀the฀appli฀ ant. If฀the฀sus฀ b s r c pen฀ ion฀ is฀ main฀ai฀ ed฀ fol฀o฀ ing฀ a฀ ฀ eview,฀ the฀ appli฀ ant฀ may, s t n l w r c w ฀ ithin฀ 10฀ days,฀ contest฀ the฀ deci฀ ion฀ befo฀ e฀ the฀ Administrative ฀ s r Tribunal฀of฀Québec. The฀Highway฀Safety฀Code makes฀pro฀ i฀ ions฀for฀other฀cir฀ um฀ vs c s฀ an฀ es฀which฀give฀an฀indi฀ i฀ ual฀the฀right฀to฀฀ ontest฀cer฀ ain t c vd c t deci฀ ions฀ of฀ the฀ Société฀ befo฀ e฀ the฀ Administrative฀Tribunal฀ of s r Québec,฀฀ ithin฀60฀days฀of฀the฀deci฀ ion.฀A฀per฀ on฀may฀฀ ppeal w s s a to฀the฀Tribunal฀when฀the฀Société฀has฀refu฀ ed฀to฀issue฀or฀renew s his/her driver’s฀licen฀ e,฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e฀or฀learner’s฀licen฀ e, c b t n r c c or฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀it฀on฀medi฀ al฀฀ rounds฀or฀for฀fai฀u฀ e฀to฀sub฀ it฀the p d c g l r m requi฀ ed฀medi฀ al฀exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀or฀฀ ealth฀assess฀ ent฀฀ eport. r c mn t h m r A฀vehi฀ le฀owner฀may฀peti฀ion฀the฀Court฀of฀Québec฀or฀apply c t to฀the฀Société฀for฀the฀lif฀ing฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀sei฀ u฀ e. t c z r The฀Société฀may฀฀ eview฀a฀deci฀ ion฀at฀any฀time฀฀ nless฀it฀has r s u been฀chal฀en฀ ed฀befo฀ e฀the฀Tribunal฀or฀a฀court. l g r

FAC฀ ORS฀THAT฀INFLUEN฀ E฀DRI฀ ING T C V
At฀first฀glan฀ e,฀a฀driver’s฀task฀฀ ppears฀฀ ather฀straight฀or฀ ard. c a r f w Driving,฀howe฀ er,฀requi฀ es฀more฀than฀sim฀ ly฀star฀ing฀the฀engi฀ e, v r p t n stee฀ ing฀and฀brin฀ ing฀the฀vehi฀ le฀to฀a฀stop.฀A฀dri฀ er฀has฀to฀mas฀er r g c v t dri฀ ing฀ tech฀ i฀ ues฀ and฀ traf฀ic฀ rules฀ and฀ unders฀ and฀ that฀ the v nq f t deci฀ ions฀he/she฀makes฀must฀take฀into฀฀ ccount฀other฀dri฀ ers฀as s a v well฀as฀road฀and฀traf฀ic฀condi฀ions. f t

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Safe฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀฀ epends฀on฀eye฀ ight.฀Studies฀have r t c d s shown฀that฀90%฀of฀a฀driver’s฀deci฀ ions฀are฀based฀on฀infor฀ a฀ion s m t gathe฀ ed฀฀hrough฀the฀eye.฀Loss฀of฀฀ isual฀acui฀y฀or฀field฀of฀฀ ision r t v t v has฀an฀imme฀ ia฀e฀฀ ffect฀on฀per฀or฀ an฀ e,฀pri฀ a฀ i฀y฀at฀the฀time฀a d t a f m c m rl deci฀ ion฀must฀be฀made฀on฀the฀roadway.฀Therein฀lies฀the฀risk฀of s an฀acci฀ ent,฀both฀for฀the฀ope฀ a฀or฀and฀other฀road฀users. d r t A฀num฀ er฀of฀ele฀ ents฀come฀into฀play฀in฀฀ iving฀the฀dri฀ er฀an b m g v accu฀ a฀e฀ pic฀ure฀ of฀ his/her฀ sur฀ oun฀ ings.฀ Impairment฀ of฀ one r t t r d a ฀ spect,฀espe฀ ial฀y฀if฀the฀dri฀ er฀is฀una฀ a฀ e฀of฀the฀weak฀ ess,฀can c l v w r n be฀dan฀ e฀ ous฀and฀may฀even฀ren฀ er฀the฀per฀ on฀unfit฀to฀drive. g r d s

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Statistics฀on฀acci฀ ents฀and฀traf฀ic฀offen฀ es,฀not฀to฀men฀ion฀the d f c t num฀ er฀of฀victim’s฀inju฀ ed฀or฀฀ illed฀each฀year฀on฀the฀road,฀bear b r k wit฀ ess฀to฀the฀com฀ lexi฀y฀of฀the฀task. n p t Driving฀a฀vehi฀ le฀calls฀on฀a฀driver’s฀kno฀ led฀ e฀and฀the฀infor฀ c w g ma฀ion฀ he/she฀ picks฀ up฀ while฀ dri฀ ing.฀A฀ dri฀ er฀ must฀ the฀ e฀o฀ e t v v r f r know฀how฀to฀inter฀ ret฀his/her฀sur฀ oun฀ ings,฀and฀be฀pre฀ a฀ ed฀to p r d p r react and฀ anti฀ i฀ a฀e฀ the฀ reac฀ions฀ of฀ ฀ thers฀ and฀ befo฀ e฀ ฀ aking฀ a cp t t o r m deci฀ ion.฀ A฀ driver’s฀ deci฀ ions฀ ฀ eflect฀ his/her฀ assess฀ ent฀ of฀ a s s r m situa฀ion.฀On฀approa฀ hing฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion,฀for฀exam฀ le,฀there฀is t c s t p more฀ invol฀ ed฀ than฀ sim฀ ly฀ reco฀ ni฀ ing฀ a฀ stop฀ sign฀ and฀ stop฀ v p g z ping.฀The฀dri฀ er฀has฀to฀฀ ssess฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀bet฀ een฀the฀vehi฀ le v a t c w c and฀the฀stop฀sign฀based฀on฀his/her฀speed,฀the฀road฀condi฀ions t and฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀฀ thers฀on฀the฀road฀to฀deter฀ i฀ e฀the฀rate฀at s c o mn which฀the฀vehi฀ le฀must฀slow฀and฀where฀it฀will฀come฀to฀a฀stop. c New฀ and฀ expe฀ ien฀ ed฀ dri฀ ers฀ will฀ ack฀ o฀ led฀ e฀ that฀ ฀ ealth, r c v n w g h per฀ o฀ a฀i฀y฀and฀sur฀ oun฀ ings฀are฀often฀fac฀ors฀that฀play฀a฀role s n lt r d t in฀their฀dri฀ ing.฀A฀driver’s฀deci฀ ions฀are฀influen฀ ed฀by฀domi฀ ant v s c n cha฀ ac฀er฀฀raits,฀mood฀and฀gene฀ al฀well-being. r t t r A฀ motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ operator’s฀ phy฀ i฀ al฀ and฀ psy฀ ho฀o฀ i฀ al฀ state c sc c l gc are฀cru฀ ial฀to฀safe฀use฀of฀the฀road฀ ay. c w

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Visual฀acui฀y฀is฀the฀abi฀i฀y฀to฀clear฀y฀dis฀in฀ uish฀฀ bjects฀from t lt l t g o a฀ dis฀an฀ e.฀ Acuity฀ ฀ aries฀ from฀ one฀ indi฀ i฀ ual฀ to฀ ano฀her฀ and t c v vd t those฀with฀a฀below-ave฀ a฀ e฀abi฀i฀y฀to฀see฀฀hings฀shar฀ ly฀may฀not r g lt t p be฀aware฀of฀many฀฀ etails฀they฀are฀mis฀ ing;฀they฀think฀they฀can฀see d s as฀well฀as฀฀ thers.฀A฀loss฀of฀฀ isual฀acui฀y฀is฀gene฀ al฀y฀asso฀ ia฀ed o v t r l c t with฀aging฀and฀a฀person’s฀฀ ealth.฀Only฀per฀o฀ ic฀eye฀exa฀ i฀ a฀ions h i d mn t will฀฀ eveal฀a฀pro฀ res฀ i฀ e฀dete฀ io฀ a฀ion฀of฀฀ isual฀acui฀y. r g sv r r t v t
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OF ฀ ISION V

STEREOSCOPIC ฀ ISION V

Stereoscopic฀฀ ision,฀or฀depth฀per฀ ep฀ion,฀is฀a฀person’s฀abi฀i฀y v c t lt to฀accu฀ a฀e฀y฀situa฀e฀฀ bjects฀in฀three-dimen฀ io฀ al฀space.฀It฀ena฀ les r t l t o s n b a฀ dri฀ er฀ to฀ esti฀ a฀e฀ the฀ dis฀an฀ e฀ bet฀ een฀ his/her฀ vehi฀ le฀ and v m t t c w c other฀฀ bjects฀฀ round฀even฀when฀those฀฀ bjects฀are฀in฀฀ otion. o a o m
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LEN฀ ES S

Contact฀ len฀ es฀ and฀ eye฀ las฀ es฀ ฀ hould฀ be฀ worn฀ if฀ requi฀ ed. s g s s r Someone฀ with฀ a฀ driver’s฀ licen฀ e฀ that฀ bears฀ the฀ “A”฀ condi฀ion c t must฀wear฀len฀ es฀or฀glas฀ es฀for฀dri฀ ing.฀Failure฀to฀com฀ ly฀is฀an s s v p offen฀ e฀punis฀ a฀ le฀by฀a฀fine. c h b

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The฀฀ isual฀field฀is฀the฀expan฀ e฀of฀space฀in฀which฀฀ bjects฀are v s o per฀ ei฀ ed฀while฀the฀eyes฀focus฀on฀one฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀point.฀The฀area c v tc l of฀a฀driver’s฀฀ isual฀field฀must฀be฀large฀฀ nough฀to฀view฀at฀a฀glan฀ e v e c any฀ obs฀a฀ le฀ in฀ front฀ or฀ on฀ ฀ ither฀ side฀ of฀ the฀ vehi฀ le.฀ It฀ is฀ as t c e c impor฀ant฀ as฀ good฀ ฀ isual฀ acui฀y฀ since฀ an฀ impai฀ ed฀ ฀ isual฀ field t v t r v increa฀ es฀the฀risk฀of฀acci฀ ents. s d A฀ driver’s฀ field฀ of฀ ฀ ision฀ nar฀ ows฀ as฀ the฀ speed฀ of฀ a฀ vehi฀ le v r c increa฀ es.฀ It฀ is฀ the฀ same฀ when฀ the฀ eye฀ focu฀ es฀ on฀ one฀ ฀ bject. s s o Drugs,฀alco฀ ol฀and฀fati฀ ue฀often฀pro฀ u฀ e฀the฀same฀฀ ffect.฀An฀eye h g d c e condi฀ion฀and฀neu฀ o฀o฀ i฀ al฀dis฀ r฀ er฀may฀also฀serious฀y฀฀mpair฀the t r l gc od l i field฀of฀฀ ision.฀Even฀wide฀eye฀ lass฀rims฀can฀฀ ffect฀the฀field฀of฀฀ ision. v g a v

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It฀ is฀ ฀ lways฀ more฀ hazar฀ ous฀ to฀ drive฀ at฀ night฀ than฀ ฀ uring a d d the฀day,฀regard฀ess฀of฀a฀driver’s฀฀ isual฀acui฀y.฀Adapting฀to฀night l v t dri฀ ing฀ means฀ redu฀ ing฀ speed,฀ given฀ the฀ limi฀ ed฀ scope฀ of฀ a v c t vehicle’s฀head฀ights. l Road฀signs฀are฀cove฀ ed฀with฀a฀mate฀ ial฀that฀฀ eflects฀a฀vehicle’s r r r head฀ight,฀allo฀ ing฀a฀dri฀ er฀to฀see฀them฀from฀far฀her฀away฀than l w v t other฀non-reflec฀i฀ e฀฀ bjects.฀A฀dri฀ er฀the฀ e฀o฀ e฀฀ hould฀not฀judge tv o v r f r s the฀reach฀of฀a฀vehicle’s฀฀ights฀by฀the฀reflec฀ion฀from฀a฀sign. l t Two฀fac฀ors฀are฀cru฀ ial฀to฀night฀dri฀ ing: t c v • the฀driver’s฀abi฀i฀y฀to฀see฀under฀litt฀e฀light; lt l • resis฀an฀ e฀to฀glare. t c As฀a฀per฀ on฀ages,฀his/her฀abi฀i฀y฀to฀฀ djust฀to฀glare฀is฀redu฀ ed. s lt a c If฀night฀dri฀ ing฀is฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀y฀dif฀i฀ ult,฀grea฀er฀cau฀ion฀is฀neces฀ a฀ y. v tc l l fc t t s r Wearing฀tin฀ed฀glas฀ es฀is฀stron฀ ly฀dis฀ ou฀ a฀ ed฀at฀night;฀they t s g c r g inevi฀a฀ ly฀redu฀ e฀a฀driver’s฀฀ isual฀acui฀y. t b c v t

PHY฀ I฀ AL฀DIS฀ R฀ ERS SC O D
Some฀phy฀ i฀ al฀ail฀ ents฀may฀be฀the฀฀ irect฀cause฀of฀an฀acci฀ ent. sc m d d Health฀ care฀ pro฀es฀ io฀ als฀ can฀ ฀ eport฀ the฀ name฀ and฀ ฀ ddress฀ of f s n r a any฀฀ atient฀age฀14฀or฀older฀whom฀they฀deem฀unfit฀to฀drive฀on p the฀basis฀of฀฀ ealth฀or฀฀ ision.฀A฀pro฀es฀ io฀ al฀who฀makes฀such฀a h v f s n r ฀ eport฀can฀ ot฀be฀sued฀for฀dama฀ es. n g By฀rea฀ on฀of฀a฀person’s฀state฀of฀฀ ealth,฀the฀Société฀may฀sus฀ end s h p or฀refu฀ e฀to฀issue฀a฀licen฀ e,฀or฀chan฀ e฀the฀condi฀ions฀on฀a฀licen฀ e. s c g t c It฀may฀also฀requi฀ e฀the฀indi฀ i฀ ual฀invol฀ ed฀to฀sub฀ it฀to฀fur฀her r vd v m t exa฀ i฀ a฀ion฀or฀assess฀ ent฀by฀a฀฀ ealth฀care฀pro฀es฀ io฀ al.฀Obviously, mn t m h f s n a฀res฀ on฀ i฀ le฀dri฀ er฀will฀com฀ ly฀with฀the฀recom฀ en฀ a฀ions฀of p sb v p m d t his/her฀phy฀ i฀ ian. sc Temporary฀condi฀ions฀such฀as฀hea฀ a฀ hes฀and฀fever฀make฀dri฀ ing t d c v more฀dif฀i฀ ult.฀A฀per฀ on฀฀ hould฀obvious฀y฀not฀get฀฀ ehind฀the฀wheel fc s s l b if฀this฀is฀the฀case.฀A฀dri฀ er฀who฀feels฀ill฀while฀tra฀ e฀ing฀฀ hould v v l s find฀a฀safe฀spot฀off฀the฀road฀to฀stop฀the฀vehi฀ le. c

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When฀we’re฀tired,฀our฀abi฀i฀y฀to฀drive฀is฀dimi฀ is฀ ed฀and฀the lt n h conse฀ uen฀ es฀could฀be฀dis฀ s฀ro฀ s. q c a t u Drowsiness฀ has฀ many฀ cau฀ es.฀ In฀ some฀ cases,฀ it฀ fol฀ows฀ a s l heavy฀ meal.฀ Most฀ often฀ it฀ is฀ the฀ ฀ esult฀ of฀ a฀ lack฀ of฀ sleep,฀ the r mono฀o฀ y฀of฀the฀road,฀lack฀of฀prac฀i฀ e฀for฀night฀dri฀ ing฀or฀the t n tc v tem฀ e฀ a฀ure฀insi฀ e฀a฀vehi฀ le. p r t d c Drowsiness฀can฀฀ ffect฀alert฀ ess.฀A฀dri฀ er฀must฀consi฀ er฀the฀first a n v d signs฀of฀drow฀ i฀ ess฀a฀clear฀war฀ ing฀of฀the฀risk฀of฀an฀acci฀ ent. sn n d Because฀fati฀ ue฀slows฀mus฀ le฀coor฀ i฀ a฀ion,฀a฀dri฀ er฀who฀feels g c dn t v tired,฀who฀yawns,฀whose฀eyes฀are฀irri฀ a฀ ed฀or฀who฀has฀short t t hal฀u฀ i฀ a฀ions฀must฀stop฀for฀awhi฀e.฀Stretching฀the฀legs฀may฀be l cn t l all฀that฀is฀nee฀ ed.฀Sometimes฀a฀short฀nap฀may฀leave฀a฀dri฀ er d v fee฀ing฀refres฀ ed. l h A฀person’s฀men฀al฀or฀psy฀ ho฀o฀ i฀ al฀state฀is฀also฀an฀impor฀ant t c l gc t fac฀or฀ in฀ the฀ safe฀ ope฀ a฀ion฀ of฀ a฀ motor฀ vehi฀ le.฀ An฀ indi฀ i฀ ual t r t c vd who฀is฀expe฀ ien฀ ing฀an฀extre฀ e฀emo฀ion฀such฀as฀anger฀or฀grief r c m t s ฀ hould฀the฀ e฀o฀ e฀฀ efrain฀from฀dri฀ ing. r f r r v

CELL฀PHONE
Since฀April฀1,฀2008,฀use฀of฀any฀type฀of฀hand-held฀device฀with฀a telephone฀ function฀ has฀ been฀ prohibited฀ while฀ driving.฀ The฀ law bans฀use฀of฀any฀type฀of฀device฀with฀a฀telephone฀function฀that฀can connect฀to฀a฀telephone฀network,฀whether฀or฀not฀it฀has฀been฀activated.฀These฀include: • conventional฀cell฀phones; • wireless฀information฀devices฀(BlackBerry); • cell฀ phones฀ with฀ a฀ transmitter-receiver฀ function฀ (walkietalkie),฀ such฀ as฀ the฀TELUS฀ Mike฀ or฀ cell฀ phones฀ that฀ are linked฀to฀the฀10-4฀service฀provided฀by฀BELL.฀This฀type฀of device฀ is฀ prohibited,฀ even฀ if฀ the฀ cell฀ phone฀ function฀ has been฀deactivated; • devices฀that฀display฀emails฀or฀that฀enable฀a฀user฀to฀browse the฀Internet.฀

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Simply฀holding฀this฀type฀of฀device฀in฀your฀hand฀while฀driving, regardless฀of฀use,฀is฀an฀offence.฀A฀“hand-held฀device”฀means฀one where฀the฀entire฀device฀is฀held฀in฀the฀hand฀to฀make฀a฀call. The฀Meaning฀of฀the฀Expression฀“While฀Driving” A฀driver฀who฀brings฀his฀or฀her฀vehicle฀to฀a฀stop฀in฀compliance with฀road฀signs฀and฀traffic฀signals฀or฀due฀to฀obstruction฀of฀traffic continues฀to฀drive฀the฀vehicle.฀The฀individual฀is฀considered฀to฀be controlling฀a฀vehicle฀so฀as฀to฀comply฀with฀road฀signs฀and฀traffic฀signals฀or฀to฀avoid฀traffic฀obstructions.฀Therefore,฀a฀driver฀who฀is฀waiting฀at฀a฀red฀light฀or฀in฀a฀traffic฀jam฀is฀considered฀to฀be฀driving฀a vehicle฀and฀therefore฀cannot฀use฀a฀hand-held฀cell฀phone. However,฀a฀driver฀who฀brings฀a฀vehicle฀to฀a฀safe฀and฀legal฀stop at฀the฀side฀of฀a฀road฀to฀use฀a฀cell฀phone฀is฀no฀longer฀considered฀to be฀driving,฀even฀if฀the฀vehicle’s฀engine฀is฀still฀running. CBs฀Are฀Authorized Use฀of฀devices฀that฀have฀been฀installed฀in฀the฀vehicle฀dashboard or฀ are฀ mounted฀ on฀ the฀ dashboard฀ and฀ only฀ the฀ microphone฀ or receiver฀is฀held฀in฀the฀hand,฀are฀not฀prohibited. This฀ applies฀ to฀ high฀ frequency฀ radio฀ communication฀ equipment,฀such฀as฀central฀battery฀telephone฀systems฀or฀portable฀transmitters-receivers,฀ more฀ commonly฀ known฀ as฀ CBs฀ and฀ walkietalkies. Safety฀Tips As฀a฀motorist,฀you฀are฀responsible฀for฀driving฀safely.฀You฀should therefore฀keep฀the฀following฀safety฀rules฀in฀mind: • Turn฀off฀your฀phone฀before฀you฀get฀behind฀the฀wheel฀and let฀your฀voice฀mail฀take฀your฀calls.฀ • If฀you฀absolutely฀have฀to฀use฀your฀phone,฀pull฀over฀first฀to a฀location฀where฀you฀are฀allowed฀to฀do฀so,฀for฀your฀own safety฀and฀that฀of฀others.฀For฀example:฀ • on฀ the฀ side฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ where฀ the฀ maximum฀ speed limit฀is฀less฀than฀70฀km/h;฀

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• in฀a฀parking฀lot;฀ • in฀a฀service฀area.฀ • Remember฀that,฀except฀in฀an฀emergency,฀no฀one฀is฀allowed to฀bring฀their฀vehicle฀to฀a฀stop฀on฀the฀shoulder฀of฀a฀highway฀or฀on฀a฀highway฀entrance฀or฀exit฀ramp.฀ • You฀ can฀ also฀ ask฀ passengers฀ in฀ the฀ vehicle฀ to฀ answer฀ or make฀a฀call฀for฀you.

ALCO฀ OL H
Impaired฀dri฀ ing฀is฀a฀฀ erious฀฀ ocial฀฀ oncern!฀In฀Québec,฀alco฀ ol v s s c h use฀is฀a฀fac฀or฀in฀about฀32%฀of฀fatal฀acci฀ ents,฀16%฀of฀acci฀ ents t d d cau฀ ing฀฀ erious฀inju฀ y฀and฀5%฀of฀acci฀ ents฀cau฀ ing฀minor฀inju฀ y. s s r d s r On฀ average,฀ between฀ 2002฀ and฀ 2006,฀ alco฀ ol฀ accoun฀ed฀ for h t 200฀deaths฀and฀2,900฀injured. Alcohol฀com฀ els฀a฀dri฀ er฀to฀take฀risks.฀Today,฀it฀is฀com฀ on p v m kno฀ led฀ e฀that฀alco฀ ol฀฀mpairs฀a฀person’s฀abi฀i฀y฀to฀drive.฀The w g h i lt more฀a฀per฀ on฀฀ rinks,฀the฀poo฀ er฀his/her฀abi฀i฀ y฀to฀exer฀ i฀ e s d r lt cs safe฀judg฀ ent. m Driving฀under฀the฀influen฀ e฀of฀alco฀ ol฀signi฀i฀ ant฀y฀increa฀ es c h fc l s the฀ risk฀ of฀ a฀ ฀ erious฀ acci฀ ent,฀ with฀ its฀ dire฀ conse฀ uen฀ es฀ and s d q c increa฀ in฀ ly฀hars฀ er฀penal฀ies. s g h t Just฀one฀glass฀of฀wine฀may฀pro฀ u฀ e฀the฀฀ ffects฀des฀ ri฀ ed฀above. d c e c b Even฀if฀a฀person’s฀blood฀alco฀ ol฀level฀is฀below฀.08%฀these฀฀ ffects h e may฀฀ ppear,฀since฀at฀.05%฀the฀facul฀ies฀of฀an฀ave฀ a฀ e฀adult฀are a t r g signi฀i฀ ant฀y฀affec฀ed.฀It฀is฀impor฀ant฀to฀note฀that฀young฀dri฀ ers fc l t t v are฀more฀easi฀y฀affec฀ ed,฀and฀by฀smal฀er฀฀ mounts฀of฀alco฀ ol. l t l a h A฀dri฀ er฀aged฀16฀to฀19฀with฀a฀blood฀alco฀ ol฀level฀of฀.03 v h is฀ three฀ times฀ more฀ at฀ risk฀ of฀ beco฀ ing฀ invol฀ ed฀ in฀ a m v fatal฀acci฀ ent. d The฀฀ ffects฀of฀alco฀ ol฀sur฀a฀ e฀rela฀i฀ e฀y฀quic฀ ly฀if฀a฀per฀ on฀is e h f c tv l k s tired฀or฀฀ rinks฀on฀an฀empty฀sto฀ ach.฀The฀more฀alco฀ ol฀inges฀ed, d m h t the฀more฀฀ erious฀the฀impair฀ ent.฀No฀per฀ on฀฀ hould฀drive฀after s m s s drinking. Since฀alco฀ ol฀is฀consu฀ ed฀on฀a฀num฀ er฀of฀dif฀e฀ ent฀occa฀ ions,฀it h m b f r s is฀impor฀ant฀to฀redu฀ e฀the฀฀mpact฀of฀alco฀ ol฀by฀exer฀ i฀ ing฀mode฀ a฀t c i h cs r ฀ tion and฀remin฀ ing฀฀ uests฀at฀a฀recep฀ion฀of฀their฀res฀ on฀ i฀ i฀i฀y. d g t p sblt
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Some฀recom฀ en฀ a฀ions : m d t • drink฀very฀litt฀e฀and฀slo฀ ly ; l w • have฀some฀hing฀to฀eat฀when฀drin฀ ing ; t k • serve฀non-alco฀ o฀ic฀beve฀ a฀ es฀(inclu฀ ing฀water) ; h l r g d • space฀your฀฀ rinks ; d • stop฀ ser฀ ing฀ alco฀ ol฀ at฀ least฀ an฀ hour฀ befo฀ e฀ the฀ end฀ of v h r the฀recep฀ion ; t • take฀steps฀to฀ensu฀ e฀that฀you฀do฀not฀ope฀ a฀e฀a฀vehi฀ le฀if฀you r r t c have฀ had฀ a฀ drink฀ –฀ have฀ ano฀her฀ per฀ on฀ drive฀ or฀ take฀ a฀ t s taxi฀or฀bus; • allow฀a฀guest฀who฀has฀had฀too฀much฀to฀drink฀to฀stay฀over; • plan฀ahead. Many฀ peo฀ le฀ belie฀ e฀ that฀ a฀ per฀ on฀ who฀ is฀ used฀ to฀ drin฀ ing p v s k will฀be฀bet฀er฀able฀to฀“hand฀e”฀alco฀ ol฀and฀avoid฀being฀impai฀ ed. t l h r While฀it฀is฀true฀that฀the฀habi฀ual฀drinker’s฀body฀฀ djusts,฀the฀impres฀ ion t a s of฀sobrie฀y฀is฀illusory,฀leading฀the฀per฀ on฀to฀ove฀ es฀i฀ a฀e his/her t s r tm t abi฀i฀y฀to฀drive. lt Popular฀reme฀ ies฀for฀redu฀ ing฀the฀฀ ffects฀of฀alco฀ ol฀rare฀y d c e h l work.฀Some฀peo฀ le฀belie฀ e฀that฀฀ ating฀while฀drin฀ ing฀helps฀the p v e k eli฀ i฀ a฀ion฀pro฀ ess.฀The฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀food฀in฀the฀sto฀ ach,฀howe฀ er, mn t c s c m v mere฀y฀slows฀down฀the฀absorp฀ ion฀of฀alco฀ ol฀into฀the฀blood; l t h it฀does฀not฀pre฀ ent฀the฀per฀ on฀from฀rea฀ hing฀a฀฀ igher฀blood v s c h alco฀ ol฀concen฀ra฀ion. h t t The฀fact฀฀ emains฀that฀the฀liver฀฀ reaks฀down฀90%฀of฀alco฀ ol r b h consu฀ ed฀by฀an฀indi฀ i฀ ual.฀A฀heal฀ hy฀individual’s฀liver฀works m vd t at฀a฀stea฀ y฀rate,฀pro฀ es฀ ing฀a฀given฀num฀ er฀of฀mg฀in฀an฀hour, d c s b regard฀ess฀of฀the฀฀ mount฀consu฀ ed.฀It฀takes฀at฀least฀5฀hours l a m for฀the฀body฀to฀eli฀ i฀ a฀e฀the฀฀ mount฀of฀alco฀ ol฀consu฀ ed฀by mn t a h m someo฀ e฀with฀a฀.08%฀blood฀alco฀ ol฀concen฀ra฀ion. n h t t Taking฀a฀walk฀or฀sho฀ er฀will฀not฀speed฀up฀the฀alco฀ ol฀eli฀ i฀ a฀ w h mn tion฀ pro฀ ess.฀There฀ is฀ no฀ mira฀ ulous฀ ฀ ethod฀ for฀ increa฀ ing฀ the c c m s body’s abi฀i฀y฀to฀meta฀ o฀i฀ e฀alco฀ ol.฀Time฀is฀the฀only฀reme฀ y. lt b lz h d

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MAIN฀฀ FFECTS฀OF฀ALCO฀ OL฀ON฀A฀VEHI฀ LE฀OPE฀ A฀ OR E H C R T

On฀obs฀ r฀ a฀ ion e v t • Rather฀ than฀ scan฀ ing฀ the฀ road฀ ahead,฀ to฀ the฀ sides฀ and n occa฀ io฀ al฀y฀฀ ehind,฀a฀dri฀ er฀under฀the฀influen฀ e฀of฀alco฀ ol s n l b v c h tends฀to฀focus฀on฀one฀spot฀or฀฀ bject฀ahead:฀he/she฀pays o less฀atten฀ion฀to฀vehi฀ les,฀per฀ ons฀and฀฀ bjects฀on฀or฀near t c s o the฀road. • The฀dri฀ er฀is฀less฀able฀to฀esti฀ a฀e฀dis฀an฀ es฀bet฀ een฀฀ bjects. v m t t c w o • The฀dri฀ er฀is฀less฀able฀to฀adapt฀to฀dark฀ ess. v n • At฀night,฀a฀dri฀ er฀has฀dif฀i฀ ul฀y฀focu฀ ing฀after฀encoun฀e฀ ing v fc t s t r the฀glare฀of฀an฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ le฀and฀the฀time฀it฀takes฀to m c a ฀ djust฀after฀the฀vehi฀ le฀has฀pas฀ ed฀is฀lon฀ er฀than฀nor฀ al. c s g m • There฀is฀a฀decrea฀ ed฀sense฀of฀dan฀ er฀and฀the฀dri฀ er฀the฀ e฀o฀ e s g v r f r takes฀more฀risks. On฀deci฀ ion-฀ aking s m • Brain฀acti฀ i฀y฀is฀slo฀ ed. vt w • The฀dri฀ er฀is฀less฀able฀to฀reco฀ ni฀ e฀a฀pro฀ lem฀situa฀ion. v g z b t • Making฀a฀quick฀deci฀ ion฀is฀dif฀i฀ ult. s fc On฀exe฀ u฀ ion c t • The฀sti฀ u฀a฀ion฀pro฀ o฀ ed฀by฀alco฀ ol฀฀ esults฀in฀over฀ on฀i฀ m l t v k h r c fden฀ e฀of฀one’s฀abi฀i฀ies. c lt • Slower฀brain฀acti฀ i฀y฀฀ esults฀in฀a฀loss฀of฀mus฀ u฀ar฀coor฀ i฀ a฀vt r c l dn tion. Since฀a฀dri฀ er฀is฀slow฀to฀rea฀i฀ e฀that฀he/she฀must฀act, v lz limb฀move฀ ents฀are฀often฀฀ brupt฀and฀impre฀ i฀ e.฀He/she m a cs finds฀it฀dif฀i฀ ult฀to฀stay฀in฀the฀lane,฀go฀฀hrough฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion, fc t s t chan฀ e฀ lanes,฀ make฀ a฀ turn,฀ ฀ ontrol฀ the฀ vehi฀ le฀ and฀ even g c c come฀to฀a฀stop.฀Alcohol฀will฀also฀฀ ffect฀the฀sense฀of฀balan฀ e a c of฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le฀rider. c c

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DRUGS฀AND฀MEDI฀ A฀ ION C T
It฀ is฀ com฀ on฀ kno฀ led฀ e฀ that฀ drugs฀ and฀ some฀ medi฀ a฀ions m w g c t have฀ an฀ ฀mpact฀ on฀ an฀ individual’s฀ abi฀i฀y฀ to฀ ope฀ a฀e฀ a฀ motor i lt r t vehi฀ le.฀The฀use฀of฀drugs฀(mari฀ua฀ a,฀cocai฀ e,฀amphe฀a฀ i฀ es,฀etc.) c j n n t mn or฀mood-alte฀ ing฀medi฀ a฀ions฀(minor฀tran฀ ui฀i฀ ers,฀anti-depres฀ ants, r c t q lz s seda฀i฀ es,฀etc.)฀increa฀ e฀the฀risk฀of฀acci฀ ent.฀In฀com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀with tv s d bn t alco฀ ol฀the฀risk฀฀ limbs฀signi฀i฀ ant฀y. h c fc l
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A฀dri฀ er฀฀aking฀medi฀ a฀ion฀must฀make฀a฀rea฀ o฀ a฀ le฀assess฀ ent v t c t s n b m of฀whe฀her฀its฀use฀is฀consis฀ent฀with฀the฀safe฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le. t t r t c Taken฀alone,฀some฀medi฀ a฀ions฀have฀฀ ffects฀simi฀ar฀to฀those c t e l pro฀ u฀ ed฀by฀alco฀ ol.฀This฀is฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀y฀true฀for฀minor฀tran฀ ui฀i฀ ers d c h tc l l q lz or฀slee฀ ing฀pills. p Antihistamines฀(in฀the฀form฀of฀syrup฀or฀pills)฀to฀relie฀ e฀aller฀ y v g or฀ cold฀ symp฀oms฀ can฀ cause฀ drow฀ i฀ ess.฀A฀ per฀ on฀ using฀ such t sn s medi฀ a฀ion฀฀ hould฀read฀the฀label฀care฀ul฀y฀and฀ask฀a฀phy฀ i฀ ian c t s f l sc or฀phar฀ a฀ ist฀about฀side฀฀ ffects฀and฀the฀like฀y฀฀mpact฀on฀the m c e l i abi฀i฀y฀to฀drive. lt A฀dri฀ er฀under฀medi฀ a฀ion฀฀ hould฀never฀drink฀alco฀ ol.฀Such฀a v c t s h com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀is฀dan฀ e฀ ous฀becau฀ e฀the฀side฀฀ ffects฀of฀the฀medi฀ a฀ bn t g r s e c tion are฀mul฀i฀ lied฀by฀those฀of฀the฀alco฀ ol.฀The฀com฀ i฀ ed฀฀ ffects tp h bn e signi฀i฀ ant฀y฀฀mpair฀a฀person’s฀abi฀i฀ y฀to฀react฀and฀may฀leave fc l i lt him/her฀com฀ le฀e฀y฀una฀ le฀to฀drive. p t l b

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A฀DRIVER’S฀MIND-SET
Although฀a฀driver’s฀phy฀ i฀ al฀฀ ealth฀is฀impor฀ant,฀his/her฀men฀al sc h t t h ฀ ealth฀ requi฀ es฀ serious฀ consi฀ e฀ a฀ion.฀ Personality฀ ฀raits฀ often r ฀ d r t t show฀up฀in฀beha฀ iour฀at฀the฀฀ ontrols฀of฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le,฀which v c c pro฀ i฀ es฀an฀indi฀ i฀ ual฀with฀a฀feeling฀of฀inde฀ en฀ en฀ e฀and฀ser฀ es vd vd p d c v as฀an฀out฀et฀for฀emo฀ions. l t Some฀dri฀ ers฀show฀self-res฀ ect฀and฀consi฀ e฀ a฀ion.฀In฀a฀dif฀i฀ ult v p d r t fc dri฀ ing฀situa฀ion,฀their฀deci฀ ions฀are฀based฀on฀tole฀ an฀ e,฀patien฀ e v t s r c c and฀ fore฀ ight.฀ Fully฀ aware฀ of฀ the฀ inhe฀ ent฀ dan฀ er฀ invol฀ ed฀ in s r g v ope฀ a฀ing฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le,฀their฀฀ kills฀and฀dri฀ ing฀฀ abits฀impro฀ e r t c s v h v with฀expe฀ ien฀ e. r c However,฀some฀situa฀ions฀are฀more฀like฀y฀to฀lead฀to฀฀ onflicts t l c bet฀ een฀dri฀ ers,฀for฀example,฀city฀rush฀hours฀or฀getting฀on฀and฀off w v highways.฀People฀react฀in฀a฀wide฀variety฀of฀ways฀to฀traf฀ic฀jams. To f avoid฀ making฀ a฀ bad฀ situation฀ worse,฀ a฀ dri฀ er฀ must฀ mode฀ a฀e v r t his/her฀beha฀ iour฀and฀anti฀ i฀ a฀e฀pos฀ i฀ le dan฀ er. v cp t sb g Regardless฀of฀the฀cause฀of฀a฀traf฀ic฀pro฀ lem,฀it฀is฀some฀i฀ es f b tm best฀just฀to฀slow฀down฀and,฀if฀necessary,฀pull฀off฀to฀the฀side฀of฀the road.฀This฀does฀not฀mean฀being฀passive;฀it฀means฀being฀alert. A฀good฀dri฀ er฀฀ hould฀plan฀ahead,฀choosing฀tra฀ el฀times฀and v s v routes฀that฀make฀it฀possible฀to฀avoid฀traf฀ic฀conges฀ion฀and฀the f t like฀i฀ ood฀ of฀ an฀ acci฀ ent.฀These฀ are฀ pre฀e฀ a฀ le฀ alter฀ a฀i฀ es฀ to lh d f r b n tv using฀ the฀ shoul฀ er฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ or฀ stop-and-go฀ tac฀ics฀ to฀ move d t forward฀faster฀than฀the฀person฀ahead.

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OBS฀ R฀ A฀ ION E V T
Observing฀ the฀ imme฀ ia฀e฀ sur฀ oun฀ ings฀ and฀ chec฀ ing฀ on฀ all d t r d k sides฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le฀are฀key฀to฀deter฀ i฀ ing฀if฀one฀can฀safe฀y฀over฀a฀ e c mn l t k a฀vehi฀ le,฀chan฀ e฀lanes,฀pro฀ eed฀฀hrough฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀or฀merge c g c t s t with฀traf฀ic.฀A฀dri฀ er฀must฀base฀the฀deci฀ ion฀to฀pro฀ eed฀or฀yield f v s c the฀way฀to฀other฀road฀users฀on฀infor฀ a฀ion฀he฀or฀she฀recei฀ es m t v t ฀hrough฀฀ irect฀obs฀ r฀ a฀ion.฀A฀dri฀ er฀must฀also฀฀ djust฀his/her฀speed d ev t v a to฀traf฀ic฀condi฀ions. f t We฀must฀think฀about฀what฀hap฀ ens฀when฀a฀dri฀ er฀goes฀฀hrough p v t an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀฀ ithout฀stop฀ ing฀and฀฀ aking฀the฀neces฀ a฀ y฀veri฀i฀ s t w p m s r fca฀ions, or฀a฀dri฀ er฀who฀over฀a฀ es฀a฀vehi฀ le฀฀ ithout฀chec฀ ing฀for t v t k c w k onco฀ ing฀ traf฀ic.฀ Serious฀ acci฀ ents฀ and฀ vic฀ims฀ who฀ had฀ the m f d t misfortune฀ of฀ being฀ in฀ the฀ wrong฀ place฀ at฀ the฀ wrong฀ time฀ are com฀ on฀ la฀ e.฀Negligence฀increases฀the฀risk฀of฀acci฀ ent. m p c d

EXER฀ I฀ ING฀JUDG฀ ENT CS M
A฀grea฀er฀num฀ er฀of฀acci฀ ents฀occur฀at฀night฀and฀on฀wee฀ ends; t b d k vigi฀an฀ e฀is฀espe฀ ial฀y฀cal฀ed฀for฀฀ uring฀these฀times.฀The฀pos฀ i฀ i฀i฀y l c c l l d sblt of฀human฀error฀is฀all฀฀ round,฀in฀the฀vehi฀ le฀ahead฀or฀฀ ehind,฀in a c b the฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ le฀or฀the฀one฀over฀a฀ ing฀you.฀Your฀judg฀ ent m c t k m may฀be฀cal฀ed฀upon฀at฀any฀฀ oment. l m Unexpected฀situa฀ions฀may฀call฀for฀redu฀ ed฀speed.฀Road฀buil฀ ing t c d or฀฀ epair฀work,฀a฀mis฀ ap,฀fog,฀etc.,฀may฀test฀one’s฀patien฀ e฀and r h c leave฀litt฀e฀time฀for฀pro฀ er฀res฀ on฀ e. l p p s All฀ dri฀ ers฀ will฀ encoun฀er฀ situa฀ions฀ that฀ are฀ ฀ eyond฀ their v t t b c ฀ ontrol,฀for฀exam฀ le฀a฀traf฀ic฀light฀may฀be฀defec฀ i฀ e,฀the฀dri฀ er p f tv v in฀front฀may฀฀ ppear฀lost฀or฀is฀dri฀ ing฀too฀slo฀ ly฀or฀any฀other a v w unex฀ ec฀ed฀situa฀ion฀may฀cause฀a฀dri฀ er฀to฀leng฀hen฀or฀chan฀ e p t t v t g his/her฀route.
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This฀is฀when฀a฀dri฀ er฀must฀exer฀ i฀ e฀judg฀ ent.฀Obviously,฀no v cs m one฀takes฀plea฀ u฀ e฀in฀yiel฀ ing฀to฀or฀being฀inti฀ i฀ a฀ed฀by฀other s r d md t dri฀ ers฀or฀bac฀ ing฀down฀from฀a฀risky฀ven฀ure.฀A฀hur฀ ied฀฀ ction, v k t r a howe฀ er,฀can฀lead฀to฀a฀dra฀ a฀ic฀situa฀ion.฀Inconvenience฀or฀delay v m t t is฀the฀small฀price฀a฀smart฀dri฀ er฀is฀฀ illing฀to฀pay฀for฀safer฀roads. v w

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ll฀road฀vehi฀ les฀must฀be฀regis฀e฀ ed฀to฀be฀used c t r on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀in฀Québec.฀Owners฀are p w res฀ on฀ i฀ le฀for฀฀ aving฀their฀vehi฀ le฀regis฀e฀ ed฀at p sb h c t r a฀ Société฀ de฀ l’assu฀ an฀ e฀ auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀ du฀ Québec r c m bl ser฀ i฀ e฀cen฀re. vc t Owners฀must฀pay฀their฀regis฀ra฀ion฀fees฀every t t year฀so฀they฀can฀conti฀ ue฀to฀drive฀their฀vehi฀ le. n c l t The฀Highway฀Safety฀Code and฀its฀regu฀a฀ions also฀ requi฀ e฀ vehi฀ le฀ ฀ wners฀ to฀ main฀ain฀ their r c o t vehi฀ les฀pro฀ er฀y฀and฀to฀ensu฀ e฀that฀they฀have฀the c p l r fea฀ures฀and฀acces฀ o฀ ies฀requi฀ ed฀by฀law. t s r r

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Every฀road฀vehi฀ le฀must฀be฀regis฀e฀ ed฀฀ nless฀exemp฀ed฀under c t r u t the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code.฀The฀owner฀is฀res฀ on฀ i฀ le฀for฀฀ pplying p sb a to฀the฀Société฀de฀l’assu฀ an฀ e฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀du฀Québec฀on฀฀aking r c m bl t pos฀ es฀ ion฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀or฀befo฀ e฀expi฀ y฀of฀tem฀ o฀ a฀ y฀regis฀ra฀ion s s c r r p r r t t from฀a฀vehi฀ le฀dea฀er.฀A฀vehi฀ le฀owner฀who฀takes฀up฀resi฀ en฀ e c l c d c in฀Québec฀must฀apply฀for฀regis฀ra฀ion฀฀ ithin฀90฀days. t t w

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The฀regis฀ra฀ion฀฀ emains฀valid฀for฀as฀long฀as฀the฀vehi฀ le฀and t t r c the฀owner฀฀ emain฀the฀same. r When฀ the฀ vehi฀ le฀ is฀ regis฀e฀ ed,฀ the฀ Société฀ ฀ssues฀ a฀ licen฀ e c t r i c plate฀and฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀that฀cor฀ es฀ onds฀to฀the฀owner t t tfc t r p cate฀ o฀ y฀and฀vehi฀ le฀type,฀use฀and฀place฀of฀ope฀ a฀ion. g r c r t

VEHI฀ LES฀฀ XEMPT฀FROM฀REGIS฀ RA฀ ION C E T T
Registration฀ is฀ not฀ requi฀ ed฀ for฀ the฀ fol฀o฀ ing฀ road฀ vehi฀ les, r l w c which฀are฀not฀used฀on฀฀ ublic฀roads: p • snow฀ lo฀ ers฀with฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀of฀900฀kg฀or฀less; b w w • farm฀trac฀ors฀that฀are฀not฀used฀on฀฀ ublic฀roads; t p • snow฀ o฀ i฀es฀ with฀ a฀ net฀ ฀ eight฀ of฀ 55฀ kg฀ or฀ less฀ and฀ a m bl w maxi฀ um฀speed฀under฀15฀km/h; m • snow฀ o฀ i฀es,฀with฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀of฀450฀kg฀or฀less฀that m bl w are฀owned฀by฀a฀per฀ on฀who฀does฀not฀resi฀ e฀in฀Québec s d pro฀ i฀ ed฀that฀the฀snow฀ o฀ i฀e฀is฀regis฀e฀ ed฀in฀com฀ lian฀ e vd m bl t r p c with฀the฀laws฀of฀the฀owner’s฀place฀of฀resi฀ en฀ e฀or฀head d c offi฀ e; c • moto฀ i฀ ed฀toy฀vehi฀ les฀that฀can฀carry฀one฀per฀ on; rz c s • golf฀carts; • gar฀ en฀ trac฀ors,฀ not฀ inclu฀ ing฀ farm฀ trac฀ors,฀ and฀ ฀ iding d t d t r m ฀ owers฀that฀carry฀one฀per฀ on; s • road฀vehi฀ les฀used฀exclu฀ i฀ e฀y฀insi฀ e฀a฀buil฀ ing; c sv l d d • farm฀machi฀ e฀ y฀owned฀by฀a฀far฀ er. n r m

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OBTAI฀ ING฀A฀VEHICLE’S฀REGIS฀ RA฀ ION฀ N T T AND฀THE฀RIGHT฀TO฀OPE฀ A฀ E฀THE฀VEHI฀ LE R T C
REQUIREMENTS

To฀register฀a฀vehicle฀and฀obtain฀the฀right฀to฀operate฀it฀on฀the road,฀owners฀must: •฀meet฀the฀terms฀and฀conditions฀set฀out฀by฀regulation; •฀pay฀the฀fees฀set฀by฀regulation; •฀ following฀ the฀ purchase฀ of฀ a฀ used฀ vehicle,฀ submit฀ the odometer฀reading฀at฀the฀time฀of฀registration. As฀well,฀their฀driver's฀licence฀must฀not฀be฀currently฀suspended฀for฀unpaid฀fines. Owners฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ les฀(฀rucks฀or฀buses฀with฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀of c t w more฀than฀3,000฀kg)฀and฀฀ wners฀of฀tow฀฀rucks฀or฀road฀vehi฀ les o t c used฀to฀trans฀ ort฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ial฀must฀enter฀their฀vehi฀ les฀in p d r c the฀regis฀er฀of฀฀ wners฀and฀ope฀ a฀ors฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ les฀kept฀by t o r t c the฀Commission฀des฀Transports฀du฀Québec.
COST
OF REGIS฀ RA฀ ION T T

The฀cost฀of฀regis฀ra฀ion฀฀ aries฀accor฀ ing฀to฀vehi฀ le฀type,฀use t t v d c and฀place฀of฀ope฀ a฀ion.฀It฀inclu฀ es: r t d • the฀regis฀ra฀ion฀fee; t t • the฀Québec฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀insu฀ an฀ e฀plan฀pre฀ ium; m bl r c m • admi฀ is฀ra฀i฀ e฀char฀ es; n t tv g • a฀contri฀ u฀ion฀of฀moto฀ ists฀to฀฀ ublic฀trans฀t,฀if฀appli฀ a฀ le; b t r p i c b • sales฀tax. Additional฀char฀ es฀are฀added฀for฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ les฀that฀are g s g c no฀more฀than฀seven฀years฀old฀and฀฀ alued฀at฀over฀$40,000. v

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MANDATORY

LIA฀ I฀ I฀ Y INSU฀ AN฀ E B L T R C

The฀Automobile฀Insurance฀Act฀requi฀ es฀every฀vehi฀ le฀owner฀to r c have฀third-party฀lia฀ i฀i฀y฀insu฀ an฀ e฀cove฀ a฀ e฀in฀the฀฀ mount฀of฀at blt r c r g a least฀$50,000.฀This฀is฀a฀legal฀obligation฀for฀anyo฀ e฀who฀plans n to฀drive฀on฀฀ ublic฀roads฀in฀Québec. p
SPECIAL
REQUI฀ E฀ ENT FOR ฀ INORS R M M

Minors฀who฀wish฀to฀regis฀er฀a฀vehi฀ le฀must฀pro฀ i฀ e฀the฀Société t c vd with฀writ฀en฀฀ onsent฀from฀their฀฀ arent฀or฀legal฀guar฀ ian. t c p d
CASES
IN WHICH VEHI฀ LE REGIS฀ RA฀ ION MAY BE ฀ ENIED C T T D

The฀Société฀will฀not฀regis฀er฀a฀vehi฀ le฀if฀the฀appli฀ ant฀can฀ ot t c c n prove฀sole฀or฀joint฀owners฀ ip,฀or฀prove฀that฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀owned h c by฀a฀busi฀ ess฀in฀which฀he/she฀has฀an฀inter฀ st. n e

CONDI฀ IONS฀RELA฀ ING฀TO฀VEHI฀ LE฀REGIS฀ RA฀ ION T T C T T
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The฀per฀ on฀in฀whose฀name฀a฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀is฀฀ssued s t t tfc t i must฀sign฀it฀as฀soon฀as฀he/she฀recei฀ es฀it. v
CHANGE
OF ฀ DDRESS A

The฀per฀ on฀whose฀name฀฀ ppears฀on฀the฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e s a t t tfc t must฀฀nform฀the฀Société฀of฀any฀chan฀ e฀of฀฀ ddress฀฀ ithin฀30฀days. i g a w
MOTOR VEHI฀ LE C
LIA฀ I฀ I฀ Y INSU฀ AN฀ E CARD B L T R C

A฀per฀ on฀who฀dri฀ es,฀has฀char฀ e฀of฀or฀exer฀ i฀ es฀฀ ontrol฀over s v g cs c a฀ motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ must฀ carry฀ the฀ vehicle’s฀ regis฀ra฀ion฀ cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e c t t tfc t and฀ vehi฀ le฀ lia฀ i฀i฀y฀ insu฀ an฀ e฀ card฀ and฀ must฀ be฀ able฀ to฀ show c blt r c them฀upon฀฀ equest฀by฀a฀law฀enforcement฀offi฀ er. r c

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LICENCE

PLATE INSTAL฀ A฀ ION L T

Vehicle฀฀ wners฀must฀secu฀ e฀y฀฀ ttach฀their฀licen฀ e฀pla฀es฀to฀the o r l a c t rear฀of฀their฀vehi฀ les฀or฀else฀ he฀ e฀as฀deter฀ i฀ ed฀by฀regu฀a฀ion. c w r mn l t However,฀owners฀of฀com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀vehi฀ les฀desi฀ ned฀to฀pull฀a bn t c g trai฀er฀must฀฀ ttach฀the฀licen฀ e฀plate฀to฀the฀front฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le. l a c c
LEGIBLE AND
CLEAN LICEN฀ E PLA฀ ES C T

Only฀ the฀ inscrip฀ion฀ deter฀ i฀ ed฀ by฀ the฀ Société฀ may฀ ฀ ppear t mn a on฀a฀licen฀ e฀plate. c The฀licen฀ e฀plate฀must฀be฀kept฀free฀of฀any฀mat฀er฀that฀might c t pre฀ ent฀it฀from฀being฀clear฀y฀legi฀ le.฀There฀must฀also฀be฀suf฀i฀ ient v l b fc ligh฀ing฀at฀the฀rear฀to฀make฀it฀visi฀ le฀at฀night. t b A฀ law฀ enforcement฀ offi฀ er฀ may฀ requi฀ e฀ that฀ the฀ ope฀ a฀or฀ of฀ a c r r t motor฀vehi฀ le clean฀the฀licen฀ e฀plate฀if฀it฀is฀so฀dirty฀that฀it฀is฀hard c c to฀read.
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OTHER PLA฀ ES ALLO฀ ED T W

No฀ plate฀ that฀ might฀ be฀ confu฀ ed฀ with฀ one฀ ฀ssued฀ by฀ the s i Société฀or฀an฀equi฀ a฀ent฀autho฀ i฀y฀in฀ano฀her฀juris฀ ic฀ion฀may฀be v l rt t d t a ฀ ffixed฀to฀a฀vehi฀ le,฀฀ nless฀ano฀her฀Québec฀sta฀u฀e฀so฀requi฀ es. c u t t t r
CERTIFICATE AND
PLATE REPLA฀ E฀ ENT C M

The฀hol฀ er฀of฀a฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀that฀is฀dama฀ ed,฀ille฀ i฀ le d t t tfc t g gb or฀lost฀must฀apply฀to฀the฀Société฀for฀a฀repla฀ e฀ ent.฀A฀fee฀will฀be c m char฀ ed฀for฀the฀new฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e. g tfc t Anyone฀who฀ope฀ a฀es฀a฀vehi฀ le฀with฀a฀licen฀ e฀plate฀that฀is฀so r t c c dama฀ ed฀that฀it฀is฀ille฀ i฀ le฀is฀sub฀ect฀to฀a฀fine. g gb j

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ANNUAL

REGIS฀ RA฀ ION FEES T T

To฀retain฀the฀right฀to฀drive฀their฀vehicles,฀owners฀have฀to฀pay registration฀fees฀every฀year฀no฀later฀than฀the฀due฀date฀set฀by regulation. No฀grace฀per฀od฀is฀allo฀ ed฀for฀late฀pay฀ ent.฀The฀full฀฀ mount i w m a indi฀ a฀ed฀on฀the฀noti฀ e฀must฀be฀paid฀฀ nless฀the฀vehi฀ le฀owner฀is c t c u c t ฀aking฀the฀vehi฀ le฀off฀the฀road฀befo฀ e฀the฀begin฀ ing฀of฀the฀new c r n regis฀ra฀ion฀per฀od.฀Additional฀char฀ es฀are฀฀ pplied฀when฀regis฀ra฀ion t t i g a t t fees฀are฀not฀paid฀before฀or฀by฀the฀dead฀i฀ e. ln Owners฀who฀owe฀the฀Société฀an฀฀ mount฀that฀has฀not฀been a paid฀are฀not฀allo฀ ed฀to฀drive฀their฀vehi฀ le. w c
DISCARDING A VEHI฀ LE C

VEHICLE

STO฀ A฀ E R G

Vehicle฀฀ wners฀who฀wish฀to฀store฀their฀vehi฀ les฀for฀an฀inde฀i฀ i฀e o c fnt a ฀ mount฀of฀time฀must฀฀nform฀the฀Société.฀During฀this฀time,฀they i can฀ ot฀drive฀their฀vehi฀ le฀but฀the฀licen฀ e฀plate฀must฀฀ emain฀on฀it. n c c r The฀Société฀gives฀the฀vehi฀ le฀owner฀a฀฀ eceipt฀to฀฀ onfirm฀that c r c the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀in฀sto฀ a฀ e.฀If฀the฀sto฀ a฀ e฀appli฀ a฀ ion฀is฀made฀by c r g r g c t tele฀ ho฀ e,฀the฀owner฀is฀sent฀a฀let฀ er฀to฀฀ onfirm฀the฀vehicle’s p n t c chan฀ e฀of฀sta฀us. g t

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Owners฀who฀dis฀ ard฀a฀vehi฀ le฀becau฀ e฀it฀can฀no฀lon฀ er฀be฀used c c s g must฀฀nform฀the฀Société฀and฀decla฀ e฀that฀they฀will฀not฀be dri฀ ing i r v the฀vehi฀ le฀anymore.฀These฀฀ equests฀may฀be฀made฀by฀phone. c r Before฀a฀discarded฀vehicle฀is฀authorized฀to฀be฀used฀once฀more on฀a฀public฀roadway,฀the฀owner฀must฀have฀the฀vehicle฀mechanically inspected,฀assuming฀all฀costs฀relating฀to฀such,฀and฀ensure฀that฀all repairs฀required฀to฀allow฀the฀vehicle฀to฀meet฀regulatory฀standards are฀met.

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REIMBURSEMENT

If฀the฀vehicle฀is฀discarded,฀placed฀in฀storage,฀sold,฀damaged beyong฀ repair,฀ stolen฀ or฀ registered฀ in฀ another฀ jurisdiction,฀ the owner฀is฀entit฀ed฀to฀be฀reim฀ ur฀ ed฀for฀part฀of฀the฀฀ mount฀paid l b s a to฀ cover฀ regis฀ ra฀ ion฀ fees฀ and฀ the฀ Québec฀ auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀ insu฀t t m bl ran฀ e฀plan฀pre฀ ium. c m

CHAN฀ E฀OF฀OWNERS฀ IP G H
When฀ the฀ ownership฀ of฀ a฀ vehicle฀ is฀ transferred,฀ supporting documents฀are฀required,฀for฀example฀a฀piece฀of฀identity,฀power฀of attorney฀where฀another฀person฀is฀being฀represented,฀or฀a฀document giving฀the฀parent’s฀consent฀in฀the฀case฀of฀a฀minor.฀As฀well,฀no฀one whose฀driver's฀licence฀is฀suspended฀for฀unpaid฀fines฀may฀cede ownership฀of฀a฀vehicle.
VEHICLE
PUR฀ HA฀ ED FROM AN INDI฀ I฀ UAL C S V D
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Before฀buying฀an฀individual's฀vehicle,฀the฀prospective฀purchaser should฀check฀with฀the฀SAAQ฀that฀an฀unpaid฀fine฀does฀not฀prevent a฀change฀of฀ownership. When฀a฀vehi฀ le฀is฀pur฀ ha฀ ed฀from฀an฀indi฀ i฀ ual,฀both฀the฀buyer c c s vd and฀sel฀er฀must฀go฀to฀the฀Société฀ser฀ i฀ e฀cen฀re.฀The฀per฀ on฀sel฀ing l vc t s l the฀vehi฀ le฀must฀hand฀in฀the฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e.฀The฀vehi฀ le c t t tfc t c is฀ then฀ ฀ssued฀ a฀ new฀ regis฀ra฀ion฀ confir฀ ing฀ that฀ the฀ per฀ on i t t m s acqui฀ ing฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀the฀new฀owner. r c
EXCHANGE
OF VEHI฀ LES C

When฀two฀peo฀ le฀exchan฀ e฀road฀vehi฀ les,฀each฀vehi฀ le฀owner p g c c must฀apply฀for฀new฀regis฀ra฀ion฀and฀pay฀appli฀ a฀ le฀fees. t t c b
TRANSACTION ฀ HROUGH A T
DEA฀ ER L

A฀per฀ on฀who฀sells฀a฀road฀vehi฀ le฀to฀a฀dea฀er฀must฀give฀the s c l dea฀er฀the฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e,฀after฀฀ aving฀endor฀ ed฀it. l t t tfc t h s If฀the฀per฀ on฀does฀not฀pur฀ ha฀ e฀a฀new฀vehi฀ le,฀can฀he/she฀must s c s c turn฀in฀the฀licen฀ e฀plate฀to฀the฀Société. c

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If฀ they฀ do฀ pur฀ ha฀ e฀ a฀ new฀ vehi฀ le,฀ they฀ must฀ apply฀ to฀ the c s c Société฀for฀its฀regis฀ra฀ion.฀The฀same฀licen฀ e฀plate฀can฀be฀used, t t c if฀so฀desi฀ ed. r

RULES฀GOVER฀ ING฀VEHI฀ LES฀AND฀ACCES฀ O฀ IES 2 N C S R
MAN฀ A฀ O฀ Y฀IDEN฀ I฀ I฀ A฀ ION฀NUM฀ ERS D T R TFC T B
Road฀vehi฀ les฀must฀bear฀manufacturers’฀฀ erial฀num฀ ers.฀The c s b num฀ ers฀ manu฀ac฀u฀ ers฀ ฀ ssign฀ are฀ recor฀ ed฀ by฀ the฀ Société฀ de b f t r a d l’assu฀ an฀ e฀ auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀ du฀ Québec.฀The฀ Société฀ may฀ also฀ ฀ ssign r c m bl a and฀affix฀an฀iden฀i฀i฀ a฀ion฀num฀ er. tfc t b Vehicle฀฀ wners฀who฀find฀that฀their฀vehi฀ le฀does฀not฀show฀a o c s ฀ erial฀num฀ er฀must฀apply฀to฀the฀Société฀to฀have฀one. b Changing,฀฀ aking฀ille฀ i฀ le,฀defa฀ ing,฀remo฀ ing฀and฀repla฀ ing m gb c v c a฀ vehicle’s฀ ฀ erial฀ num฀ er฀ is฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ ฀ ithout฀ prior฀ ฀ onsent s b hbt w c from฀the฀Société.

COM฀ UL฀ O฀ Y฀EQUIP฀ ENT฀AND฀ACCES฀ O฀ IES P S R M S R
All฀ road฀ vehi฀ les฀ must฀ inclu฀ e฀ the฀ fea฀ures฀ and฀ acces฀ o฀ ies c d t s r that฀the฀manu฀ac฀u฀ er฀is฀requi฀ ed฀to฀inclu฀ e฀under฀Québec฀sta฀u฀es f t r r d t t and฀regu฀a฀ions. l t

2.฀Farm-use฀vehicles฀are฀subject฀to฀specific฀traffic฀rules฀and฀safety฀standards.

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Buses฀and฀mini฀ u฀ es฀used฀to฀carry฀฀ chool฀chil฀ ren฀must฀be b s s d equip฀ ed฀with฀signs฀at฀the฀front฀and฀rear฀that฀read฀“ÉCO฀ IERS” p L (฀ chool฀chil฀ ren). s d If฀฀ chool฀chil฀ ren฀are฀car฀ ied฀in฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ le,฀the฀owner s d r s g c must฀฀nstall฀one฀of฀these฀signs฀on฀the฀vehi฀ le฀roof,฀฀acing฀the฀front i c f and฀back฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le.฀These฀signs฀must฀be฀remo฀ ed฀or฀cove฀ ed c v r up฀when฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀not฀being฀used฀to฀carry฀฀ chool฀chil฀ ren. c s d

L ฀ IGHTS฀AND฀฀ IGNALS S
Drivers฀ must฀ make฀ sure฀ that฀ the฀ ฀ights฀ and฀ ฀ ignals฀ requi฀ ed l s r for฀their฀type฀of฀vehi฀ le฀are฀in฀good฀wor฀ ing฀order฀and฀that฀they c k have฀ not฀ been฀ soi฀ed฀ or฀ obs฀ruc฀ed฀ in฀ such฀ a฀ way฀ as฀ to฀ make l t t them฀less฀effec฀i฀ e. tv
ROAD VEHI฀ LES C

All฀vehi฀ les฀other฀than฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le,฀moped฀or฀scoo฀er฀tra฀ el฀ing c c c t v l on฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ays฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀at฀the฀front฀with฀at฀least p w p two฀sin฀ le฀or฀twin฀white฀head฀ights,฀two฀white฀or฀amber฀par฀ ing g l k l ฀ights,฀and฀two฀white฀or฀amber฀turn-signal฀฀ights. l At฀the฀rear,฀all฀vehi฀ les,฀other฀than฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le,฀moped฀or c c c scoo฀er,฀inclu฀ ing฀trai฀ers฀and฀semi-trai฀ers,฀must฀have฀two฀red t d l l par฀ ing฀฀ights,฀two฀red฀reflec฀ors฀(which฀may฀be฀part฀of฀the฀lens), k l t two฀red฀brake฀฀ights,฀two฀red฀or฀amber฀turn-signal฀฀ights,฀a฀white l l bac฀ up฀light,฀and฀a฀white฀licen฀ e฀plate฀light.฀They฀must฀also฀have k c a฀red฀par฀ ing฀light฀and฀side-mar฀ er฀light฀at฀the฀rear฀and฀an฀amber k k par฀ ing฀light฀and฀side-mar฀ er฀light฀at฀the฀front฀on฀฀ ither฀side. k k e In฀addi฀ion,฀all฀vehi฀ les฀that฀are฀9.1฀฀ eters฀long฀or฀more฀must t c m be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀an฀amber฀par฀ ing฀light฀and฀side-mar฀ er฀light฀on p k k e ฀ ither฀side,฀half฀ ay฀bet฀ een฀the฀front฀and฀rear฀side-mar฀ er฀฀ights. w w k l

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RULES FOR VEHI฀ LES OVER C

2.03฀฀ ETRES WIDE M

In฀ addi฀ion฀ to฀ the฀ ฀ights฀ requi฀ ed฀ above,฀ road฀ vehi฀ les฀ and t l r c com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀road฀vehi฀ les฀that฀are฀over฀2.03฀฀ etres฀wide฀must bn t c m have฀an฀amber฀clea฀ an฀ e฀light฀on฀each฀side฀and฀three฀amber r c par฀ ing฀ ฀ights฀ in฀ front,฀ and฀ a฀ red฀ clea฀ an฀ e฀ light฀ on฀ each฀ side k l r c and฀three฀red฀par฀ ing฀฀ights฀at฀the฀rear. k l
MOTORCYCLES,฀฀ OPEDS AND M
SCOO฀ ERS T

Motorcycles,฀฀ opeds฀and฀scoo฀ers฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀at m t p least฀one฀white฀head฀ight,฀one฀red฀light฀at฀the฀rear,฀two฀white฀or l yel฀ow฀ turn-฀ ignal฀ ฀ights฀ at฀ the฀ front,฀ two฀ red฀ or฀ yel฀ow฀ turnl s l l s ฀ ignal฀฀ights฀at฀the฀rear฀and฀one฀red฀brake฀light฀at฀the฀rear. l
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FLASHING AND

ROTA฀ ING ฀ IGHTS T L

Rotating฀and฀flas฀ ing฀฀ights฀are฀reser฀ ed฀for฀cer฀ain฀types฀of h l v t vehi฀ les.฀ Red฀ flas฀ ing฀ or฀ rota฀ing฀ ฀ights฀ are฀ reser฀ ed฀ for฀ emer฀ c h t l v gen฀ y฀vehi฀ les,฀blue฀ones฀for฀poli฀ e฀vehi฀ les,฀and฀amber฀ones฀for c c c c ser฀ i฀ e,฀ equip฀ ent,฀ ฀ scort,฀ snow฀ remo฀ al฀ and฀ road฀ main฀e฀ an฀ e vc m e v t n c vehi฀ les.฀Green฀flas฀ ing฀and฀rota฀ing฀฀ights฀are฀reser฀ ed฀for฀emer฀c h t l v gen฀ y฀vehi฀ les฀at฀dis฀ s฀er฀sites฀or฀for฀indi฀ a฀ing฀a฀com฀ and฀post. c c at c t m

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Buses฀and฀mini฀ u฀ es฀used฀to฀carry฀฀ chool฀chil฀ ren฀must฀be b s s d equip฀ ed฀with฀flas฀ ing฀red฀฀ights฀at฀the฀front฀and฀rear,฀as฀well p h l as฀a฀man฀ a฀o฀ y฀stop฀฀ ignal฀consis฀ing฀of฀a฀retrac฀a฀ le฀stop฀sign d t r s t t b or฀retrac฀a฀ le฀arm฀with฀a฀stop฀sign฀(ARRÊT).฀This฀฀ ignal฀must t b s be฀instal฀ed฀on฀the฀out฀ i฀ e฀near฀the฀driver’s฀seat.฀These฀฀ ignals l sd s and฀฀ights฀must฀be฀used฀while฀chil฀ ren฀are฀boar฀ ing฀or฀lea฀ ing l d d v the฀bus.

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FOG LIGHTS ฀

Optional฀ fog฀ ฀ights฀ must฀ meet฀ pres฀ ri฀ ed฀ stan฀ ards฀ and฀ be l c b d pla฀ ed฀at฀the฀front฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le฀at฀the฀same฀level฀–฀never฀฀ igher฀– c c h than฀head฀ights. l

BRA฀ ES K
Road฀vehi฀ les฀and฀com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀road฀vehi฀ les฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed c bn t c p with฀at฀least฀one฀ser฀ i฀ e฀brake฀sys฀em฀that฀is฀in฀good฀wor฀ ing vc t k order฀and฀capa฀ le฀of฀฀ pplying฀suf฀i฀ ient฀bra฀ ing฀power฀to฀each b a fc k load-bea฀ ing฀wheel฀to฀stop฀the฀vehi฀ le฀quic฀ ly฀in฀case฀of฀emer฀ en฀ y, r c k g c as฀well฀as฀par฀ ing฀bra฀ es฀that฀keep฀it฀at฀a฀full฀stop. k k It฀is฀an฀offen฀ e฀to฀drive฀a฀vehi฀ le฀on฀which฀the฀brake฀sys฀em c c t has฀been฀modi฀ied฀or฀alte฀ ed฀in฀such฀a฀way฀as฀to฀redu฀ e฀its f r c effec฀ i฀ e฀ ess. tv n A฀ law฀ enforcement฀ offi฀ er฀ who฀ has฀ rea฀ o฀ a฀ le฀ ฀ rounds฀ to c s n b g belie฀ e฀that฀the฀brake฀sys฀em฀of฀a฀road฀vehi฀ le฀is฀defec฀i฀ e฀or฀out v t c tv of฀order฀may฀have฀the฀vehi฀ le฀impoun฀ ed฀or฀towed฀to฀the฀nea฀ est c d r sui฀a฀ le฀place฀for฀sto฀ a฀ e฀at฀the฀owner’s฀expen฀ e฀until฀the฀situa฀ion t b r g s t has฀been฀rec฀i฀ied. tf

ALTE฀ A฀ ION฀OF฀SEAT฀BELTS R T
Removal฀or฀alte฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀vehicle’s฀seat฀belts฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed, r t hbt as฀ is฀ ฀ aving฀ them฀ ren฀ e฀ ed฀ unu฀ a฀ le.฀A฀ fine฀ of฀ $200฀ may฀ be h d r s b impo฀ ed฀for฀such฀offen฀ es. s c

AIR฀BAG
Deactivation฀of฀an฀air฀bag฀instal฀ed฀in฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀is l c pro฀ i฀ i฀ed,฀ ฀ xcept฀ by฀ means฀ of฀ a฀ unit฀ instal฀ed฀ by฀ the฀ vehi฀ le hbt e l c manu฀ac฀u฀ er฀prior฀to฀sale฀to฀the฀฀nitial฀owner.฀Where฀an฀air฀bag f t r i requi฀ es฀repla฀ e฀ ent฀(due฀to฀deploy฀ ent฀or฀dama฀ e)฀only฀new r c m m g ori฀ i฀ al฀manu฀ac฀u฀ er฀parts฀may฀be฀used.฀Failing฀this,฀a฀fine฀of gn f t r $300฀to฀$600฀may฀be฀impo฀ ed. s

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RADAR฀WAR฀ ING฀DEVI฀ ES N C
The฀instal฀a฀ion฀or฀sale฀of฀a฀radar฀war฀ ing฀devi฀ e฀for฀a฀vehi฀ le l t n c c is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. hbt Driving฀a฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed฀with฀such฀a฀devi฀ e฀is฀for฀ id฀ en.฀A฀law c p c b d enforcement฀offi฀ er฀who฀has฀rea฀ o฀ a฀ le฀฀ rounds฀to฀belie฀ e฀that฀a c s n b g v vehi฀ le฀is฀equip฀ ed฀with฀a฀radar฀war฀ ing฀devi฀ e฀may฀stop฀the฀vehi฀ le c p n c c for฀an฀inspec฀ion.฀If฀a฀device฀is฀found,฀the฀officer฀is฀authorized฀to t confiscate฀it฀at฀the฀owner’s฀expense,฀giving฀the฀driver฀a฀receipt.฀The devi฀ e฀is฀then฀tur฀ ed฀over฀to฀the฀Société฀de฀l’assu฀ an฀ e฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e c n r c m bl du฀Québec,฀which฀may฀dis฀ o฀ e฀of฀it฀after฀90฀days. p s

HORNS
All฀vehi฀ les฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀a฀horn,฀which฀฀ hould฀only c p s be฀used฀when฀neces฀ a฀ y. s r Only฀emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ les฀may฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀฀ irens฀or g c c p s devi฀ es฀that฀pro฀ u฀ e฀a฀simi฀ar฀war฀ ing฀sound฀or฀with฀mecha฀ isms c d c l n n for฀chan฀ ing฀traf฀ic฀฀ights. g f l Under฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code,฀law฀enforcement฀offi฀ ers฀may c have฀an฀unau฀ho฀ i฀ ed฀siren฀or฀simi฀ar฀war฀ ing฀devi฀ e฀remo฀ ed t rz l n c v from฀a฀vehi฀ le฀at฀the฀owner’s฀expen฀ e.฀The฀offi฀ er฀gives฀the฀dri฀ er c s c v a฀฀ eceipt฀before฀handing฀the฀siren฀or฀devi฀ e฀over฀to฀the฀Société. r c This฀ rule฀ does฀ not฀ apply฀ to฀ anti-theft฀ devi฀ es฀ instal฀ed฀ on c l vehi฀ les. c

E ฀ XHAUST฀SYS฀ EM T
A฀vehicle’s฀฀ xhaust฀sys฀em฀must฀inclu฀ e฀all฀its฀com฀ o฀ ents, e t d p n such฀ as฀ the฀ mani฀old,฀ pipes,฀ muf฀ler,฀ sup฀ orts฀ and฀ fas฀e฀ ers. f f p t n These฀ parts฀ must฀ all฀ be฀ secu฀ e฀y฀ fas฀e฀ ed฀ and฀ none฀ of฀ them r l t n s ฀ hould฀have฀any฀gas฀leaks.

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The฀sale฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀with฀a฀sub-stan฀ ard฀฀ xhaust฀sys฀em฀for c d e t use฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. p w hbt Modifying฀an฀฀ xhaust฀sys฀em฀in฀such฀a฀way฀as฀to฀make฀it฀noi฀ ier, e t s sup฀ ress฀it฀or฀redu฀ e฀its฀effec฀i฀ e฀ ess฀is฀also฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. p c tv n hbt

WINDS฀ IELDS฀AND฀WIN฀ OWS H D
Vehicle฀winds฀ ields฀and฀win฀ ows฀must฀be฀made฀of฀trans฀ a฀ ent h d p r glass฀and฀manu฀ac฀u฀ ed฀or฀trea฀ed฀in฀such฀a฀way฀as฀to฀signi฀i฀ ant฀y f t r t fc l redu฀ e฀their฀risk฀of฀shat฀ e฀ ing฀or฀being฀bro฀ en.฀They฀must฀be c t r k kept฀free฀of฀฀oreign฀mat฀er฀that฀might฀ham฀ er฀the฀driver’s฀view. f t p No฀sub฀ tan฀ e฀that฀hin฀ ers฀visi฀ i฀i฀y฀or฀dar฀ ens฀the฀glass฀may s c d blt k be฀ ฀ pplied฀ to฀ or฀ ฀ prayed฀ on฀ the฀ winds฀ ield.฀ A฀ strip฀ no฀ more a s h than฀15฀cm฀wide฀may,฀howe฀ er,฀be฀pla฀ ed฀along฀the฀upper฀edge v c of฀the฀winds฀ ield.฀Side฀win฀ ows฀on฀฀ ither฀side฀of฀the฀dri฀ er฀must h d e v let฀in฀at฀least฀70%฀of฀the฀light฀when฀mea฀ u฀ ed฀with฀a฀pho฀o฀ e฀er. s r t m t A฀ law฀ enforcement฀ offi฀ er฀ may฀ requi฀ e฀ a฀ dri฀ er฀ to฀ clean฀ or c r v clear฀the฀winds฀ ield฀or฀win฀ ows฀of฀any฀฀oreign฀mat฀er. h d f t

REAR฀ IEW฀MIR฀ ORS V R
All฀motor฀vehi฀ les,฀฀ xcept฀for฀motor฀ y฀ les,฀฀ opeds฀and฀scoo฀ers, c e c c m t must฀have฀at฀least฀two฀secu฀ e฀y฀atta฀ hed฀rear฀ iew฀mir฀ ors:฀one r l c v r insi฀ e,฀in฀the฀cen฀re฀of฀the฀upper฀part฀of฀the฀winds฀ ield,฀and฀one d t h out฀ i฀ e฀the฀driver’s฀side. sd When฀use฀of฀the฀insi฀ e฀mir฀ or฀is฀impos฀ i฀ le,฀an฀out฀ i฀ e฀mir฀ or d r sb sd r simi฀ar฀to฀that฀on฀the฀driver’s฀side฀must฀be฀atta฀ hed฀to฀the฀right l c side฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le. c Motorcycles,฀฀ opeds฀and฀moto฀ i฀ ed฀scoo฀ers฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed m rz t p with฀a฀secu฀ e฀y฀atta฀ hed฀rear฀ iew฀mir฀ or฀on฀each฀side. r l c v r

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SPEE฀ O฀ E฀ ER฀AND฀ODO฀ E฀ ER D M T M T
All฀motor฀vehi฀ les฀(฀ xcept฀฀ opeds,฀scoo฀ers฀and฀motor฀ y฀ les c e m t c c with฀ an฀ engi฀ e฀ size฀ up฀ to฀ 125฀ cc)฀ must฀ be฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ a n p spee฀ o฀ e฀er฀and฀odo฀ e฀er฀in฀good฀wor฀ ing฀order. d m t m t k

BUM฀ ERS P
Motor฀vehi฀ le฀bum฀ ers฀must฀be฀secu฀ e฀y฀fixed฀in฀their฀inten฀ ed c p r l d loca฀ion. t

TIRES
Owners฀ must฀ ensu฀ e฀ that฀ their฀ vehi฀ les฀ are฀ equip฀ ed฀ with r c p tires฀that฀meet฀esta฀ lis฀ ed฀stan฀ ards฀for฀use฀on฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ays b h d p w and฀that฀they฀are฀in฀good฀condi฀ion. t Studded฀tires฀may฀be฀used฀bet฀ een฀October฀15฀and฀May฀1฀on w pas฀ en฀ er฀vehi฀ les฀and฀com฀ er฀ ial฀vehi฀ les฀with฀a฀gross฀vehi฀ le s g c m c c c w ฀ eight฀of฀3,000฀kg฀or฀less. Under฀ the฀ Highway฀ Safety฀ Code,฀ from฀ December฀ 15฀ to March฀15,฀all฀taxis฀and฀passenger฀vehicles฀registered฀in฀Québec must฀ be฀ equipped฀ with฀ winter฀ tires.฀ This฀ requirement฀ also applies฀to฀rental฀passenger฀vehicles฀in฀Québec.฀ Winter฀tire฀exemption฀certificate The฀ regulation,฀ which฀ comes฀ under฀ the฀ responsibility฀ of Transports฀ Québec,฀ makes฀ provisions฀ for฀ certain฀ exemptions and฀cases฀for฀which฀a฀certificate฀authorizing฀a฀passenger฀vehicle or฀taxi฀to฀operate฀without฀winter฀tires฀may฀be฀issued.฀ For฀information฀about฀exemptions฀and฀cases฀where฀a฀certificate฀can฀be฀issued,฀consult฀the฀Transports฀Québec฀Web฀site.
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FEN฀ ERS D
Motor฀vehi฀ les฀or฀com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀vehi฀ les฀that฀are฀not฀equip฀ ed c bn t c p with฀per฀ a฀ ent฀fen฀ ers฀must฀be฀fit฀ed฀with฀mobi฀e฀mud฀ uards m n d t l g made฀of฀resis฀ant฀mate฀ ial,฀and฀be฀no฀nar฀ o฀ er฀than฀the฀tire฀tread. t r r w Farm฀trac฀ors฀and฀machi฀ e฀ y฀are฀฀ xempt฀from฀this฀requi฀ e฀ ent. t n r e r m
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NATU฀ AL฀GAS฀AND฀PRO฀ A฀ E฀VEHI฀ LES R P N C
Natural฀gas฀or฀pro฀ a฀ e฀vehi฀ les฀must฀carry฀a฀com฀ lian฀ e฀stic฀ er p n c p c k cer฀i฀ying฀that฀the฀vehicle’s฀fuel฀sys฀em฀meets฀the฀requi฀ e฀ ents tf t r m of฀ the฀ Regulation฀ res฀ ec฀ing฀ safe฀y฀ stan฀ ards฀ for฀ road฀ vehi฀ les, p t t d c fai฀ing฀which฀the฀vehicle฀owner฀is฀lia฀ le฀to฀a฀$300฀to฀$600฀fine. l b

MODI฀ YING฀A฀VEHI฀ LE F C
Except฀with฀prior฀autho฀ i฀ a฀ion฀by฀the฀Société฀de฀l’assu฀ an฀ e rz t r c auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀ du฀ Québec,฀ no฀ one฀ may฀ alter฀ the฀ frame,฀ body฀ or m bl mecha฀ isms฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀inten฀ ed฀for฀use฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay n c d p w if฀ the฀ alte฀ a฀ ion฀ might฀ decrea฀ e฀ vehi฀ le฀ sta฀ i฀i฀ y฀ or฀ bra฀ ing r t s c blt k effec฀ i฀ e฀ ess. tv n The฀ Société’s฀ appro฀ al฀ is฀ also฀ requi฀ ed฀ befo฀ e฀ ฀ aking฀ an v r r m alte฀ a฀ ion฀that฀would฀chan฀ e฀the฀vehi฀ le฀type. r t g c

MECHANICAL฀INSPECTION
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The฀Société฀de฀l’assu฀ an฀ e฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀du฀Québec฀has฀exclu฀ i฀ e r c m bl sv autho฀ i฀y฀ over฀ mecha฀ i฀ al฀ inspec฀ion฀ of฀ road฀ vehi฀ les฀ and฀ the rt nc t c issue฀of฀inspec฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀es฀and฀com฀ lian฀ e฀stic฀ ers. t tfc t p c k Every฀year,฀the฀Société฀฀nspects฀thou฀ ands฀of฀vehi฀ les฀stop฀ ed i s c p by฀law฀enforcement฀offi฀ ers. c

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Accredited฀ ฀ gents฀ loca฀ ed฀ throu฀ hout฀ Québec฀ carry฀ out a t g mecha฀ i฀ al฀inspec฀ions.฀Agents฀are฀busi฀ es฀ es฀accre฀ i฀ed฀by฀the nc t n s dt Société฀to฀carry฀out฀inspec฀ions฀of฀light฀vehi฀ les฀(3,000฀kg฀and t c less)฀or฀heavy฀vehi฀ les฀(more฀than฀3,000฀kg),฀for฀a฀fee. c A฀law฀enforcement฀offi฀ er฀may฀requi฀ e฀a฀mecha฀ i฀ al฀inspec฀ion c r nc t if฀there฀are฀rea฀ o฀ a฀ le฀฀ rounds฀to฀belie฀ e฀that฀a฀vehi฀ le฀has฀been s n b g v c modi฀ied฀or฀cons฀i฀u฀es฀a฀฀ ublic฀dan฀ er.฀He/she฀may฀also฀฀mpound f tt t p g i a฀vehi฀ le at฀ the฀ owner’s฀ expen฀ e,฀ so฀ that฀ an฀ inspec฀ion฀ can฀ be c s t car฀ ied฀out. r

COM฀ UL฀ O฀ Y฀INSPEC฀ ION P S R T
The฀fol฀o฀ ing฀vehi฀ les฀must฀be฀inspec฀ed: l w c t • vehi฀ les฀used฀by฀a฀dri฀ ing฀฀ chool฀for฀tea฀ hing฀pur฀ o฀ es; c v s c p s • emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ les; g c c • tow฀฀rucks฀that฀have฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀of฀3,000฀kg฀or฀less; t w • taxi฀ abs,฀ buses,฀ mini฀ u฀ es฀ and฀ other฀ vehi฀ les฀ used฀ to c b s c carry฀฀ chool฀chil฀ ren; s d • vehi฀ les฀ alte฀ ed฀ to฀ use฀ fuel฀ other฀ than฀ that฀ inten฀ ed฀ by c r d the฀manu฀ac฀u฀ er; f t r • vehi฀ les฀with฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀over฀3,000฀kg,฀with฀the฀excep฀ c w tion฀of฀motor฀homes,฀cam฀ ers,฀tool฀vehi฀ les,฀farm฀trac฀ors, p c t farm฀machi฀ e฀ y,฀cons฀ruc฀ion฀site฀trai฀ers฀and฀farm฀trai฀ers; n r t t l l
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• modi฀ied,฀home-made฀or฀recy฀ led฀vehi฀ les,฀as฀well฀as฀any f c c other฀vehi฀ le฀that฀a฀law฀enforcement฀offi฀ er฀consi฀ ers฀a c c d p ฀ ublic฀dan฀ er; g • vehi฀ les฀invol฀ ed฀in฀an฀acci฀ ent; c v d • used฀vehi฀ les฀ori฀ i฀ a฀ing฀out฀ i฀ e฀Québec; c gn t sd • vehi฀ les฀that฀have฀been฀dis฀ ar฀ ed. c c d A฀ law฀ enforcement฀ offi฀ er฀ may฀ also฀ order฀ a฀ mecha฀ i฀ al c nc inspec฀ion฀and฀set฀the฀dead฀i฀ e฀for฀the฀inspec฀ion฀if฀he/she฀has t ln t rea฀ o฀ a฀ le฀ ฀ rounds฀ to฀ belie฀ e฀ that฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ has฀ under฀ o฀ e s n b g v c g n chan฀ es฀or฀is฀in฀a฀condi฀ion฀that฀cons฀i฀u฀es฀a฀dan฀ er. g t tt t g

INSPEC฀ ION฀OUT฀ O฀ E T C M
If฀the฀vehi฀ le฀meets฀regulatory฀stan฀ ards,฀the฀Société฀or฀its฀agent c d i ฀ssues฀a฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀of฀mecha฀ i฀ al฀inspec฀ion฀and฀a฀com฀ lian฀ e฀stic฀ er. tfc t nc t p c k
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Where฀minor฀฀ epairs฀are฀nee฀ ed,฀the฀owner฀or฀dri฀ er฀is฀given r d v 48฀hours฀to฀cor฀ ect฀the฀situa฀ion,฀fai฀ing฀which฀the฀noti฀ e฀beco฀ es r t l c m a฀tic฀ et฀and฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀ordered฀off฀the฀road. k c A฀vehi฀ le฀that฀requi฀ es฀major฀฀ epairs฀can฀ ot฀be฀used฀on฀the c r r n road฀until฀it฀is฀shown฀to฀meet฀regu฀a฀o฀ y฀stan฀ ards. l t r d Furthermore,฀an฀owner฀who฀refu฀ es฀or฀fails฀to฀sub฀ it฀a฀vehi฀ le s m c for฀mecha฀ i฀ al฀inspec฀ion฀or฀who฀refu฀ es฀to฀pro฀ u฀ e฀a฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e nc t s d c tfc t of฀mecha฀ i฀ al฀inspec฀ion฀will฀not฀be฀allo฀ ed฀to฀drive฀the฀vehi฀ le. nc t w c

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YOUR฀OWN฀INSPEC฀ ION T
The฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ent฀and฀fea฀ures฀requi฀ ed฀for฀safe฀dri฀ ing c m t r v must฀be฀cons฀ant฀y฀kept฀in฀good฀wor฀ ing฀order. t l k Taking฀note฀of฀any฀odd฀฀ ounds฀or฀other฀pro฀ lems฀with฀your s b vehi฀ le฀is฀a฀sim฀ le฀way฀of฀฀ aving฀time฀and฀money฀and฀avoi฀ ing c p s d major฀hea฀ a฀ hes฀later.฀When฀car฀ ying฀out฀your฀regu฀ar฀inspec฀ions, d c r l t pay฀spe฀ ial฀atten฀ion฀to฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀items: c t l w
BRAKES

Do฀ your฀ bra฀ es฀ ฀ queak?฀ Does฀ your฀ brake฀ pedal฀ res฀ ond k s p imme฀ ia฀e฀y฀to฀pres฀ u฀ e?฀Can฀you฀hear฀metal฀sur฀a฀ es฀rub฀ ing d t l s r f c b toge฀her?฀Does฀your฀vehi฀ le฀pull฀to฀the฀left฀or฀right฀when฀you t c brake,฀ or฀ stop฀ slo฀ ly฀ even฀ when฀ you฀ press฀ down฀ hard฀ on฀ the w brake฀pedal?
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HANDBRAKE

Does฀it฀hold฀your฀vehi฀ le฀sta฀io฀ a฀ y฀when฀you฀are฀star฀ing฀the c t n r t engi฀ e฀or฀on฀a฀grade? n
REARVIEW
MIR฀ ORS R

Are฀both฀of฀the฀rear฀ iew฀mir฀ ors฀secu฀ e฀y฀atta฀ hed?฀Are฀they v r r l c crac฀ ed,฀ chip฀ ed฀ or฀ tar฀ is฀ ed฀ so฀ that฀ they฀ adver฀ e฀y฀ ฀ ffect k p n h s l a visi฀ i฀i฀ y? blt Are฀your฀mir฀ ors฀adjus฀ed฀pro฀ er฀y,฀so฀that฀you฀can฀see฀well? r t p l

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STEERING

Is฀ there฀ une฀ en฀ wear฀ on฀ the฀ tires?฀ Have฀ you฀ noti฀ ed฀ too v c much฀play฀in฀the฀stee฀ ing฀–฀a฀defi฀ i฀e฀ten฀ en฀ y฀for฀the฀vehi฀ le฀to r nt d c c pull฀to฀the฀right฀or฀left?฀Have฀you฀had฀any฀trou฀ le฀control฀ing b l the฀vehi฀ le?฀All฀these฀฀hings฀are฀signs฀that฀your฀stee฀ ing฀sys฀em c t r t s ฀ hould฀be฀chec฀ ed฀and฀care฀ul฀y฀adjus฀ ed.฀Have฀your฀wheel k f l t align฀ ent฀chec฀ ed฀at฀least฀once฀a฀year,฀and฀any฀time฀you฀think m k it฀might฀have฀been฀jol฀ed฀out฀of฀line. t
WINDSHIELD

What฀is฀the฀condi฀ion฀of฀your฀winds฀ ield฀฀ ipers฀and฀your฀was฀ er t h w h fluid฀distributor? Do฀they฀gua฀ an฀ee฀clear฀visi฀ i฀i฀y฀at฀all฀times? r t blt Did฀ you฀ know฀ that฀ defec฀i฀ e฀ winds฀ ield฀ ฀ ipers฀ can฀ dama฀ e tv h w g your฀winds฀ ield? h
TIRES
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Check฀ your฀ tires฀ regu฀ar฀y.฀ Is฀ there฀ une฀ en฀ or฀ abnor฀ al฀ tire l l v m wear?฀Could฀this฀be฀cau฀ ed฀by฀impro฀ er฀air฀pres฀ u฀ e,฀infre฀ uent s p s r q tire฀rota฀ion,฀poor฀align฀ ent฀or฀wheel฀balan฀ e,฀or฀sim฀ ly฀poor t m c p dri฀ ing฀฀ abits? v h
EXHAUST
SYS฀ EM T

Have฀you฀noti฀ ed฀any฀leaks฀in฀your฀muf฀ler฀or฀฀ xhaust฀sys฀em? c f e t You฀can฀usual฀y฀hear฀them:฀lou฀ er-than-usual฀engi฀ e฀noise฀often l d n indi฀ a฀es฀a฀pro฀ lem฀with฀the฀฀ xhaust฀sys฀em. c t b e t
LIGHTS AND
HEADLIGHTS

Are฀all฀฀ights฀in฀good฀condi฀ion฀and฀free฀of฀฀oreign฀mat฀er? l t f t

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SEAT

BELT

Have฀you฀exa฀ i฀ ed฀your฀seat฀belt฀for฀any฀cuts฀or฀tears฀in฀the mn f ฀abric?฀Are฀ the฀ belt฀ buc฀ le฀ and฀ loc฀ ing฀ and฀ unloc฀ ing฀ mecha฀ k k k nism฀pre฀ ent฀and฀in฀good฀wor฀ ing฀order? s k
HEADREST

If฀your฀vehi฀ le฀is฀equip฀ ed฀with฀a฀headrest฀by฀the฀manufacturer, c p is฀the฀hea฀ rest฀still฀instal฀ed฀and฀in฀good฀condi฀ion? Is฀the฀midd฀e d l t l of฀the฀hea฀ rest฀at฀eye฀level฀or฀level฀with฀the฀top฀of฀your฀ears?฀Is฀it d near฀your฀head,฀i.e.฀no฀fur฀her฀away฀than฀10฀cm? t
DRIVE
BELTS

Did฀you฀know฀that฀the฀condi฀ion฀of฀your฀drive฀belts฀can฀be t impor฀ant฀ to฀ your฀ safe฀y?฀ If฀ the฀ belt฀ gives฀ way฀ sud฀ en฀y฀ in฀ a t t d l vehi฀ le฀with฀power฀stee฀ ing,฀it฀will฀be฀dif฀i฀ ult฀and฀even฀dan฀ e฀ ous c r fc g r to฀drive. Is฀ the฀ ten฀ ion฀ right?฀ Check฀ to฀ make฀ sure฀ that฀ belts฀ are฀ not s crac฀ ed฀and฀that฀the฀฀abric฀is฀not฀฀rayed฀or฀torn. k f f
SHOCK ABSOR฀ ERS B
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Does฀ your฀ vehi฀ le฀ rock฀ after฀ going฀ over฀ a฀ bump฀ or฀ ฀ oming c c out฀ of฀ a฀ potho฀e?฀ Is฀ it฀ sen฀ i฀i฀ e฀ to฀ side-winds?฀ Maybe฀ your l stv shock฀absor฀ ers฀are฀not฀up฀to฀par. b To฀check฀them,฀push฀down฀hard฀on฀one฀cor฀ er฀of฀your฀vehi฀ le n c and฀relea฀ e.฀If฀the฀cor฀ er฀boun฀ es฀more฀than฀once฀befo฀ e฀resu฀ ing s n c r m its฀฀nitial฀posi฀ion,฀the฀shock฀is฀pro฀ a฀ ly฀faul฀y.฀Repeat฀for฀each i t b b t cor฀ er฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le. n c

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BODY

CONDI฀ ION T

Are฀ all฀ the฀ parts฀ secu฀ e฀y฀ atta฀ hed฀ and฀ in฀ good฀ wor฀ ing r l c k order?฀Pay฀spe฀ ial฀atten฀ion฀to฀holes฀in฀the฀floor,฀espe฀ ial฀y฀in c t c l the฀trunk,฀where฀high฀y฀toxic฀฀ xhaust฀fumes฀might฀seep฀in. l e

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nder฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code,฀road฀signs and฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignals฀must฀meet฀the฀stan฀ ards f s d set฀by฀Transport฀Québec.฀These฀signs฀and฀signals฀are desi฀ ned฀to฀ensu฀ e฀road฀users’฀safe฀y฀and฀faci฀i฀a฀e g r t lt t the฀flow฀of฀traf฀ic. f While฀use฀ul฀as฀gui฀ es,฀signs฀and฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignals f d f s can฀ ot฀be฀cons฀rued฀as฀gua฀ an฀ees฀฀ gainst฀the฀risks n t r t a inhe฀ ent฀in฀road฀use.฀Roadways,฀vehi฀ les฀and฀rules r c are฀main฀y฀deve฀o฀ ed฀under฀ideal฀traf฀ic฀condi฀ions. l l p f t Because฀acci฀ ent฀risks,฀when฀in฀traffic,฀are฀nume฀ ous, d r dri฀ ers฀must฀conti฀ ual฀y฀฀ djust฀their฀฀ onduct. v n l a c Québec฀road฀signs฀and฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignals฀inclu฀ e f s d road฀signs,฀traf฀ic฀฀ights฀and฀road฀mar฀ ings.฀The f l k signs฀form฀a฀฀ isual฀lan฀ ua฀ e฀that฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors v g g c r t must฀know฀and฀unders฀and฀for฀their฀own฀safe฀y t t and฀for฀the฀safe฀y฀of฀other฀road฀users. t
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SIGNAL฀LIGHTS
Signal฀ ฀ights฀ inclu฀ e฀ all฀ the฀ ฀ights฀ that฀ guide฀ dri฀ ers฀ and l d l v pedes฀rians฀ on฀ the฀ roads.฀ Apart฀ from฀ stan฀ ard฀ traf฀ic฀ ฀ights, t d f l there฀are฀flas฀ ing฀฀ights,฀pedes฀rian฀฀ights,฀lights฀for฀cyclists,฀lane h l t l use฀ ฀ights,฀ rail฀ ay฀ cros฀ ing฀ ฀ights,฀ par฀ ing฀ regu฀a฀ion฀ ฀ights, l w s l k l t l work฀site฀฀ights,฀priority฀lights฀for฀buses,฀as฀well฀as฀inspection l station฀lights.

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TRAFFIC฀฀ IGHTS L
Traffic฀฀ights฀are฀gene฀ al฀y฀loca฀ed l r l t at฀inter฀ ec฀ions;฀their฀pur฀ o฀ e฀is฀to s t p s c ฀ ontrol฀the฀right฀of฀way฀of฀vehi฀ les c and฀ pedes฀rians฀ based฀ on฀ the฀ flow t of฀traf฀ic.฀When฀฀ights฀are฀not฀wor฀ ing f l k pro฀ er฀y฀or฀at฀all,฀dri฀ ers฀must฀฀ on฀ p l v c duct฀them฀ el฀ es฀as฀if฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion s v s t was฀ control฀ed฀ by฀ man฀ a฀o฀ y฀ stop l d t r signs฀for฀all฀direc฀ions,฀฀ nless฀instruc฀ed t u t other฀ i฀ e฀by฀a฀road฀sign. ws
RED
LIGHT

YELLOW (AMBER)฀LIGHT

A฀yel฀ow฀light฀indi฀ a฀es฀to฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀and฀฀ yclists l c t c r t c that฀ they฀ must฀ stop฀ befo฀ e฀ the฀ pedes฀ rian฀ cross฀ alk฀ or฀ stop r t w line.฀ If฀ there฀ is฀ no฀ line,฀ they฀ must฀ stop฀ befo฀ e฀ the฀ edge฀ of฀ the r road฀ ay฀they฀are฀pre฀ a฀ ing฀to฀cross,฀฀ nless฀they฀are฀alrea฀ y฀in w p r u d the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀or฀are฀so฀close฀to฀it฀that฀the฀vehi฀ le฀can฀ ot฀be s t c n stop฀ ed฀safe฀y.฀The฀moto฀ ist฀or฀฀ yclist฀may฀only฀pro฀ eed฀on฀the p l r c c autho฀ i฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignal.฀If฀there฀are฀no฀pedes฀rian฀฀ights, rz t f s t l pedes฀rians฀must฀fol฀ow฀the฀same฀rules. t l

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A฀red฀light฀means฀you฀must฀stop.฀Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀and c r t c ฀ yclists฀must฀bring฀their฀vehi฀ le฀to฀a฀full฀stop฀at฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion, c s t befo฀ e฀฀ oming฀to฀any฀mar฀ ed฀pedes฀rian฀cross฀ alk฀or฀stop฀line. r c k t w If฀ there฀ is฀ no฀ line,฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ must฀ stop฀ befo฀ e฀ the฀ edge฀ of฀ the r t r road฀ ay฀they฀are฀pre฀ a฀ ing฀to฀cross.฀The฀moto฀ ist฀or฀฀ yclist฀may w p r r c only฀pro฀ eed฀on฀the฀autho฀ i฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignal.฀If฀there฀are c rz t f s no฀pedes฀rian฀฀ights,฀pedes฀rians฀must฀also฀stop. t l t

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GREEN

LIGHT

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀and฀฀ yclists฀฀acing฀a฀solid฀or฀flas฀ ing c r t c f h green฀light฀may฀conti฀ ue฀on฀their฀way฀after฀yiel฀ ing฀the฀right฀of n d way฀to฀vehi฀ les,฀฀ yclists฀or฀pedes฀rians฀alrea฀ y฀in฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion. c c t d s t Pedestrians฀฀acing฀a฀green฀traf฀ic฀light฀may฀cross฀the฀road฀ ay฀if f f w there฀are฀no฀pedes฀rian฀฀ights. t l A฀flas฀ ing฀green฀light฀means฀that฀vehi฀ les฀are฀given฀prio฀ i฀y h c rt for฀a฀left฀turn฀by฀advan฀ ing฀the฀green฀while฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ les c m c still฀face฀red.
RED ARROW

A฀ red฀ arrow฀ pro฀ i฀ its฀ dri฀ ers฀ from฀ going฀ in฀ the hb v direc฀ion฀to฀which฀it฀฀ oints. t p

A฀yel฀ow฀arrow฀has฀the฀same฀func฀ion฀as฀the฀amber l t light,฀but฀shows฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀traf฀ic. t f

GREEN ฀ RROWS A

A฀green฀arrow,฀whe฀ her฀flas฀ ing฀or฀not,฀indi฀ a฀ es t h c t to฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀or฀฀ yclists฀that฀they฀must c r t c pro฀ eed฀in฀the฀direc฀ion฀indi฀ a฀ed,฀fol฀o฀ ing฀the฀same c t c t l w rules฀for฀the฀right฀of฀way฀as฀those฀for฀a฀green฀light.

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FLASHING฀฀ IGHTS L
Flashing฀yel฀ow฀or฀red฀฀ights฀are฀used฀as฀addi฀io฀ al฀฀ ignals฀to l l t n s indi฀ a฀e฀a฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀y฀dan฀ e฀ ous฀inter฀ ec฀ion. c t tc l l g r s t
FLASHING
RED LIGHT

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀and฀฀ yclists฀approa฀ hing฀a฀flas฀ ing c r t c c h red฀light฀must฀come฀to฀a฀stop,฀yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀any vehi฀ le฀on฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ ing฀road฀ ay฀alrea฀ y฀in฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ ion c s t w d s t or฀near฀฀ nough฀to฀it฀that฀to฀pro฀ eed฀might฀cause฀an฀acci฀ ent. e c d A฀flas฀ ing฀red฀light฀has฀the฀same฀func฀ion฀as฀the฀stop฀sign. h t
FLASHING YEL฀ OW L
LIGHT

PEDESTRIAN฀฀ IGHTS L
Pedestrian฀฀ights฀regu฀a฀e฀pedes฀rian฀move฀ ent฀and฀help฀them l l t t m avoid฀฀ onflicts฀with฀road฀vehi฀ les. c c Standard฀฀ights฀show฀the฀out฀i฀ e฀of฀a฀wal฀ ing฀per฀ on฀or฀an l ln k s oran฀ e฀ hand,฀ while฀ some฀ ฀ights฀ show฀ how฀ much฀ time฀ is฀ left g l befo฀ e฀the฀hand฀฀ ppears. r a

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A฀ flas฀ ing฀ yel฀ow฀ light฀ means฀ that฀ motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors h l c r t and฀ ฀ yclists฀ must฀ slow฀ down฀ and฀ pro฀ eed฀ with฀ cau฀ion฀ after c c t yiel฀ ing฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀other฀vehi฀ les฀and฀pedes฀rians฀alrea฀ d c t dy฀in฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion. s t A฀flas฀ ing฀yel฀ow฀light฀accom฀ a฀ ying฀pres฀ rip฀i฀ e฀or฀war฀ ing h l p n c tv n signs฀is฀used฀to฀฀ irect฀atten฀ion฀to฀dan฀ er฀or฀obli฀ a฀ion. d t g g t

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SIL฀ OUET฀ E H T

Pedestrians฀ ฀acing฀ this฀ ฀ ignal฀ may฀ pro฀ eed f s c a ฀ cross฀ the฀ road฀ ay฀ in฀ the฀ area฀ reser฀ ed฀ for w v cros฀ ing.฀At฀cer฀ain฀inter฀ ec฀ions,฀an฀audio฀฀ ignal s t s t s for฀the฀visual฀y฀impai฀ ed฀will฀sound฀conti฀ uous฀y l r n l while฀the฀sil฀ ouet฀e฀is฀lit.฀When฀the฀sym฀ ol฀฀ tarts h t b s flas฀ ing,฀pedes฀rians฀alrea฀ y฀in฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion h t d s t must฀hurry฀to฀reach฀the฀side฀ alk฀or฀฀ edian. w m
ORANGE
HAND SIL฀ OUET฀ E H T

Pedestrians฀฀acing฀this฀฀ ignal฀฀ hould฀not฀enter f s s the฀inter฀ ec฀ion.฀When฀the฀฀ ignal฀฀ egins฀to฀flash, s t s b pedes฀rians฀alrea฀ y฀in฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀must฀be t d s t quick฀to฀reach฀the฀side฀ alk฀or฀฀ edian. w m

Some฀pedes฀rian฀฀ights฀count฀down฀the฀time t l remai฀ ing฀to฀cross฀in฀฀ econds. n s

CYCLIST฀฀ IGHTS L
Cyclist฀฀ights,฀used฀to฀regu฀a฀e฀bicy฀ le฀traf฀ic, l l t c f are฀made฀up฀of฀three฀ver฀i฀ al฀฀ights฀in฀the฀form tc l of฀ red,฀ yel฀ow฀ and฀ green฀ bicy฀ les.฀The฀ ฀ olours l c c have฀the฀same฀mea฀ ing฀as฀traf฀ic฀฀ights. n f l

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LANE฀USE฀฀ IGHTS L
Lane฀ use฀ ฀ights฀ consist฀ of฀ red฀ ฀ights฀ in฀ the฀ shape฀ of฀ an฀ X, l ฀ l green฀฀ights฀in฀the฀shape฀of฀an฀arrow฀poin฀ed฀down฀and฀yel฀ow l t l flas฀ ing฀฀ights฀in฀the฀shape฀of฀a฀hori฀ on฀al฀arrow.฀These฀฀ights h l z t l are฀moun฀ed฀over฀one฀or฀seve฀ al฀lanes฀to฀indi฀ a฀e฀whe฀her฀vehi฀ le t r c t t c traf฀ic฀ is฀ per฀ it฀ed฀ or฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ in฀ the฀ lanes.฀The฀ mea฀ ing฀ of f m t hbt n the฀sym฀ ols฀is฀as฀fol฀ows: b l
RED X

Operators฀may฀not฀drive฀or฀stop฀in฀the฀lane฀under฀this฀฀ ignal. s
GREEN ARROW
POIN฀ ING DOWN T

Operators฀may฀use฀the฀lane฀under฀this฀฀ ignal. s
YELLOW
HORI฀ ON฀ AL ARROW Z T

RAILWAY฀CROS฀ ING฀฀ IGNALS S S
These฀ war฀ ing฀ devi฀ es,฀ consis฀ing฀ of฀ flas฀ ing฀ red฀ ฀ights,฀ are n c t h l pla฀ ed฀at฀road฀ ay-rail฀ ay฀inter฀ ec฀ions.฀They฀indi฀ a฀e฀to฀dri฀ ers c w w s t c t v and฀pedes฀rians฀that฀a฀train฀is฀฀ oming฀and฀that฀they฀must฀stop t c befo฀ e฀the฀level฀cros฀ ing. r s

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Usually฀฀ ppears฀in฀com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀with฀the฀red฀X;฀it฀indi฀ a฀es a bn t c t that฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must,฀with฀cau฀ion,฀chan฀ e฀lanes฀฀ ither฀to฀the฀left r t t g e or฀right฀becau฀ e฀of฀lane฀clo฀ u฀ e฀ahead. s s r

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REGULATED฀PAR฀ ING฀฀ IGHTS K L
Regulated฀par฀ ing฀฀ights฀are฀made฀up฀of฀oran฀ e k l g l ฀ights฀ accom฀ a฀ ied฀ by฀ a฀ regu฀a฀o฀ y฀ sign.฀ These p n l t r signs pro฀ i฀ it฀par฀ ing฀on฀the฀road฀at฀cer฀ain฀times hb k t to฀faci฀i฀a฀e฀road฀main฀e฀ an฀ e.฀The฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ion฀on lt t t n c hbt the฀sign฀is฀in฀฀ ffect฀only฀when฀the฀฀ights฀are฀on. e l

WORK฀SITE฀฀ IGHTS L
Work฀site฀฀ights฀warn฀road฀users฀of฀areas฀where฀road฀main฀e฀ l t nan฀ e฀ or฀ ฀ epairs฀ are฀ being฀ car฀ ied฀ out.฀ Road฀ users฀ must฀ slow c r r down฀and฀be฀cau฀ious฀when฀nea฀ ing฀the฀work฀area. t r
SIGNAL
BEA฀ ON C

A฀flas฀ ing฀or฀rota฀ing฀yel฀ow฀light฀on฀a฀vehi฀ le h t l c indi฀ a฀es฀one฀of฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀to฀road฀users: c t l w • the฀vehi฀ le฀could฀hin฀ er฀traf฀ic; c d f • the฀vehi฀ le฀might฀tra฀ el฀much฀slo฀ er฀than c v w the฀ maxi฀ um฀ speed฀ limit฀ or฀ slo฀ er฀ than m w the฀mini฀ um฀speed฀limit; m • the฀vehi฀ le฀could฀be฀accom฀ a฀ ying฀ano฀her c p n t vehi฀ le฀which฀might฀hin฀ er฀traf฀ic. c d f

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SIGNAL ฀ RROWS A

An฀arrow฀฀ ffixed฀to฀a฀vehi฀ le฀or฀trai฀er฀indi฀ a฀es a c l c t to฀road฀users฀that฀one฀lane฀of฀traf฀ic฀is฀obs฀ruc฀ed f t t and฀ that฀ they฀ must฀ take฀ the฀ lane฀ which฀ ฀ emains r open.฀The฀direc฀ion฀of฀the฀arrow฀indi฀ a฀es฀the฀lane t c t to฀ use.฀A฀ dou฀ le฀ arrow฀ indi฀ a฀es฀ that฀ traf฀ic฀ can b c t f go฀ to฀ the฀ left฀ or฀ right฀ of฀ the฀ obs฀ruc฀ed฀ lane.฀To t t indi฀ a฀e฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀a฀work฀site฀along฀a฀road c t s c with฀one฀lane฀of฀traf฀ic฀in฀each฀direc฀ion,฀only฀the f t cen฀re฀bar฀of฀the฀฀ ignal฀arrow฀is฀lit. t s

MOUNTED

SIGNS WITH FLAS฀ ING ฀ IGHTS FOR MOBI฀ E ROAD WORK H L L

TEMPORARY LIGHTS ฀

FOR ROAD WORK

Temporary฀฀ights฀are฀some฀i฀ es฀pla฀ ed฀near฀a฀work฀area฀to l tm c c ฀ ontrol฀traf฀ic,฀which฀must฀use฀one฀lane฀alter฀ a฀e฀y฀for฀tra฀ el฀in f n t l v oppo฀ i฀e฀direc฀ions. st t

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Mounted฀signs฀with฀flas฀ ing฀฀ights฀are฀pla฀ ed฀on h l c the฀ back฀ of฀ vehi฀ les฀ trai฀ing฀ mobi฀e฀ road฀ works. c l l They฀are฀made฀up฀of฀a฀work฀site฀sign฀moun฀ed฀on t a฀black฀back฀ round฀with฀flas฀ ing฀yel฀ow฀฀ights฀in g h l l each฀cor฀ er. n

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BUS฀PRIO฀ I฀ Y฀฀ IGHTS RT L
This฀ addi฀io฀ al฀ traf฀ic฀ light฀ has฀ a฀ white฀ ver฀i฀ al฀ bar฀ shi฀ ing t n f tc n t ฀hrough฀a฀black฀lens,฀indi฀ a฀ing฀pro฀ec฀ed฀move฀ ent฀for฀buses c t t t m so฀they฀can฀more฀easi฀y฀merge฀with฀the฀flow฀of฀traf฀ic. l f

INSPECTION฀STA฀ ION฀฀ IGHTS T L
These฀ ฀ights฀ are฀ pla฀ ed฀ in฀ an฀ inspec฀ion฀ area฀ for฀ trans฀ ort l c t p vehi฀ les.฀The฀฀ olour฀and฀sym฀ ol฀on฀the฀฀ ignal฀light฀indi฀ a฀e฀to c c b s c t heavy฀vehi฀ le฀dri฀ ers฀what฀฀ ction฀is฀neces฀ a฀ y. c v a s r • Red฀light:฀ stop฀for฀wei฀ hing. g • Yellow฀light฀poin฀ing฀up:฀ t advan฀ e฀slo฀ ly. c w • Yellow฀light฀poin฀ing฀right:฀ t enter฀the฀wei฀ h฀ng฀sta฀ion. g i t • Yellow฀arrow฀poin฀ing฀down:฀ t back฀up฀slo฀ ly. w • Green฀light:฀ wei฀ hing฀com฀ le฀e,฀depar฀ure฀per฀ it฀ed. g p t t m t

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PAVEMENT฀MAR฀ INGS K
Pavement฀mar฀ ings฀are฀used฀to฀show฀the฀sepa฀ a฀ion฀of฀traf฀ic k r t f lanes,฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀lanes฀to฀be฀used฀by฀cer฀ain฀clas฀ es฀of฀vehi฀ les c t t s c and฀the฀move฀ ents฀that฀are฀autho฀ i฀ ed.฀They฀sup฀ le฀ ent฀road m rz p m signs฀and฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignals. f s

PURPOSE฀OF฀PAVE฀ ENT฀MAR฀ INGS M K
Pavement฀mar฀ ings฀indi฀ a฀ e: k c t • the฀direc฀ion฀of฀traf฀ic; t f • traf฀ic฀lanes; f • zones฀where฀pas฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed; s hbt • the฀edge฀of฀the฀road฀ ay฀and฀dan฀ e฀ ous฀curbs; w g r • varia฀ions฀in฀road฀ ay฀width; t w • zones฀reser฀ ed฀for฀buses฀and฀heavy฀vehi฀ les; v c • edges฀of฀inter฀ ec฀ions; s t • stop฀lines; • pedes฀rian,฀฀ chool฀and฀play฀ round฀cross฀ alks; t s g w • par฀ ing฀areas; k • com฀ er฀ ial฀ser฀ i฀ e฀areas; m c vc • spe฀ ial฀manoeu฀ res฀as฀indi฀ a฀ed฀by฀฀ rrows; c v c t a • obs฀ruc฀ions฀on฀or฀next฀to฀the฀road฀ahead; t t • alter฀ a฀ing฀traf฀ic฀lanes; n t f • cycle฀lanes; • reser฀ ed฀lanes; v • left-turn฀lanes; • runa฀ ay฀lanes. w

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COLOUR฀OF฀PAVE฀ ENT฀MAR฀ INGS M K
Two฀฀ olours฀are฀used฀to฀differentiate฀the฀function฀of฀each. c They฀are฀yellow฀and฀white. Yellow฀mar฀ ings k • sepa฀ a฀e฀traf฀ic฀lanes฀in฀oppo฀ i฀e฀direc฀ions; r t f st t • indi฀ a฀e฀ the฀ left฀ side฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ on฀ divi฀ ed฀ road฀ ays, c t d w freeways฀(auto฀ ou฀es)฀and฀one-way฀road฀ ays; r t w • indi฀ a฀e฀the฀left฀edge฀of฀a฀ramp฀on฀freeways; c t • indi฀ a฀e฀areas฀where฀par฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed; c t k hbt • indi฀ a฀e฀ areas฀ where฀ chil฀ ren,฀ pedes฀rians฀ and฀ stu฀ ents c t d t d must฀cross฀bet฀ een฀inter฀ ec฀ions฀or฀inter฀ ec฀ions฀for฀which w s t s t there฀is฀no฀traf฀ic฀light฀or฀stop฀sign; f • indi฀ a฀e฀the฀edges฀of฀the฀road฀ ay฀for฀bet฀er฀visi฀ i฀i฀y; c t w t blt • sepa฀ a฀e฀alter฀ a฀e฀traf฀ic฀lanes; r t n t f • indi฀ a฀e฀two-way฀left-turn฀lanes; c t • indi฀ a฀e฀lanes฀reser฀ ed฀for฀onco฀ ing฀or฀alter฀ a฀e฀traf฀ic. c t v m n t f White฀mar฀ ings k • sepa฀ a฀e฀traf฀ic฀lanes฀on฀a฀one-way฀road฀ ay; r t f w • indi฀ a฀e฀the฀right฀side฀of฀divi฀ ed฀road฀ ays; c t d w • indi฀ a฀e฀par฀ ing฀areas; c t k • indi฀ a฀e฀ areas฀ where฀ pedes฀rians,฀ chil฀ ren฀ and฀ stu฀ ents c t t d d must฀ cross฀ at฀ inter฀ ec฀ions฀ for฀ which฀ there฀ is฀ no฀ traf฀ic s t f light฀or฀stop฀sign; • spe฀ i฀y฀where฀vehi฀ les฀must฀stop; cf c • indi฀ a฀e฀lanes฀reser฀ ed฀for฀traf฀ic฀in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion. c t v f t

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LINES,฀฀ RROWS฀AND฀SYM฀ OLS A B

White฀or฀yel฀ow฀lines,฀as฀well฀as฀฀ rrows฀and฀other฀sym฀ ols, l a b are฀pain฀ed฀on฀Québec฀road฀ ays฀to฀฀ emind฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀of t w r c r t cer฀ain฀฀ ights,฀obli฀ a฀ions฀and฀res฀ric฀ions.฀Each฀type฀and฀฀ olour t r g t t t c of฀line฀has฀a฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀signi฀i฀ an฀ e. tc l fc c
SOLID AND
BRO฀ EN SIN฀ LE LINES K G
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Solid฀and฀bro฀ en฀sin฀ le฀lines฀divi฀ e฀traf฀ic฀lanes.฀The฀lines฀are k g d f white฀ when฀ sepa฀ a฀ing฀ one-way฀ traf฀ic฀ lanes฀ and฀ yel฀ow฀ when r t f l sepa฀ a฀ing฀two-way฀traf฀ic฀lanes. r t f Motorists฀may฀cross฀a฀bro฀ en฀line฀under฀cer฀ain฀cir฀ ums฀an฀ es k t c t c but฀may฀never฀cross฀a฀solid฀line.
COMBINED
LINES

Two฀solid฀yel฀ow฀lines฀next฀to฀one฀ano฀her฀sepa฀ a฀e฀two-way l t r t traf฀ic฀lanes.฀They฀may฀not฀be฀cros฀ ed.฀A฀solid฀yel฀ow฀line฀along฀ i฀ e f s l sd a฀bro฀ en฀yel฀ow฀line฀also฀sepa฀ a฀es฀two-way฀traf฀ic.฀Drivers฀may k l r t f cross฀these฀lines฀under฀cer฀ain฀cir฀ ums฀an฀ es,฀if฀the฀bro฀ en฀line t c t c k is฀on฀their฀side.

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LINES

Lines฀that฀sepa฀ a฀e฀lanes฀of฀traf฀ic฀in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion฀are r t f t gene฀ al฀y฀white฀and฀bro฀ en;฀howe฀ er,฀in฀order฀to฀limit฀or฀pro฀ i฀ it r l k v hb lane฀chan฀ es,฀the฀lines฀may฀be฀solid,฀sin฀ le฀or฀dou฀ le,฀such฀as g g b at฀the฀฀ pproach฀of฀ano฀her฀road฀ ay฀or฀in฀a฀tun฀ el. a t w n
ALTERNATING TRAF฀ IC F
LANE USES

Parallel฀ yel฀ow฀ bro฀ en฀ lines฀ mark฀ a฀ lane฀ on฀ ฀ ither฀ side฀ in l k e urban฀areas฀where฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀traf฀ic฀alter฀ a฀es. t f n t
TWO-WAY
LEFT-TURN LANE

Parallel฀yel฀ow฀lines,฀one฀solid฀and฀one฀bro฀ en,฀mark฀a฀lane l k on฀฀ ither฀side฀in฀the฀midd฀e฀of฀the฀road฀ ay฀which฀must฀be฀used฀for e l w left฀turns฀by฀traf฀ic฀in฀oppo฀ i฀e฀direc฀ions.฀Yellow฀lane฀selec฀ion f st t t a ฀ rrows฀ also฀ mark฀ the฀ pave฀ ent฀ to฀ clear฀y฀ indi฀ a฀e฀ that฀ only฀ a m l c t left฀turn฀is฀allo฀ ed฀from฀the฀lane. w
RESERVED
LANE

Pavement฀mar฀ ings฀for฀a฀reser฀ ed฀lane฀at฀all฀times฀are฀dou฀ le k v b solid฀lines,฀while฀those฀mar฀ ing฀a฀reser฀ ed฀lane฀for฀cer฀ain฀hours k v t are฀dou฀ le฀bro฀ en฀lines.฀Wedges฀on฀the฀pave฀ ent฀in฀the฀reser฀ ed b k m v lane฀tell฀moto฀ ists฀in฀the฀adja฀ ent฀lane฀that฀sha฀ ed฀use฀of฀the฀lane r c r is฀allo฀ ed฀on฀condi฀ion฀they฀turn฀at฀the฀near฀ y฀inter฀ ec฀ion. w t b s t
SLOW-฀ OVING VEHI฀ LE M C
LANE

A฀lane฀is฀set฀aside฀at฀pla฀ es฀where฀the฀grade฀of฀a฀slope฀or฀its c l ฀ength฀cau฀ es฀some฀heavy฀vehi฀ les฀to฀slow฀consi฀ e฀ a฀ ly,฀allo฀ ing s c d r b w the฀freer฀move฀ ent฀of฀the฀bulk฀of฀traf฀ic. m f
STOP
LINE

The฀white฀stop฀line฀is฀pain฀ed฀฀ cross฀the฀road฀ ay,฀per฀ en฀ i฀ u฀ar t a w p dc l to฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀with฀traf฀ic฀฀ights฀or฀a฀stop฀sign.฀It฀indi฀ a฀es s t f l c t the฀point฀at฀which฀a฀vehi฀ le฀must฀stop. c

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CROSS฀ ALKS W

At฀inter฀ ec฀ions฀with฀traf฀ic฀฀ights฀or฀stop฀signs,฀two฀paral฀el s t f l l solid฀white฀lines฀on฀the฀road฀ ay฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀area฀reser฀ ed฀for w c t v pedes฀rians฀to฀cross.฀Elsewhere,฀yel฀ow฀pave฀ ent฀mar฀ ings฀indi฀ a฀e t l m k c t pedes฀rian฀cross฀ alks. t w
PARKING AREAS

White฀lines฀on฀the฀pave฀ ent฀iden฀i฀y฀areas฀where฀par฀ ing฀is m tf k allo฀ ed;฀yel฀ow฀lines฀indi฀ a฀e฀that฀par฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. w l c t k hbt
WHEELCHAIR

A฀white฀wheel฀ hair฀sym฀ ol฀indi฀ a฀es฀par฀ ing฀spa฀ es฀or฀฀ ccess c b c t k c a ramps฀for฀per฀ ons฀with฀phy฀ i฀ al฀dis฀ bi฀i฀ies.฀It฀is฀accom฀ a฀ ied฀by s sc a lt p n a฀regu฀a฀o฀ y฀par฀ ing฀sign฀on฀par฀ ing฀spa฀ es,฀indi฀ a฀ing฀that฀these l t r k k c c t par฀ ing฀ spa฀ es฀ are฀ reser฀ ed฀ exclu฀ i฀ e฀y฀ for฀ phy฀ i฀ al฀y฀ dis฀ b฀ed k c v sv l sc l a l indi฀ i฀ uals. vd
STOP ZONE
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BUS

Stop฀ zones฀ for฀ city฀ buses฀ are฀ mar฀ ed฀ by฀ a฀ yel฀ow฀ rec฀an฀ le k l t g with฀ a฀ zig฀ ag฀ pat฀ern.฀The฀ left฀ side฀ of฀ the฀ rec฀an฀ le฀ is฀ mar฀ ed z t t g k with฀a฀white฀bro฀ en฀line. k
VEHICLE
SEN฀ OR S

This฀sym฀ ol฀on฀the฀pave฀ ent b m indi฀ a฀es฀a฀mecha฀ ism฀connec฀ed c t n t to฀traf฀ic฀฀ights฀to฀sense฀the฀pre฀ f l sen฀ e฀of฀vehi฀ les.฀The฀sym฀ ol฀is c c b pla฀ ed฀on฀the฀cen฀re฀of฀the฀sen฀ or c t s and฀is฀desi฀ ned฀to฀redu฀ e฀wai฀ing g c t time฀at฀inter฀ ec฀ions. s t

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AIRCRAFT

PATROL฀ ED L

Yellow฀equi฀a฀e฀ al฀tri฀ n฀ les฀on l t r a g the฀pave฀ ent฀or฀shoul฀ er฀deno฀e m d t areas฀ where฀ traf฀ic฀ is฀ sub฀ect฀ to f j sur฀ eillan฀ e฀from฀air฀ raft. v c c
ARROWS AND

SYM฀ OLS B

Arrows,฀usual฀y฀white฀are฀pain฀ed l t on฀the฀road฀ ay.฀They฀indi฀ a฀e฀lane w c t direc฀ion. t

A฀bicy฀ le฀sym฀ ol฀pain฀ed฀on c b t the฀road฀ ay฀indi฀ a฀es฀a฀฀ ycling w c t c lane.

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An฀elon฀ a฀ed฀white฀dia฀ ond g t m on฀ pave฀ ent฀ indi฀ a฀es฀ a฀ lane m c t reser฀ ed฀ for฀ cer฀ain฀ clas฀ es฀ of v t s vehi฀ les. c

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ROAD฀SIGNS
Road฀signs฀use฀a฀฀ isual฀lan฀ ua฀ e฀(pic฀o฀ rams฀and฀inscrip฀ions) v g g t g t to฀ensu฀ e฀road฀users’฀safe฀y฀and฀faci฀i฀a฀e฀the฀flow฀of฀traf฀ic. r t lt t f In฀ many฀ instan฀ es,฀ the฀ tab฀ atta฀ hed฀ to฀ a฀ sign฀ spe฀ i฀ies฀ the c c cf mes฀ a฀ e฀฀ onveyed฀by฀the฀road฀sign. s g c There฀are฀four฀types฀of฀road฀signs: Regulatory฀signs Regulatory฀ signs฀ indi฀ a฀ e฀ road฀ users’฀ obli฀ a฀ ions฀ and฀ the c t g t res฀ric฀ions฀pla฀ ed฀upon฀them฀under฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code. t t c Warning฀signs Warning฀signs฀are฀meant฀to฀draw฀atten฀ion฀to฀road฀sec฀ions t t where฀dri฀ ers฀must฀be฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀y฀cau฀ious฀due฀to฀obs฀a฀ les฀or v tc l l t t c h ฀ azards฀on฀or฀along฀ i฀ e฀the฀road฀ ay.฀The฀signs฀warn฀moto฀ ists sd w r to฀slow฀down,฀stop฀or฀chan฀ e฀direc฀ions. g t Information฀signs Information฀signs฀pro฀ i฀ e฀sim฀ le฀direc฀ions฀about฀des฀i฀ a฀ions: vd p t tn t dis฀an฀ e,฀฀ treet฀name,฀point฀of฀inter฀ st,฀ser฀ i฀ e฀or฀infor฀ a฀ion. t c s e vc m t Road฀work฀signs Work฀site฀signs฀draw฀atten฀ion฀to฀cons฀ruc฀ion฀or฀main฀e฀ an฀ e t t t t n c being฀car฀ ied฀out฀on฀or฀along฀ i฀ e฀a฀road฀ ay฀and฀pro฀ i฀ e฀use฀ul r sd w vd f indi฀ a฀ions฀on฀how฀to฀get฀฀hrough฀the฀work฀area฀safe฀y.฀These c t t l signs฀encom฀ ass฀the฀pur฀ o฀ e฀of฀the฀three฀prior฀cate฀ o฀ ies. p p s g r
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SHAPES฀AND฀฀ OLOURS฀OF฀THE฀MAIN฀TYPES฀OF฀SIGNS C
The฀mes฀ a฀ e฀฀ onveyed฀by฀a฀road฀sign฀฀ epends฀on฀the฀shape, s g c d c ฀ olour฀or฀sym฀ ol฀used. b The฀choi฀ e฀of฀฀ olour฀takes฀North฀American฀conven฀ions฀into c c t a ฀ ccount.฀In฀gene฀al,฀the฀฀ olours฀that฀follow฀allow฀one฀to฀dis฀in฀ uish r c t g bet฀ een฀the฀dif฀e฀ ent cate฀ o฀ ies฀of฀signs: w f r g r Black฀and฀white:฀Regulatory฀signs Yellow:฀Danger Orange:฀Road฀work฀sign Green,฀brown฀or฀blue:฀Information฀sign Sometimes฀the฀shape฀of฀a฀sign฀iden฀i฀ies฀its฀cate฀ o฀y.฀For฀exam฀ le, tf g r p dan฀ er฀and฀work฀site฀signs฀are฀dia฀ ond฀sha฀ ed.฀In฀addition,฀some g m p sha฀ es฀are฀reser฀ ed฀for฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀signs.฀For฀exam฀ le,฀an฀octa฀ on p v tc l p g is฀reser฀ ed฀for฀stop฀signs฀and฀a฀pen฀ a฀ on฀is฀reser฀ ed฀sole฀y฀to v t g v l iden฀i฀y฀฀ chool฀zones. tf s Regulatory,฀war฀ ing฀and฀road฀work฀signs฀trans฀ it฀their฀mes฀ a฀ es n m s g using฀฀ rrows฀and฀sym฀ ols,฀whe฀ eas฀infor฀ a฀ion฀signs฀bear฀writ฀en a b r m t t infor฀ a฀ion. m t

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This฀ table฀ spe฀ i฀ies฀ the฀ sha฀ es฀ and฀ ฀ olours฀ of฀ the฀ four฀ sign cf p c cate฀ o฀ ies. g r Regulatory Category Shape Colour Comments
Red Reserved฀ for฀stop฀signs Reserved฀for yield฀signs

Regulatory

Red and฀white Black

White

Black

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Category

Shapes

Colour

Comments

Fluorescent Reserved฀for yel฀ow-green ฀ chool฀zone฀signs l s Fluorescent Reserved฀for yel฀ow-green advance฀฀ chool฀ l s zone฀or ฀ chool฀ s cros฀ ing฀signs s Yellow Reserved฀for฀ dan฀ er฀war฀ ing g n Reserved฀for฀ work฀sites Danger฀war฀ ing n

Wa r n i n g ฀ a n d ฀ r o a d ฀ w o r k

Orange

Yellow

Orange

Work฀sites

Yellow

Danger฀war฀ ing n

Orange

Work฀sites

Red and฀white

Reserved฀for warning chevrons

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Category

Shapes

Colour
Blue

Comments
Reserved฀for฀ freeways Reserved฀ for฀high฀ ays w Tourist฀ infor฀ a฀ion m t Public฀tou฀ ist฀ r attrac฀ions t Emergency฀ faci฀i฀ies lt
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Green

Blue

Brown

Information

Red

Green

Freeways,฀ high฀ ays฀and฀ w bike฀ ays w Freeways,฀ high฀ ays฀and฀ w bike฀ ays w Private฀faci฀i฀ies฀ lt and฀ser฀ i฀ es฀off฀ vc freeways Tourist฀attrac฀ions฀ t and฀฀ oints฀of฀ p inter฀ st e Reserved฀for฀ freeway฀exits

Green

Blue

Brown

Yellow

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Symbols฀such฀as฀pic฀o฀ raphs,฀฀ rrows฀and฀sil฀ ouet฀es฀are฀used t g a h t to฀repla฀ e฀words฀in฀order฀to฀make฀road฀signs฀฀ asier฀to฀unders฀and. c e t •฀Arrows Arrows฀are฀used฀to฀indi฀ a฀e฀areas฀control฀ed฀by฀regu฀a฀ion,฀to c t l l t announ฀ e฀upco฀ ing฀signs,฀and฀to฀indi฀ a฀e฀clea฀ an฀ es,฀lanes฀to c m c t r c fol฀ow฀or฀use,฀฀ etours,฀manoeu฀ res฀and฀des฀i฀ a฀ions. l d v tn t •฀Outlines Silhouettes฀ indi฀ a฀e฀ the฀ peo฀ le฀ and฀ ฀hings฀ affec฀ed฀ by฀ the c t p t t sign.฀They฀indi฀ a฀e฀spe฀ i฀ic฀confi฀ u฀ a฀ions,฀encou฀ a฀ e฀road฀users c t cf g r t r g to฀be฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀y฀care฀ul,฀and฀฀ onvey฀infor฀ a฀ion. tc l l f c m t •฀Interdictory฀sym฀ ol b This฀sym฀ ol,฀a฀red฀cir฀ le฀with฀a฀red฀dia฀ o฀ al b c g n bar฀฀hrough฀it,฀indi฀ a฀es฀that฀any฀hing฀฀ ithin t c t t w the฀cir฀ le฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. c hbt

•฀Mandatory฀sym฀ ol b This฀sym฀ ol,฀a฀green฀cir฀ le,฀indi฀ a฀es฀that฀any฀ b c c t thing฀฀ ithin฀the฀cir฀ le฀is฀com฀ ul฀ o฀ y. w c p s r

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Regulatory signs
Stop Indicates that drivers must come to a full stop at an intersection.

4-way stop: indicates that the requirement to stop applies to traffic from all directions. The shape on the sign identifies the layout of the intersection (+, T, Y). Do not enter Indicates that access to a roadway or traffic lane is prohibited for all vehicles because entry could result in a head-on collision.
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Accompanied by an “ENTREE INTERDITE” (do not enter) sign.

Yield Indicates that drivers must yield the right of way to vehicles travelling on the road they are about to enter.

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Traffic฀ cir฀ le฀ yield: Indicates฀ that฀ dri฀ ers฀ must c v yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀vehi฀ les฀that฀are฀tra฀ el฀ing c v l in฀the฀traf฀ic฀cir฀ le฀they฀are฀about฀to฀enter.฀When f c encountering฀these฀signs,฀some฀drivers฀believe฀they can฀continue฀driving฀normally.฀By฀way฀of฀contrast, other฀ drivers฀ systematically฀ come฀ to฀ a฀ full฀ stop. Both฀ unwittingly฀ disrupt฀ the฀ flow฀ or฀ traffic.฀The objective฀ here฀ is฀ to฀ merge฀ with฀ traffic฀ without stopping,฀and฀without฀hampering฀the฀progress฀of those฀who฀are฀already฀in฀place.฀Motorists฀should only฀stop฀when฀it฀is฀impossible฀to฀do฀otherwise. Indicates฀ that฀ drivers฀ must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of way฀ to฀ oncoming฀ vehicles.฀This฀ sign฀ is฀ used฀ at work฀sites฀where฀no฀flagperson฀is฀available,฀and on฀some฀narrow฀bridges.

Stop฀line Indicates฀the฀line฀on฀the฀road฀ ay฀at฀which฀vehi฀ les w c must฀stop.

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Speed฀limit Indicates฀ the฀ maxi฀ um฀ and฀ mini฀ m mum ฀ peeds฀legal฀y฀per฀ it฀ed. s l m t The฀last฀digit฀is฀฀ lways฀zero. a

Indicates฀the฀speed฀that฀฀ pplies,฀under฀the฀Highway a Safety฀Code or฀muni฀ i฀ al฀bylaw,฀to฀a฀฀ chool฀zone cp s and฀the฀hours,฀day฀and฀฀ onths฀฀ uring฀which฀the m d speed฀limit฀is฀in฀฀ ffect. e

One-way฀traf฀ ic f
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Traffic฀ is฀ allo฀ ed฀ only฀ in฀ the฀ direc฀ion w t indi฀ a฀ed. c t

Beginning฀of฀one-way฀traf฀ ic f Indicates฀ that฀ two-way฀ traf฀ic฀ ends฀ and฀ one-way f traf฀ic฀฀ egins. f b

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Two-way฀traf฀ ic f Indicates฀ that฀ one-way฀ traf฀ic฀ ends฀ and฀ two-way f traf฀ic฀฀ egins. f b

Obstruction Indicates฀that฀a฀dri฀ er฀must฀go฀to฀the฀right฀to฀pass v an฀obs฀a฀ le. t c

Indicates฀an฀obs฀a฀ le฀which฀must฀be฀pas฀ ed฀฀ ither t c s e to฀the฀right฀or฀left.

Lane฀direc฀ ion฀signs t Whether฀pla฀ ed฀over฀ ead฀or฀along฀the฀roadway,฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing c h l w signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀tra฀ el฀allo฀ ed,฀depen฀ ing฀on฀the c t t v w d lane฀occu฀ ied฀by฀the฀moto฀ ist. p r

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Indicates฀that฀a฀dri฀ er฀must฀go฀to฀the฀left฀to฀pass v an฀obs฀a฀ le. t c

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These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀ e฀that฀the฀vehi฀ le฀in฀the฀lane฀must: c t c

Proceed฀ straight฀ahead ฀

Turn฀right

Turn฀left

Proceed฀฀ traight฀ahead฀or฀turn฀right. s Proceed฀฀ traight฀ahead฀or฀turn฀left. s

Turn฀right฀or฀left.

The฀cen฀re฀lane฀is฀reser฀ ed฀for฀left t v turns฀from฀฀ ither฀direc฀ion. e t

Vehicles฀in฀right฀lane฀must฀pro฀ eed฀฀ traight฀ahead; c s vehi฀ les฀in฀left฀lane฀must฀turn฀left. c

Vehicles฀in฀right฀lane฀must฀turn฀right;฀vehi฀ les฀in c left฀lane฀must฀pro฀ eed฀฀ traight฀ahead. c s

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Vehicles฀ in฀ the฀ right฀ lane฀ must฀ pro฀ eed฀ ฀ traight c s ahead;฀vehi฀ les฀in฀left฀lane฀must฀pro฀ eed฀฀ traight c c s ahead฀or฀turn฀left.

Vehicles฀ in฀ the฀ right฀ lane฀ may฀ pro฀ eed฀ ฀ traight c s ahead฀or฀turn฀right;฀vehi฀ les฀in฀the฀left฀lane฀must c pro฀ eed฀฀ traight฀ahead. c s

Vehicles฀ in฀ the฀ right฀ lane฀ may฀ pro฀ eed฀ ฀ traight c s ahead฀ or฀ turn฀ right;฀ vehi฀ les฀ in฀ left฀ lane฀ must c turn฀left.

Vehicles฀ in฀ the฀ right฀ lane฀ may฀ pro฀ eed฀ ฀ traight c s ahead฀ or฀ turn฀ left;฀ vehi฀ les฀ in฀ the฀ left฀ lane฀ must c turn฀left.

Vehicles฀in฀the฀right฀lane฀must฀turn฀right;฀vehi฀ les c in฀ the฀ left฀ lane฀ may฀ pro฀ eed฀ ฀ traight฀ ahead฀ or c s turn฀right.

Vehicles฀in฀the฀right฀and฀cen฀re฀lanes฀must฀pro฀ eed t c s ฀ traight฀ahead;฀vehi฀ les฀in฀the฀left฀lane฀must฀turn c left.

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Vehicles฀in฀the฀right฀lane฀must฀turn฀right;฀vehi฀ les c in฀ the฀ left฀ lane฀ may฀ pro฀ eed฀ ฀ traight฀ ahead฀ or c s turn฀left.

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Vehicles฀in฀the฀right฀lane฀must฀turn฀right;฀vehi฀ les฀in c the฀left฀and฀cen฀re฀lanes฀must฀pro฀ eed฀฀ traight฀ahead. t c s

Vehicles฀in฀the฀two฀right-hand฀lanes must฀turn฀right.

Vehicles฀in฀the฀two฀left-hand฀lanes must฀turn฀left.

Vehicles฀ in฀ the฀ left฀ lane฀ may฀ turn฀ right,฀ pro฀ eed c s ฀ traight฀ ahead฀ or฀ turn฀ left;฀ vehi฀ les฀ in฀ the฀ right c lane฀must฀turn฀right.

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Vehicles฀in฀the฀left฀lane฀must฀turn฀left;฀vehi฀ les฀in c the฀ right฀ lane฀ may฀ turn฀ right,฀ pro฀ eed฀ ฀ traight c s ahead฀or฀turn฀left.

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Alternating฀traffic฀lane

Mandatory฀or฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed฀move฀ ent฀ hbt m at฀cer฀ ain฀inter฀ ec฀ ions t s t The฀green฀cir฀ les฀mean฀that฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀com฀ ly฀with c c r t p the฀manoeu฀ re฀shown฀on฀the฀cir฀ le. v c A. These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀that฀the฀ope฀ a฀or฀must: c t r t

Proceed s ฀ traight฀ahead

Turn฀left

Turn฀right

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An฀alternating฀traffic฀lane฀is฀one฀where฀the฀direction฀allowed฀will vary฀with฀traffic฀conditions฀or฀the฀time฀of฀day.฀In฀the฀illustration, it฀is฀the฀centre฀lane. The฀signs฀installed฀above฀the฀roadway฀show฀available฀lanes. A฀driver฀may฀use฀the฀lane฀underneath฀a฀green฀arrow. A฀ red฀ X฀ over฀ a฀ lane฀ indicates฀ that฀ it฀ is฀ reserved฀ for฀ oncoming traffic.฀

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Proceed฀ s ฀ traight฀ahead฀ or฀turn฀right

Proceed฀ s ฀ traight฀ahead฀ or฀turn฀left

Turn฀right฀ or฀left

B. These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀that฀the฀dri฀ er฀may฀not: c t v

Proceed฀ s ฀ traight฀ahead

Turn฀left

Turn฀right
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Make฀a฀U-turn฀at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀or฀฀ edian. s t m

Turn฀ right฀ when฀ the฀ light฀ is฀ red.฀ If฀ the prohibition฀is฀limited฀to฀specific฀time฀periods, they฀will฀be฀indicated.

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Indicate฀ that฀ the฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed฀ or hbt requi฀ ed฀manoeu฀ re฀is฀tem฀ o฀ a฀ y฀or r v p r r does฀not฀apply฀to฀cer฀ain฀clas฀ es฀of t s vehi฀ les.฀The฀excep฀ion฀to฀the฀U-turn c t pro฀ i฀ i฀ion฀ means฀ that฀ emer฀ en฀ y hbt g c vehi฀ les,฀฀ ublic฀secu฀ i฀y฀vehi฀ les฀and c p rt c road฀cons฀ ruc฀ ion฀or฀main฀ e฀ an฀ e t t t n c vehi฀ les฀are฀allo฀ ed฀to฀use฀the฀turnc w a ฀ round฀area. No฀pas฀ ing s Indicates฀the฀begin฀ ing฀of฀a฀no-pas฀ ing฀zone. n s

Controlled฀par฀ ing k Indicate฀areas฀where฀par฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀k h bi฀ed or฀per฀ it฀ed.฀Where฀spe฀ i฀ied, t m t cf dif฀e฀ ent฀sym฀ ols฀or฀indi฀ a฀ions฀iden฀f r b c t ti฀y฀the฀clas฀ es฀of฀vehi฀ les,฀minu฀es, f s c t hours,฀days,฀฀ onths฀or฀฀ xtent฀of m e the฀zone฀to฀which฀the฀sign฀฀ pplies a (iden฀i฀ied฀by฀an฀arrow). tf

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This฀tab,฀loca฀ed฀฀ eneath฀a฀no-pas฀ ing฀sign,฀indi฀ a฀es t b s c t the฀end฀of฀a฀no-pas฀ ing฀zone. s

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Indicates฀areas฀where฀par฀ ing฀is฀allo฀ ed฀only฀for k w the฀phy฀ i฀ al฀y฀dis฀ b฀ed. sc l a l

This฀tab,฀loca฀ed฀฀ eneath฀regu฀a฀ed฀par฀ ing฀signs, t b l t k indi฀ a฀es฀that฀vehi฀ les฀in฀vio฀a฀ion฀could฀be฀towed c t c l t away. This฀signs,฀used฀in฀some฀muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀ies,฀pro฀ i฀ its cp lt hb par฀ ing฀฀ uring฀the฀win฀er. k d t

This฀sign฀indi฀ a฀es฀autho฀ i฀ ed฀pay฀par฀ ing. c t rz k

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This฀sign฀is฀used฀in฀conjunc฀ion฀with t oran฀ e฀ ฀ights฀ to฀ pro฀ i฀ it฀ par฀ ing g l hb k when฀snow฀clea฀ ing฀is฀under฀way. r

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This฀tab฀indi฀ a฀es฀the฀loca฀ion฀of฀a฀ter฀ i฀ al฀and c t t mn par฀ ing฀stub฀machi฀ e฀for฀pay฀par฀ ing. k n k

No฀stop฀ ing p Stopping฀ in฀ the฀ area฀ indi฀ a฀ed฀ by c t the฀sign฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed.฀May฀inclu฀ e hbt d the฀same฀type฀of฀฀ rrows฀and฀indi฀ a฀ a c tions as฀regu฀a฀ed฀par฀ ing฀signs. l t k

Crossing฀signs Indicate฀a฀crossing฀for฀people฀on฀a฀public฀roadway,฀urging฀caution on฀the฀part฀of฀motorists฀and฀cyclists.฀Drivers฀and฀bicycle฀riders฀must be฀prepared฀to฀stop฀and฀yield฀the฀way฀to฀anyone฀in฀a฀crosswalk.

Pedestrian฀ cross฀ alk w

School฀ cross฀ alk w

Playground฀ cross฀ alk w

Crosswalk฀ for฀phy฀ i฀ al฀y฀ sc l dis฀ b฀ed฀per฀ ons a l s

Crosswalk฀ for฀visual฀y฀ l impai฀ ed฀per฀ ons r s

Pedestrian฀ and฀฀ yclist c cross฀ alk w
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Other No฀lit฀e฀ ing.฀Indicates฀that฀thro฀ ing฀any฀hing฀on t r w t the฀road฀ ay฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. w hbt

Shows฀the฀fine฀for฀lit฀e฀ ing. t r

Indicates฀that฀vehi฀ les฀are฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀from฀฀ aving c hbt h radar฀war฀ ing฀devi฀ es฀on฀board. n c

Seat฀belt A฀remin฀ er฀that฀wea฀ ing฀a฀pro฀ er฀y฀fas฀e฀ ed฀seat d r p l t n belt฀is฀man฀ a฀o฀ y. d t r

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Indicate฀the฀obli฀ a฀ion฀of฀฀ aving g t h pro฀ a฀ e฀tanks฀clo฀ ed฀and฀sea฀ed p n s l in฀order฀to฀board฀a฀ferry.

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Mandatory฀route฀for฀cer฀ ain฀clas฀ es฀of฀vehi฀ les t s c Shows฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ of฀ the฀ class฀ of฀ vehi฀ le฀ illus฀ra฀ed฀ the฀ route r t c t t they฀must฀fol฀ow. l

Heavy฀฀rucks t

Motorcycles

Cars

An฀arrow฀shows฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀com฀ ul฀ o฀ y t p s r tra฀ el. v

Mandatory฀route฀for฀฀ rucks฀in฀trans฀ t t i An฀arrow฀shows฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀com฀ ul฀ o฀ y฀tra฀ el฀for฀฀rucks t p s r v t in฀trans฀t;฀a฀truck฀is฀consi฀ e฀ ed฀to฀be฀in฀trans฀t฀over฀an฀area฀where i d r i no฀local฀deli฀ e฀ ies฀are฀sche฀ u฀ed.฀Tool฀vehi฀ les฀and฀equip฀ ent v r d l c m trans฀ ort฀vehi฀ les฀are฀also฀cove฀ ed฀by฀the฀obli฀ a฀ion.฀Farm฀vehi฀ les p c r g t c and฀machi฀ e฀ y฀are฀allo฀ ed฀to฀use฀the฀route,฀as฀is฀any฀over฀ i฀ ed n r w sz vehi฀ le฀with฀a฀spe฀ ial฀tra฀ el฀per฀ it. c c v m

c t t NB The฀same฀type฀of฀sign฀is฀used฀to฀indi฀ a฀e฀other฀direc฀ions.

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Allows trucks to use a roadway to make local deliveries that is normally prohibited to vehicles in transit.

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This sign over a lane tells drivers of heavy trucks, tool vehicles and equipment transport vehicles that they must use the lane. Where this lane continues for more than 2 km, a tab indicates the total distance.

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Indicate that roads or lanes are closed to certain road users or operators of certain classes of vehicles.

Cars

Motorcycles

Bicycles

Cars and motorcycles

Cars and bicycles

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Pedestrians

Pedestrians฀and motor฀ y฀ les c c

Pedestrians฀ and฀bicy฀ les c

Horseback r ฀ iders

Snowmobiles

Transit฀bus

Intercity฀bus

Minibus

School฀bus

In-line฀ska฀ers t

Recreational฀ vehi฀ les c

Vehicles฀ pul฀ing฀a฀trai฀er l l

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Trucks,฀tool฀vehi฀ les฀and฀equip฀ ent฀trans฀ ort฀ c m p vehi฀ les฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed c hbt These฀ signs฀ indi฀ a฀e฀ that฀ use฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ ay฀ is฀ res฀ric฀ed c t w t t accor฀ ing฀ to฀ the฀ vehicle’s฀ load,฀ size฀ or฀ num฀ er฀ of฀ axles฀ and d b per฀ains฀to฀฀rucks,฀tool฀vehi฀ les฀and฀equip฀ ent฀trans฀ ort฀vehi฀ les. t t c m p c Where฀spe฀ i฀ied,฀this฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ion฀does฀not฀apply฀to฀฀rucks฀฀ aking cf hbt t m a฀local฀deli฀ e฀ y. v r

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This฀sign฀฀ llows฀฀rucks฀to฀use฀a฀nor฀ al฀y฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed a t m l hbt road฀ ay฀and฀side฀฀ treets฀to฀make฀local฀deli฀ e฀ ies. w s v r

No฀฀rucks฀allo฀ ed฀in฀this฀lane. t w

Transport฀of฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ial d r These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀that฀vehi฀ les฀hau฀ing฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ials c t c l d r must฀use฀the฀route฀indi฀ a฀ed฀or฀that฀they฀are฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀from฀using c t hbt a฀road฀ ay.฀Mainly฀inten฀ ed฀for฀indus฀rial฀and฀com฀ er฀ ial฀car฀ iers, w d t m c r who฀฀ hould฀be฀aware฀of฀their฀obli฀ a฀ions.฀The฀signs฀may฀฀ oncern s g t c indi฀ i฀ ual฀moto฀ ists฀if฀they฀are฀car฀ ying฀an฀unu฀ ual฀฀ mount฀of฀fuel, vd r r s a explo฀ i฀ es and฀che฀ i฀ als. sv mc Vehicles฀car฀ ying฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ials฀must฀use฀this r d r route,฀which฀is฀iden฀i฀ied฀by฀a฀tab฀with฀an฀arrow. tf

Vehicles฀car฀ ying฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ials฀are฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed r d r hbt from฀using฀this฀road฀ ay. w

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This฀sign฀indi฀ a฀es฀that฀vehi฀ les฀car฀ ying฀hazar฀ ous c t c r d mate฀ ials฀must฀use฀this฀lane. r

Vehicles฀car฀ ying฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ials฀must฀not฀use r d r this฀lane.

Stop฀exemp฀ ion฀at฀a฀level฀cros฀ ing t s
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Indicate฀ that฀ vehi฀ les฀ nor฀ al฀y฀ requi฀ ed฀ to฀ stop฀ at฀ a฀ level c m l r cros฀ ing,฀such฀as฀buses฀and฀vehi฀ les฀car฀ ying฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ials, s c r d r are฀not฀requi฀ ed฀to฀do฀so.฀The฀signs฀are฀used฀near฀aban฀ o฀ ed r d n t ฀ racks฀or฀ones฀on฀which฀rail฀traf฀ic฀is฀infre฀ uent฀and฀spe฀ ial f q c mea฀ u฀ es฀ have฀ been฀ put฀ into฀ place฀ to฀ ensu฀ e฀ safe฀ y฀ when s r r t there฀is฀train฀move฀ ent. m

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Weight฀res฀ ric฀ ion t t Indicates฀ that฀ road฀ vehi฀ les฀ whose c gross ฀ eight฀฀ xceeds฀the฀maxi฀ um w e m w ฀ eight฀indi฀ a฀ed฀on฀the฀sign฀may฀not c t use฀cer฀ain฀brid฀ es฀or฀over฀ as฀ es. t g p s

This฀tab,฀loca฀ed฀under฀the฀฀ eight฀res฀ric฀ion฀sign, t w t t indi฀ a฀es฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀to฀the฀brid฀ e฀or฀over฀ ass฀to c t t c g p which฀the฀res฀ric฀ion฀฀ pplies. t t a This฀tab,฀loca฀ed฀under฀the฀฀ eight฀res฀ric฀ion฀sign, t w t t indi฀ a฀es฀ that฀ the฀ brid฀ e฀ or฀ over฀ ass฀ can฀ only c t g p sup฀ ort฀one฀such฀vehi฀ le฀at฀a฀time. p c Indicates฀that฀฀rucks฀whose฀gross฀฀ eight฀฀ xceeds t w e the฀legal฀limit฀may฀not฀use฀cer฀ ain฀brid฀ es฀or t g over฀ as฀ es฀฀ nless฀express฀y฀autho฀ i฀ ed฀by฀a฀spe฀ ial p s u l rz c tra฀ el฀per฀ it. v m

Thaw Indicates฀ that฀ dri฀ ers฀ must฀ res฀ ect฀ the฀ ฀ eight v p w res฀ ric฀ ions฀in฀฀ ffect฀฀ uring฀per฀ods฀of฀thaw. t t e d i

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Slow฀traf฀ ic฀lane f Indicates฀that฀ope฀ a฀ors฀of฀slow-฀ oving฀vehi฀ les, r t m c whe฀her฀ ฀rucks฀ or฀ other฀ vehicles,฀ must฀ use฀ the t t right-hand฀lane.

Brake฀check Indicates฀that฀dri฀ ers฀of฀road฀vehi฀ les฀or฀com฀ i฀ a฀ v c bn tion฀vehi฀ les฀wei฀ hing฀3,000฀kg฀or฀more฀must฀check c g their฀bra฀ es฀by฀stop฀ ing฀in฀the฀area฀indi฀ a฀ed฀by฀a k p c t stop฀sign. A฀tab฀may฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀or฀direc฀ion฀to฀the c t t c t brake฀check฀area.
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This฀sign,฀instal฀ed฀in฀a฀brake฀check฀area,฀indi฀ a฀es l c t that฀there฀is฀a฀stop฀sign฀฀ ithin฀30฀฀ etres. w m

Inspection฀sta฀ ion t Indicates฀ the฀ pre฀ en฀ e฀ of฀ an฀ inspec฀ ion฀ sta฀ ion s c t t for฀heavy฀฀rucks,฀tow฀฀rucks,฀equip฀ ent฀trans฀ ort t t m p vehi฀ les,฀ tool฀ vehi฀ les฀ and฀ vehi฀ les฀ with฀ a฀ trai฀er c c c l or฀semi-trai฀er฀more฀than฀10฀m฀in฀฀ength. l l

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These฀tabs฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀and c t t c direc฀ion฀to฀the฀wei฀ hing฀check฀point t g at฀an฀inspec฀ion฀sta฀ion. t t Indicates฀that฀the฀driver฀of฀a฀straight-body฀truck or฀road฀tractor฀whose฀net฀weight฀is฀over฀3,000฀kg must฀stop฀at฀the฀inspection฀station฀when฀the฀lights are฀flashing. Indicates฀the฀direc฀ion฀to฀be฀taken฀by฀vehi฀ les฀at t c an฀ inspec฀ion฀ sta฀ion฀ accor฀ ing฀ to฀ whe฀her฀ they t t d t are฀loa฀ ed฀or฀not. d Reserved฀lanes An฀elon฀ a฀ed฀white฀dia฀ ond฀on฀a฀red฀or฀black฀back฀ round g t m g in฀the฀upper฀left-hand฀cor฀ er฀of฀the฀sign฀indi฀ a฀es฀a฀reser฀ ed฀lane. n c t v Black฀back฀ round g Indicates฀that฀vehi฀ les฀in฀the฀reser฀ ed c v lane฀move฀in฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀traf฀ic. t f Red฀back฀ round g Indicates฀that฀the฀lane฀is฀reser฀ ed฀for v onco฀ ing฀traf฀ic฀or฀for฀alter฀ a฀ing m f n t traffic฀in฀฀ ither฀direc฀ion. e t

Indicates฀that฀a฀lane฀is฀reser฀ ed฀for฀the฀clas฀ es฀of฀users฀indi฀ a฀ed v s c t and,฀if฀appli฀ a฀ le,฀the฀per฀od฀the฀reser฀ ed฀lane฀is฀in฀฀ ffect.฀The฀arrow c b i v e indi฀ a฀es฀which฀lane฀is฀reser฀ ed. c t v

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Marks฀the฀end฀of฀reser฀ ed฀lanes. v

The฀ car-pool฀ sym฀ ol฀ shows฀ a฀ num฀ er฀ on฀ the b b sil฀ ouet฀e฀ of฀ a฀ vehi฀ le,฀ indi฀ a฀ing฀ the฀ mini฀ um h t c c t m num฀ er฀of฀occu฀ ants฀a฀vehi฀ le฀must฀have฀for฀it฀to b p c be฀allo฀ ed฀use฀of฀the฀reser฀ ed฀lane. w v

Advance฀stop฀sign Warns฀of฀a฀stop฀sign฀ahead.

Advance฀yield฀sign Warns฀of฀a฀yield฀sign฀ahead.

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Warning฀signs Warning฀signs฀do฀not฀all฀฀ emand฀the฀same฀res฀ on฀ e฀from฀dri฀ d p s vers.฀Depending฀on฀the฀cir฀ ums฀an฀ es,฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must: c t c c r t • chan฀ e฀lane; g • stop; • redu฀ e฀speed; c • ฀ emain฀alert฀and฀vigi฀ant. r l

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Warns฀of฀a฀yield฀to฀onco฀ ing฀traf฀ic฀sign฀ahead. m f

Change฀to฀exis฀ ing฀signs฀and฀new฀signs t This฀type฀of฀sign฀warns฀dri฀ ers฀of฀a฀chan฀ e฀to฀exis฀ing฀signs v g t or฀of฀new฀traf฀ic฀฀ ontrol฀devi฀ es฀at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion. f c c s t Indicates฀the฀date฀on฀which฀a฀stop฀sign฀will฀be remo฀ ed. v

Indicates฀the฀date฀on฀which฀a฀stop฀sign฀will฀come into฀฀ ffect. e
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Show฀the฀posi฀ion฀of฀new฀stop฀signs฀at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion.฀These฀are t s t accom฀ a฀ ied฀by฀tab฀a฀reading฀ “ NOUVELLE฀SIGNALISATION ” p n (new฀sign). NB The฀word฀STOP฀may฀replace฀ARRÊT฀in฀the฀above฀signs.

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Indicates฀ the฀ date฀ on฀ which฀ traf฀ic฀ ฀ights฀ will฀ be f l remo฀ ed. v

Indicates฀the฀date฀on฀which฀traf฀ic฀฀ights฀will฀be฀in f l ser฀ i฀ e. vc

Indicates฀the฀date฀on฀which฀a฀new฀lower฀speed฀limit will฀come฀into฀฀ ffect. e

Indicates฀new฀traf฀ic฀฀ights฀or฀sign. f l
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Indicates฀chan฀ e฀of฀speed฀limit,฀pla฀ ed฀under฀the g c sign฀sho฀ ing฀the฀limit. w

Advance฀war฀ ing฀of฀traf฀ ic฀฀ights n f l Traffic฀฀ights฀ahead. l

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Prepare฀to฀stop Traffic฀ ฀ights฀ ahead฀ at฀ an฀ inter฀ ec฀ion฀ or฀ level l s t cros฀ ing฀on฀a฀road฀ ay฀where฀one฀might฀not฀฀ xpect s w e to฀ see฀ them.฀The฀ flas฀ ing฀ yel฀ow฀ ฀ights฀ indi฀ a฀e h l l c t that฀the฀light฀at฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀or฀level฀cros฀ ing s t s will฀be฀red฀by฀the฀time฀the฀dri฀ er฀rea฀ hes฀it.฀It฀is v c impor฀ant฀to฀be฀pre฀ a฀ ed฀to฀stop. t p r

Advance฀speed฀limit฀sign Indicates฀a฀zone฀ahead฀where฀the฀speed฀limit฀has been฀lowered฀by฀at฀least฀30฀km/h.

When฀an฀advan฀ e฀sign is฀used฀befo฀ e฀the฀฀ pproach c r a of฀a฀฀ chool฀zone฀where฀a฀speed฀limit฀is฀in฀฀ ffect s e d ฀ uring฀spe฀ i฀ic฀per฀ods,฀this฀tab฀spe฀ i฀ies฀the฀time, cf i cf days฀and฀฀ onths฀the฀speed฀limit฀is฀in฀฀ ffect. m e Two-way฀traf฀ ic f Indicates฀two-way฀traf฀ic฀ahead. f

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Divided฀road฀ ay w Warns฀the฀dri฀ er฀of฀a฀divi฀ ed฀road฀ ay฀ahead฀and v d w to฀pass฀to฀the฀right.

Indicates฀that฀the฀dri฀ er฀may฀pass฀on฀฀ ither฀side v e of฀an฀obs฀a฀ le฀in฀the฀road฀ ay. t c w

Indicates฀the฀end฀of฀a฀divi฀ ed฀road฀ ay. d w

These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀which฀lane฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀take฀in฀order c t v to฀pro฀ eed฀฀ traight฀ahead฀or฀turn. c s

d NB The฀same฀type฀of฀sign฀is฀used฀for฀left-han฀ ed฀turns.

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Curves Warns฀of฀left฀curve฀ahead.

Warns฀of฀sharp฀left฀curve฀ahead.

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Winding฀ road฀ ahead;฀ three฀ or฀ more฀ suc฀ es฀ i฀ e c sv cur฀ es฀฀ ithin฀150฀m฀of฀one฀ano฀her. v w t

Indicates฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀over฀which฀there฀are฀cur฀ es, t c v if฀it฀฀ xceeds฀1฀km. e Warns฀of฀curve฀of฀more฀than฀90° ahead.

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Recommended฀speed Tab฀ sho฀ ing฀ recom฀ en฀ ed฀ speed฀ when฀ dri฀ ing w m d v a ฀ round฀an฀obs฀a฀ le฀or฀฀aking฀a฀curve฀on฀a฀฀ ublic t c t p road.

d c sv NB The฀same฀type฀of฀sign฀is฀used฀for฀right-han฀ ed฀turns฀or฀suc฀ es฀ i฀ e cur฀ es฀that฀begin฀on฀the฀right. v

Maximum฀ recom฀ en฀ ed฀ speed฀ on฀ freeway฀ exit m d ramps,฀which฀฀ llows฀for฀฀ nough฀of฀a฀safe฀y฀mar฀ in a e t g to฀make฀an฀emer฀ en฀ y฀stop฀on฀wet฀pave฀ ent. g c m

Merging฀traf฀ ic฀sign f Warns฀of฀mer฀ ing฀traf฀ic฀lanes฀ahead. g f

Warns฀of฀a฀traf฀ic฀lane฀reser฀ ed฀for฀buses฀mer฀ ing f v g ahead.

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Parallel฀lanes Indicates฀to฀dri฀ ers฀that฀there฀are฀one฀or฀more v dis฀inct฀adja฀ ent฀traf฀ic฀lanes,฀so฀there฀is฀no฀need t c f to฀chan฀ e฀lanes฀for฀at฀least฀1฀km. g

g l NB Mer฀ ing฀lanes฀or฀paral฀el฀lanes฀may฀be฀on฀the฀left฀or฀right.

Signs฀at฀inter฀ ec฀ ions s t The฀sign฀indi฀ a฀es฀the฀฀ayout฀of฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion. c t l s t Crossroad฀ahead.

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The฀fol฀o฀ ing฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀฀ pproach฀of฀the฀loca฀ion฀where l w c t a t the฀฀ ublic฀road฀inter฀ ects฀with฀ano฀her฀as฀seen฀from฀the฀angle p s t of฀the฀dri฀ er. v

Y-inter฀ ec฀ion฀ahead. s t

T-inter฀ ec฀ion฀in฀a฀curve฀ahead. s t
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Intersection฀of฀a฀road฀divi฀ ed฀by฀a฀฀ edian฀ahead. d m

Roundabout฀ ahead,฀ sho฀ ing฀ direc฀ion฀ of฀ vehi฀ les w t c a ฀ round฀a฀traf฀ic฀cir฀ le. f c

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Narrow฀pas฀ a฀ e s g Warns฀ that฀ a฀ brid฀ e฀ or฀ tun฀ el฀ is฀ nar฀ o฀ er฀ than g n r w the฀฀ pproach. a

Warns฀ that฀ only฀ one฀ lane฀ is฀ open฀ to฀ traf฀ic฀ and f that฀the฀road฀ ay฀is฀no฀more฀than฀6฀฀ etres฀wide. w m

Overhead฀clea฀ an฀ e฀sign r c Indicate฀the฀over฀ ead฀clea฀ an฀ e฀of h r c brid฀ es,฀over฀ as฀ es฀and฀tun฀ els.฀The g p s n dia฀ ond-shape฀sign฀is฀an฀advan฀ e m c war฀ ing.฀The฀squa฀ e฀sign฀is฀pla฀ ed n r c on฀the฀brid฀ e,฀over฀ ass฀or฀tun฀ el. g p n Advance฀level฀cros฀ ing฀sign s Level฀ cros฀ ings฀ less฀ than฀ 50฀ ฀ etres฀ from฀ an฀ inter฀ ec฀ion฀ in s m s t urban฀areas฀and฀less฀than฀125฀฀ etres฀in฀rural฀areas. m

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The฀signs฀below฀warn฀of฀a฀level฀cros฀ ing฀ahead฀and฀show฀the s angle฀at฀which฀the฀rail฀ ay฀฀racks฀cross฀the฀road. w t

This฀ sign฀ is฀ instal฀ed฀ to฀ warn฀ truc฀ ers฀ of฀ a฀ level l k cros฀ ing฀ahead฀and฀requi฀ es฀them฀to฀signi฀i฀ ant฀y s r fc l redu฀ e฀their฀speed฀becau฀ e฀of฀the฀cros฀ ing฀฀ esign. c s s d

Restricted฀visi฀ i฀i฀ y blt Indicate฀that฀sight฀dis฀an฀ e฀is฀limi฀ed t c t or฀non-exis฀ent฀due฀to฀an฀฀ brupt฀slope t a in฀the฀road.

Roadway฀nar฀ ows r Indicate฀that฀the฀road฀ ay฀nar฀ ows฀฀ ithout฀a฀reduc฀ion฀in฀the w r w t num฀ er฀ of฀ lanes.฀ Calls฀ for฀ added฀ atten฀ion฀ on฀ the฀ part฀ of฀ dri฀b t vers.฀Not฀to฀be฀confu฀ ed฀with฀lane฀฀ nding฀signs. s e

Warns฀that฀ road฀ ay฀nar฀ ows฀ w r on฀both฀sides

Warns฀that฀ road฀ ay฀nar฀ ows฀ w r on฀the฀right

Warns฀that฀ road฀ ay฀nar฀ ows฀ w r on฀the฀left

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Lane฀ends฀ahead Indicate฀ that฀ the฀ num฀ er฀ of฀ lanes b of฀ traf฀ic฀ in฀ the฀ same฀ direc฀ion฀ is f t redu฀ ed.฀Calls฀on฀dri฀ ers฀in฀the฀lane c v about฀to฀end฀to฀chan฀ e฀lanes฀after g yiel฀ ing฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀vehi฀ les฀in d c the฀฀hrough฀lane.฀Not฀to฀be฀confu฀ ed t s with฀road฀ ay฀nar฀ ows฀signs. w r
c t r NB Signs฀may฀indi฀ a฀e฀that฀the฀lane฀ends฀on฀the฀left฀฀ather฀than฀the฀right.

This฀tab฀indi฀ a฀es฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀at฀which฀the฀lane฀ends. c t t c Pavement฀mar฀ ings฀may฀accom฀ a฀ y฀these฀signs. k p n

Warns฀of฀the฀end฀of฀a฀road฀ ay฀or฀lane. w

Steep฀grade Indicates฀ the฀ slope฀ in฀ per฀ en฀ age฀ terms฀ (at฀ least฀ 6%,฀ which c t means฀a฀drop฀of฀6฀m฀over฀100฀m).฀The฀฀ igher฀the฀per฀ en฀age, h c t the฀ stee฀ er฀ the฀ hill;฀ requi฀ es฀ grea฀er฀ cau฀ion฀ from฀ all฀ dri฀ ers, p r t t v espe฀ ial฀y฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ les,฀in฀the฀event฀of฀a฀slip฀ e฀ y฀road฀sur฀a฀ e c l c p r f c or฀win฀ ing฀hills. d

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Indicates the maximum degree of slope in percentage.

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Indicates a slope ahead with a length of more than one kilometre.
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These signs are used for two successive hills with different degrees of slope. The total distance is indicated if it exceeds 1 km.

Reserved lane ahead Indicate that the lane ahead is reserved for the use of a particu lar class of vehicle. The flashing lights indicate that the restriction is in effect and the tab indicates the period during which it is in effect. Indicates that the lane at an intersection is reserved for the use of a particular class of vehicle, and right-turning vehicles must use the adjacent lane.
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School฀bus฀ahead Indicates฀the฀pos฀ i฀ le฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀a฀stop฀ ed฀฀ chool sb s c p s bus฀ahead.฀This฀sign฀is฀used฀where฀a฀curve฀or฀hill impe฀ es฀ a฀ driver’s฀ line฀ of฀ sight฀ of฀ a฀ stop฀ ed d p s ฀ chool฀bus,฀indi฀ a฀ing฀that฀they฀must฀be฀pre฀ a฀ ed c t p r to฀stop.฀Warns฀of฀the฀pos฀ i฀ le฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀chil฀ ren sb s c d near฀the฀road฀ ay. w Beginning฀of฀a฀฀ chool฀zone s Indicates฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀a฀฀ chool฀zone฀in฀which s c s the฀speed฀limit฀is฀50฀km/h฀bet฀ een฀7:00฀a.m.฀and w 5:00฀p.m.,฀Monday฀to฀Friday,฀from฀September฀to June.฀ If฀ some฀ muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀ies฀ pres฀ ri฀ e฀ a฀ limit฀ of cp lt c b less฀than฀50฀km/h฀in฀a฀฀ chool฀zone,฀a฀speed฀limit s sign฀will฀accom฀ a฀ y฀this฀sign฀indi฀ a฀ing฀the฀speed p n c t limit,฀times,฀days฀and฀฀ onths฀the฀limit฀is฀in฀฀ ffect.฀A฀sign฀pos฀ing m e t the฀speed฀limit฀out฀ i฀ e฀of฀the฀฀ chool฀zone฀indi฀ a฀es฀the฀end฀of sd s c t the฀฀ chool฀zone. s

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Advance฀cros฀ ing฀signs s These฀signs฀warn฀moto฀ ists฀that฀they฀are฀nea฀ ing฀a฀cros฀ ing฀for r r s pedes฀rians,฀bicy฀ les,฀hor฀ es฀or฀cer฀ain฀types฀of฀vehi฀ les. t c s t c

Pedestrian฀ cross฀ alk฀ahead w

School฀ cross฀ alk฀ahead w

Playground฀ cross฀ alk฀ahead w

Pedestrian฀ and฀฀ yclist฀ c cross฀ alk฀ahead w

Heavy฀truck฀ cros฀ ing฀ahead s

Logging฀฀ trucks฀ahead

Snowmobile฀ cros฀ ing฀ahead s

All-ter฀ ain฀ r vehi฀ le฀cros฀ ing c s ahead

Crossing฀ for฀hor฀ e฀ ack฀ s b ฀ iders฀ahead r

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Crosswalk฀ for฀dis฀ b฀ed฀ a l per฀ ons฀ahead s

Crossing฀for visual฀y฀impai฀ ed l r per฀ ons฀ahead s

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All-ter฀ ain฀vehi฀ le฀and฀snow฀ o฀ i฀e r c m bl cros฀ ings฀ahead s

Warning฀of฀wild฀ani฀ mals in฀the฀vici฀ i฀y. nt

Crossing฀for฀farm฀animals

Designated฀sha฀ ed฀road฀ ay r w
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Indicates฀ to฀ ฀ yclists฀ and฀ dri฀ ers฀ that฀ they฀ must c v share฀the฀desi฀ na฀ed฀road฀ ay,฀which฀calls฀for฀cau฀ g t w tion฀and฀cour฀e฀ y฀on฀the฀part฀of฀each. t s

Advance฀desi฀ na฀ ed฀road฀ ay฀sign g t w Warns฀of฀a฀chan฀ e฀from฀a฀cycle฀lane฀to฀a฀road฀ ay g w that฀includes฀motor฀vehi฀ les,฀or฀indi฀ a฀es฀a฀desi฀ na฀ed c c t g t road฀ ay฀ahead. w

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Advance฀end฀of฀freeway฀(auto฀ ou฀ e)฀sign r t These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀remai฀ ing฀befo฀ e฀the฀freeway c t t c n r ends฀and฀indi฀ a฀ es฀the฀฀ayout฀of฀the฀road฀at฀the฀loca฀ ion฀the c t l t freeway฀ends.

Hazard฀mar฀ ers k Warn฀of฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀obs฀a฀ les฀on฀or฀along฀the฀road฀ ay s c t c w ahead,฀as฀well฀as฀the฀nar฀ o฀ ing฀of฀a฀road.฀Diagonal฀bands฀point r w t ฀owards฀the฀side฀of฀the฀road฀ ay฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀use฀to฀avoid฀the w v h ฀ azard,฀which฀may฀be฀an฀obs฀a฀ le฀such฀as฀a฀boul฀ er฀or฀brid฀ e t c d g rai฀ing. l
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Indicates฀that฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀pass฀to฀the฀right฀or v left฀of฀obs฀a฀ les. t c

Indicates฀that฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀go฀to฀the฀right฀to฀pass v the฀obs฀a฀ le. t c

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Indicates฀that฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀go฀to฀the฀left฀to฀pass v the฀obs฀a฀ le. t c

Directional฀฀ rrows a Indicates฀a฀dan฀ e฀ ous฀point฀in฀a฀very g r sharp฀curve฀or฀at฀a฀T-inter฀ ec฀ ion. s t Sharper฀ cur฀ es฀ are฀ mar฀ ed฀ with v k deli฀ ea฀ors฀or฀che฀ ron฀pat฀erns. n t v t

Placed on฀left

Placed฀ on฀right

Marks฀the฀boun฀ a฀ ies฀of฀any฀obs฀a฀ le d r t c or฀the฀edge฀of฀a฀road฀ ay,฀espe฀ ial฀y w c l on฀cur฀ es฀or฀where฀it฀nar฀ ows.฀Effec฀ v r tive in฀gui฀ ing฀road฀users฀at฀night d or฀in฀poor฀visi฀ i฀i฀y,฀espe฀ ial฀y฀when blt c l the฀pave฀ ent฀is฀wet฀or฀snow-cove฀ ed. m r An฀arrow฀฀ oints฀in฀the฀direc฀ion฀of p t a฀curve;฀sharp฀cur฀ es฀are฀indi฀ a฀ed v c t with฀align฀ ent฀mar฀ ers. m k

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Alignment marker The chevron pattern is used to indicate a sharp curve, pointing in the direction of the curve.

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Installed at the centre of a traffic circle, this sign indicates the direction of traffic within the circle.

Slippery surface Warns that the road surface in certain areas may be slippery when wet.
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Warns that a roadway along the shore may be slippery due to sea spray.

Warns motorcycle operators that the road surface may be slippery when wet.

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Icy฀pave฀ ent m Warns฀that฀a฀road฀ ay,฀brid฀ e฀or฀over฀ ass฀may w g p beco฀ e฀ icy฀ or฀ slip฀ e฀ y฀ when฀ the฀ tem฀ e฀ a฀ ure m p r p r t approa฀ hes฀free฀ ing. c z

Flooded฀road฀ ay w Warns฀that฀water฀฀ overs฀the฀road฀ ay฀at฀cer฀ ain c w t p ฀ oints.

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Warns฀of฀groo฀ ed฀pave฀ ent฀ahead฀or฀wire-mesh v m sur฀a฀ e฀on฀a฀brid฀ e. f c g

End฀of฀paved฀sur฀ a฀ e f c Warns฀ that฀ pave฀ ent฀ ends฀ and฀ a฀ gra฀ el฀ or฀ dirt m v sur฀a฀ e฀฀ egins. f c b

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Bumpy฀road฀ahead Warns฀of฀sur฀a฀ e฀irre฀ u฀a฀ i฀ies. f c g l rt

Fallen฀rock฀฀ azard h Warns฀of฀the฀pos฀ i฀ i฀i฀y฀of฀fal฀ing฀rock฀or฀lands฀i฀ es sblt l ld from฀an฀uns฀a฀ le฀slope฀along฀ i฀ e฀a฀road฀ ay. t b sd w

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Indicates฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀a฀draw฀ rid฀ e. s c b g

Low-฀ lying฀air฀ raft f c These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀pos฀ i฀ i฀i฀y฀of฀low-฀lying฀air฀ raft฀manoeu฀ res c t sblt f c v near฀the฀road฀ ay. w

Major฀air฀ ort p

Certified฀฀ ublic฀ p or฀pri฀ a฀e฀air฀ ort v t p

Seaplane฀ base

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No฀entry฀ahead฀for฀฀ rucks฀฀ xcept฀local฀deli฀ e฀ y t e v r Indicates฀that฀฀ ccess฀to฀the฀road฀ ay฀ahead฀is฀pro฀ i฀ ฀ a w h bi฀ed฀for฀฀rucks฀฀ xcept฀those฀฀ aking฀local฀deli฀ e฀ ies. t t e m v r

Risk฀of฀get฀ ing฀stuck t Indicates฀that฀a฀vehi฀ le฀could฀get฀stuck฀if฀it฀went c fur฀ her฀ ahead;฀ usual฀y฀ found฀ at฀ runa฀ ay฀ lane t l w stop฀beds.

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Warns฀ of฀ a฀ pos฀ i฀ i฀i฀y฀ of฀ fog;฀ the฀ flas฀ ing฀ ฀ights sblt h l indi฀ a฀e฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀fog. c t s c

Blowing฀snow Warns฀฀ gainst฀the฀pos฀ i฀ le฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀snow฀on a sb s c a฀฀ ublic฀roadway;฀the฀flas฀ ing฀฀ights฀indi฀ a฀e฀snow p h l c t blown฀by฀high฀winds.

Be฀visible Warns฀ that฀ vehicle฀ headlights฀ and฀ tail-lights฀ must be฀on฀when฀using฀a฀tunnel.

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Road฀work฀signs Work฀ site฀ signs฀ have฀ an฀ oran฀ e฀ back฀ round.฀They฀ may฀ be g g regu฀a฀o฀ y,฀infor฀ a฀ion฀or฀war฀ ing฀in฀฀ ature. l t r m t n n
Barriers When฀work฀is฀in฀pro฀ ress,฀bar฀ iers฀close฀part฀or g r all฀ of฀ a฀ road฀ to฀ traf฀ic.฀They฀ are฀ pla฀ ed฀ at฀ the f c begin฀ ing฀of฀a฀work฀site. n Visual฀mar฀ ers k Visual฀ mar฀ ers฀ indi฀ a฀e฀ the฀ boun฀ a฀ ies฀ of฀ a฀ work฀ site฀ (area k c t d r where฀work฀is฀in฀pro฀ ress)฀or฀nar฀ o฀ ing฀of฀a฀road฀ ay฀befo฀ e฀a g r w w r work฀site.฀They฀show฀the฀direc฀ion฀to฀fol฀ow,฀indi฀ a฀e฀road฀pain฀ing t l c t t in฀pro฀ ress฀or฀฀ irect฀traf฀ic. g d f

Direction฀ mar฀ er k

Painting฀ mar฀ er k

Work฀site฀ mar฀ er k

Traffic฀cone

Safety฀flare

Barrel

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Distance to road construction site Indicates the distance to a work site.

Distance to end of work site Indicates length of work site in kilometres.

Indicates end of work site.

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Speed limit Sign indicating the maximum speed permitted near a work site; unlike the yellow background, which would indicate a recommended speed, the orange sign with black lettering shows the speed limit authorized in the area, and has the same force of law as the usual white sign with black lettering. The diamond-shaped sign indicates the new speed limit ahead.

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Road work signs Indicate the presence of a work site ahead and the type of work being carried out.

People working

Surveying

Heavy equipment in use

Equipment working above roadway

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Indicates that an emergency response team is on or alongside the road.

This sign, placed on an accompanying vehicle, warns of stalled traffic due to road work.

Indicates that a road is closed due to a sporting event.

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Flagperson’s฀sign Used฀ to฀ slow฀ or฀ stop฀ traf฀ic.฀The f front฀and฀back฀of฀a฀person’s฀sign฀is used฀to฀฀ ontrol฀traf฀ic฀near฀a฀work c f site.
FRONT BACK

A฀flag฀may฀be฀used฀for฀the฀same฀pur฀ o฀ e. p s

Flagperson’s฀฀ ignals s Stop

Proceed

Slow฀down

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Flagperson฀ahead Warns฀ of฀ the฀ pre฀ en฀ e฀ of฀ a฀ flag฀ er฀ on฀ ahead s c p s direc฀ing฀traf฀ic.฀Calls฀for฀cau฀ion฀becau฀ e฀traf฀ic฀is t f t s f slo฀ ed,฀ detou฀ ed฀ or฀ stop฀ ed฀ tem฀ o฀ a฀ i฀y฀ due฀ to w r p p r rl road฀work.฀A฀flagperson’s฀฀ rders฀must฀be฀฀ beyed. o o

Parking฀tem฀ o฀ a฀ i฀y฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed p r rl hbt These฀signs฀pro฀ i฀ it฀par฀ ing฀for฀a hb k time฀on฀the฀road฀to฀faci฀i฀a฀e฀road lt t work,฀spe฀ ial฀฀ vents฀or฀main฀e฀ an฀ e c e t n c ope฀ a฀ions. r t The฀sign฀may฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀times,฀days c t and฀area฀when฀par฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. k hbt

Area฀ahead฀tem฀ o฀ a฀ i฀y฀clo฀ ed฀to฀traf฀ ic p r rl s f Indicate฀that฀an฀area฀ahead฀such฀as฀a฀road,฀฀ treet,฀tun฀ el,฀exit฀or s n brid฀ e฀is฀tem฀ o฀ al฀y฀clo฀ ed฀to฀traf฀ic. g p r l s f

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Area temporarily closed to traffic Indicate that an area is temporarily closed to traffic. Accompanied by detour signs.

Local traffic only Indicates that the roadway is closed to all but nearby residents and business customers. It may also indicate which services remain available.

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Lane merge This type of sign indicates that one lane is temporarily closed and that the one remaining open must be used.

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Detour

Indicate฀the฀route฀to฀fol฀ow฀฀ round฀a฀road฀work฀site. l a

Indicate฀the฀route฀to฀take฀due฀to฀clo฀ u฀ e฀of฀a฀traf฀ic฀lane฀or฀exit. s r f

Alternate฀route

Indicate฀ the฀ alter฀ a฀e฀ route฀ sug฀ es฀ed฀ to฀ high฀ ay฀ users฀ in n t g t w view฀of฀the฀risks฀of฀conges฀ion฀asso฀ ia฀ed฀with฀work฀ahead. t c t

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Arrow Indicates฀the฀direc฀ion฀traf฀ic฀must฀take. t f

Warning฀che฀ ron v Indicates฀that฀an฀obs฀a฀ le฀on฀the฀road฀ ay฀may฀be t c w pas฀ ed฀to฀the฀left฀or฀right. s

Indicates฀ that฀ the฀ shoul฀ er฀ is฀ lower฀ than฀ the d road฀ ay. w

Blasting฀zone For฀safe฀y฀rea฀ ons,฀radio฀trans฀ it฀ers฀and฀cell฀pho฀ es t s m t n s ฀ hould฀be฀tur฀ ed฀off฀in฀a฀blas฀ing฀zone. n t

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Wet฀paint Installed฀ pri฀ a฀ i฀y฀ on฀ an฀ accom฀ a฀ ying฀ vehi฀ le, m rl p n c this฀sign฀warns฀that฀pave฀ ent฀mar฀ ings฀have฀been m k fresh฀y฀pain฀ed. l t

Installed฀on฀the฀mar฀ er฀vehi฀ le. k c

Traffic฀sur฀ ey v Warn฀ of฀ the฀ pre฀ en฀ e฀ of฀ sur฀ ey s c v per฀ on฀ el฀on฀the฀road. s n Horizontal฀clea฀ an฀ e r c
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Warns฀ that฀ cons฀ruc฀ion฀ work฀ obs฀ructs฀ part฀ of t t t the฀road฀ ay฀and฀hori฀ on฀al฀clea฀ an฀ e฀is฀less฀than w z t r c the฀road฀width฀indi฀ a฀ed. c t

Loose฀gra฀ el v Warns฀of฀the฀pos฀ i฀ i฀i฀y฀of฀small฀฀ ebris฀dis฀od฀ ed sblt d l g by฀vehi฀ les฀฀ uring฀or฀after฀road฀work. c d

Truck฀cros฀ ing฀ahead s Indicates฀that฀a฀loa฀ ed฀truck฀may฀use฀the฀roadway d from฀an฀฀ ccess฀road฀ahead. a

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Temporary use of road shoulder Indicate that traffic is allowed or prohibited temporarily on the road shoulder near a work site.

Duration of road work Indicates the period during which road work will be ongoing.

Traffic must detour because of work ahead.

NB The same type of sign is used for a detour to the right.

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Information฀signs There฀are฀six฀types฀of฀these฀signs: •฀destination฀guide; •฀route฀loca฀ or; t •฀off-road฀ser฀ i฀ es; vc •฀information; •฀tourist฀faci฀i฀ ies; lt •฀fuel฀and฀food฀ser฀ i฀ es฀on฀free฀ ays. vc w
Destinations Advance฀sign฀for฀seve฀ al฀exits฀for฀a฀muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀y r cp lt

Succession฀of฀exits Indicates฀ upco฀ ing฀ exits฀ and฀ their m dis฀ an฀ e฀away. t c

Advance฀exit฀sign Indicates฀the฀num฀ er฀of฀the฀connec฀ing b t road฀ahead,฀the฀main฀des฀i฀ a฀ions฀from tn t the฀ inter฀ han฀ e,฀ the฀ exit฀ num฀ er฀ and c g b dis฀an฀ e฀to฀the฀exit. t c

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Indicates฀that฀the฀freeway฀pas฀ es฀฀hrough฀a฀muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀y฀ser฀ ed by s t cp lt v a฀suc฀ es฀ ion฀of฀inter฀ han฀ es.฀The฀sign฀shows฀the฀num฀ er฀of฀exits c s c g b and฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀to฀the฀last฀exit. t c

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Directional฀sign฀for฀exits Confirms฀the฀infor฀ a฀ion฀appea฀ ing฀on฀advan฀ e m t r c exit฀ signs฀ and฀ indi฀ a฀es,฀ by฀ means฀ of฀ ฀ rrows, c t a the฀begin฀ ing฀of฀the฀inter฀ han฀ e฀exit฀lane. n c g

Diagrammatic฀sign Quickly฀฀nforms฀the฀dri฀ er฀of฀the฀direc฀ion i v t to฀take฀at฀an฀inter฀ han฀ e฀with฀more฀than c g one฀exit. Confirmation฀of฀des฀i฀ a฀ion tn t Indicates฀the฀des฀i฀ a฀ion฀of฀a฀freeway฀and฀lane tn t use฀to฀take฀that฀route.

Exit฀lane฀only฀sign

Advance฀ exit฀sign

Exit฀ direc฀ion t

Exit confir฀ a฀ion m t

Indicate฀that฀a฀traf฀ic฀lane฀leads฀direct฀y฀to฀a฀freeway฀exit฀ramp. f l Exit฀lanes฀are฀iden฀i฀ied฀by฀a฀฀ eries฀of฀three฀signs฀so฀that฀dri฀ ers tf s v have฀time฀to฀chan฀ e฀lanes฀befo฀ e฀they฀must฀take฀the฀next฀exit. g r

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Exit฀sign Indicate฀the฀begin฀ ing฀of฀the฀exit฀ramp,฀its n direc฀ion฀and฀the฀exit฀num฀ er. t b

Directional฀sign Indicate฀the฀major฀des฀i฀ a฀ion฀that฀can฀be฀rea฀ hed tn t c by฀฀aking฀a฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀direc฀ion฀at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion. t tc l t s t

Distance฀remin฀ er d Confirm฀ the฀ direc฀ion฀ and฀ shows฀ the฀ dis฀an฀ e t t c to฀reach฀the฀des฀i฀ a฀ion฀indi฀ a฀ed. tn t c t
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Lakeshore฀com฀ u฀ i฀y m nt Indicates฀ the฀ pre฀ en฀ e฀ of฀ a฀ lake฀ with฀ cot฀ages, s c t the฀direc฀ion฀to฀take฀and฀the฀dis฀an฀ e. t t c

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Route locator Highways

Marker

Expressway, freeway (autoroute)

Trans-Canada Highway

Roads and tourist routes Indicates a road or tourist route and directs road users.

Indicates the start of a road or tourist route.

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Border The฀two฀fol฀o฀ ing฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀to฀dri฀ ers฀that฀they฀are฀ente฀ ing l w c t v r the฀pro฀ in฀ ial฀boun฀ a฀ ies฀of฀Québec. v c d r Marks฀the฀Québec฀boun฀ a฀ y฀on฀rou฀es฀100฀to d r t 199,฀on฀freeways฀and฀at฀the฀exit฀of฀inter฀ a฀io฀ al n t n air฀ orts. p Marks฀the฀Québec฀boun฀ a฀ y฀on฀rou฀es฀200฀to d r t 399฀or฀on฀unnum฀ e฀ ed฀roads. b r Shows฀ the฀ name฀ of฀ the฀ tou฀ ism฀ area฀ in r which฀the฀road฀user฀is฀ente฀ ing. r Indicates฀ the฀ ฀imits฀ of฀ a฀ com฀ u฀ i฀y฀ or฀ Indian l m nt reser฀ e. v Bridge
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Indicates฀the฀loca฀ion฀of฀a฀brid฀ e฀and฀its฀name t g as฀ it฀ ฀ ppears฀ on฀ the฀ Québec฀ Official฀ Road฀ Map a (Carte฀routière฀officielle฀du฀Québec)1.฀
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Compass฀฀ oints p These฀signs฀indi฀ a฀e฀the฀gene฀ al฀direc฀ion฀of฀the฀road. c t r t

They฀may฀฀ ppear฀with฀a฀blue฀back฀ round. a g End฀of฀freeway฀or฀high฀ ay w End฀of฀freeway,฀which฀conti฀ ues฀as฀ano฀her฀num฀n t be฀ ed฀high฀ ay. r w

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Indicating฀the฀end฀of฀a฀num฀ e฀ ed฀high฀ ay฀or b r w freeway,฀which฀conti฀ ues฀under฀ano฀her฀num฀ er n t b and฀is฀accom฀ a฀ ied฀with฀an฀infor฀ a฀ion฀sign฀of p n m t the฀num฀ e฀ ed฀high฀ ay฀or฀freeway. b r w Distance Tab฀sho฀ ing฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀to฀reach฀a฀spe฀ i฀ic฀faci฀i฀y w t c cf lt or฀road฀fea฀ure. t

Directional฀arrow฀tabs Tabs฀indi฀ a฀ing฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀an c t t freeway,฀num฀ e฀ ed฀highway฀or฀to฀a b r par฀i฀ u฀ar฀faci฀i฀y. tc l lt Tabs฀indi฀ a฀ ing฀the฀gene฀ al฀direc฀ ion฀of฀num฀ e฀ ed฀highway. c t r t b r The฀arrow฀฀ oints฀in฀the฀direc฀ion฀to฀fol฀ow. p t l

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Junction Tab฀indi฀ a฀ing฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀of฀a c t s t num฀ e฀ ed฀high฀ ay. b r w

Kilometre฀post Marks฀the฀distance฀from฀the฀starting point฀of฀a฀highway฀or฀road.

Marks฀the฀begin฀ ing฀and฀end฀of฀an n iso฀a฀ed฀road l t

Geographic฀loca฀ions t The฀name฀of฀lakes,฀฀ ivers,฀moun฀ains,฀water฀alls฀and฀water฀sto฀ a฀ e r t f r g dams฀visi฀ le฀from฀the฀road. b

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Services Emergency฀faci฀i฀ies lt Police฀sta฀ion t Indicates฀ a฀ Sûreté฀ du฀ Québec฀ (pro฀ in฀ ial฀ poli฀ e v c c force)฀sta฀ion. t

Indicates฀a฀poli฀ e฀sta฀ion฀other฀than c t a฀Sûreté฀du฀Québec฀sta฀ion. t

Shows฀the฀tele฀ ho฀ e฀num฀ ers฀to฀reach฀the฀Sûreté p n b du฀Québec. Medical฀assis฀an฀ e t c Indicates฀ a฀ near฀ y฀ hos฀ i฀ al,฀ uni฀ er฀ i฀ y฀ ฀ ealth b pt v st h cen฀ re฀ or฀ emer฀ en฀ y฀ sta฀ ion฀ pro฀ i฀ ing฀ 24-hour t g c t vd medi฀ al฀care. c

Indicates฀a฀near฀ y฀com฀ u฀ i฀y฀cli฀ ic. b m nt n

Emergency฀par฀ ing฀area k Indicates฀a฀freeway฀par฀ ing฀area฀for฀use฀in฀the฀event k of฀an฀emer฀ en฀ y. g c

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Emergency฀tele฀ ho฀ e p n Indicates฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀an฀emer฀ en฀ y฀tele฀ ho฀ e. s c g c p n

Fire฀฀ ydrant h

Indicates฀a฀fire฀฀ ydrant฀and฀its฀fea฀ures. h t

Vehicle฀in฀dis฀ress t Indicates฀ that฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ needs฀ assis฀an฀ e,฀ ฀ aving c t c h bro฀ en฀฀hrough฀a฀bar฀ ier฀and฀plun฀ ed฀into฀a฀deep k t r g ditch฀along฀an฀iso฀a฀ed฀฀ tretch฀of฀road.฀A฀mecha฀ ism l t s n trig฀ ers฀the฀sign,฀which฀calls฀for฀the฀help฀of฀road g users,฀ who฀ ฀ hould฀ act฀ imme฀ ia฀e฀y฀ to฀ help฀ and s d t l noti฀y฀the฀poli฀ e. f c

Transport฀faci฀i฀ies lt This฀sign฀฀ irects฀road฀users฀to฀the฀faci฀i฀ies฀illus฀ra฀ed. d lt t t

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Airport Indicates฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀an฀air฀ ort฀with฀a฀fixed s c p f ฀light฀sche฀ u฀e,฀the฀front฀of฀the฀plane฀poin฀ing฀in d l t the฀direc฀ion฀to฀fol฀ow. t l

Indicates฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀an฀air฀ ort฀offe฀ ing฀cer฀ain s c p r t ser฀ i฀ es. vc

Seaplane฀base.

Indicates฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀an฀air฀ ort฀(or฀train฀sta฀ion) t p t and฀its฀name. Indicates฀the฀name฀of฀an฀air฀ ort฀(or฀train฀sta฀ion), p t direc฀ion฀to฀fol฀ow฀and฀dis฀an฀ e. t l t c Train฀sta฀ion t Indicates฀a฀near฀ y฀train฀sta฀ion. b t

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Indicates฀a฀near฀ y฀inter฀ i฀y฀bus฀sta฀ion. b ct t

Ferry Indicates฀the฀direc฀ion฀or฀dis฀an฀ e t t c to฀a฀car฀ferry฀wharf฀and฀point฀of depar฀ure฀and฀arri฀ al. t v

Parking฀area Parking฀area฀for฀inter฀ o฀ al฀trans฀ ort฀users. m d p

Suburban฀train

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Passenger฀pic฀ up฀area k Indicates฀where฀dri฀ ers฀can฀wait v for฀or฀pick฀up฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀at฀a฀฀ ublic s g p trans฀t฀ter฀ i฀ al. i mn

Parking฀area Parking฀areas,฀reser฀ ed฀or฀acces฀ i฀ le฀to฀all฀motor฀vehi฀ les. v sb c

For฀all฀motor฀vehi฀ les c

Reserved฀ for฀taxis

Reserved฀ for฀buses

Reserved฀for฀ motor฀ y฀ les c c

Reserved฀ for฀฀rucks t

Sanitary฀land฀ill฀site f Indicates฀a฀sani฀a฀ y฀land฀ill฀site. t r f

Industrial฀faci฀i฀ies lt Indicates฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀an฀indus฀rial฀park. s c t

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Indicates the direction and distance to a technological park.

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Indicates the presence of a shipping port.

Boat launch Indicates the presence of a ramp to launch boats.

Indicate the presence of a CanadaU.S. border crossing point.

Other facilities Indicate other services.

Arena

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Outdoor public swimming pool

Municipal park

College

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Public market

Church

Indoor public swimming pool

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Court house

Indicate a road or street with no exit.

Turnaround Indicates an area in the median intended for vehicles to make U-turns.

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Priority฀turn฀on฀flas฀ ing฀green h Indicates฀that฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀฀acing฀a฀flas฀ ing c r t f h green฀light฀have฀the฀right฀of฀way.

Crossing฀light฀acti฀ a฀or v t Indicate฀to฀pedes฀rians฀and/or t c ฀ yclists฀ that฀ they฀ must฀ press the฀cros฀ ing฀light฀indi฀ a฀or. s c t An฀ arrow฀ poin฀ing฀ to฀ the฀ left t or฀ right฀ may฀ ฀ ppear฀ on฀ these a signs฀above฀the฀but฀on. t Metric฀signs Indicates฀ to฀ visi฀ors฀ from฀ the฀ U.S.฀ that฀ Québec t road฀signs฀use฀the฀฀ etric฀sys฀em. m t
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Aircraft฀patrol฀ed l Indicates฀the฀pos฀ i฀ i฀i฀y฀of฀traf฀ic฀sur฀ eillan฀ e฀from sblt f v c the฀air. Runaway฀lane Indicates฀ an฀ area฀ where฀ runa฀ ay฀ heavy฀ vehi฀ les w c can฀be฀฀ rought฀to฀a฀stop฀on฀a฀steep฀hill. b

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Indicates a place where a vehicle with failing brakes may be brought safely to a stop.

Indicates an additional lane to allow for passing.

Distance to service station Indicates to drivers the distance separating the next fuel services along the road.

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Indicate that towing on a particular section of the highway is handled exclusively by the company whose telephone number appears on the tab.

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Public฀faci฀i฀ ies lt Rest฀area Indicates฀a฀rest฀area฀run฀by฀the฀Québec฀govern฀ ent m along฀ i฀ e฀a฀highway.฀Services฀avai฀a฀ le฀are฀shown sd l b by฀the฀appro฀ ria฀e฀sym฀ ols.฀A฀rest฀area฀ope฀ a฀ed p t b r t by฀a฀muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀y฀will฀be฀so฀indi฀ a฀ed฀in฀place฀of cp lt c t the฀ fleur-de-lys.฀The฀ sign฀ may฀ also฀ indi฀ a฀ e฀ the c t dis฀an฀ e฀to฀the฀next฀two฀rest฀areas. t c Indicates฀an฀area฀for฀truc฀ ers฀to฀rest฀or฀check฀their k load฀and฀vehi฀ le. c Indicates฀ser฀ i฀ es฀avai฀a฀ le,฀such฀as฀a฀gas฀sta฀ion, vc l b t par฀ ing฀lot,฀res฀au฀ ant฀or฀any฀other฀faci฀i฀y. k t r lt

Lookout Indicates฀ a฀ loo฀ out฀ along฀ i฀ e฀ the฀ road฀ ay฀ that k sd w o ฀ ffers฀a฀splen฀ id฀view;฀the฀field฀glass฀฀ oints฀to฀the d p loo฀ out. k

Covered฀brid฀ e g Indicates฀a฀cove฀ ed฀brid฀ e฀of฀heri฀age฀value. r g t

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Reserves,฀parks฀and฀฀ ublic฀tou฀ ist฀attrac฀ions p r t

Indicate฀parks฀under฀pro฀ in฀ ial฀or฀fede฀ al฀govern฀ ent฀juris฀ ic฀ion. v c r m d t A฀bea฀ er฀sym฀ ol฀iden฀i฀ies฀fede฀ al฀parks฀or฀sites. v b tf r

Tourist฀infor฀ a฀ion m t There฀are฀four฀types฀of฀tou฀ ist฀infor฀ a฀ion฀cen฀res:฀Infotourist r m t t offi฀ es,฀local฀and฀regio฀ al฀cen฀res฀and฀tou฀ ist฀infor฀ a฀ion฀฀ tands. c n t r m t s Centre฀ope฀ a฀ed฀by฀Tourism฀Québec฀pro฀ i฀ ing r t vd infor฀ a฀ion฀on฀the฀pro฀ in฀ e. m t v c Regional฀tou฀ ist฀infor฀ a฀ion฀cen฀re฀pro฀ i฀ ing r m t t vd infor฀ a฀ion฀about฀the฀฀ egion. m t r

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The฀ maple฀ leaf฀ crown฀ is฀ used฀ to฀ iden฀i฀y฀ parks tf admi฀ is฀e฀ ed฀by฀the฀National฀Capital฀Commission n t r of฀Canada.

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Local฀tou฀ ist฀infor฀ a฀ion฀cen฀re฀pro฀ i฀ ing฀infor฀ r m t t vd ma฀ion฀about฀one฀or฀more฀muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀ies.฀A฀tab t cp lt often฀indi฀ a฀ es฀the฀direc฀ ion฀and฀dis฀ an฀ e฀to c t t t c the฀cen฀re. t

Indicates฀a฀tou฀ ist฀infor฀ a฀ion฀stand฀that฀provides r m t infor฀ a฀ion฀by฀means฀other฀than฀staffed฀personnel. m t Foreign฀cur฀ en฀ y฀exchan฀ e฀offi฀ e. r c g c

Indicate฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀a฀tou฀ s c rist faci฀i฀y,฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀to฀its lt t c a ฀ ccess฀route฀and฀the฀direc฀ion t to฀its฀entran฀ e. c

Historic฀site Indicates฀ the฀ pre฀ en฀ e฀ of฀ an฀ his฀o฀ ic฀ site,฀ the s c t r dis฀an฀ e฀and฀direc฀ion. t c t

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Fuel฀and฀food฀ser฀ i฀ e฀signs฀on฀freeways vc Confirmation฀of฀exits Indicates฀the฀pro฀ i฀ i฀y฀of฀a฀ser฀ i฀ e฀sta฀ion฀and฀of xmt vc t fuel฀or฀food฀out฀ets฀avai฀a฀ le฀there. l l b

Itinerary Indicates฀ the฀ direc฀ion฀ of฀ faci฀i฀ies฀ along฀ i฀ e฀ a t lt sd freeway.

Entrance฀to฀faci฀i฀y lt Indicate฀฀ ccess฀to฀faci฀i฀ies. a lt

Types฀of฀fuel Indicates฀the฀types฀of฀fuel฀avai฀a฀ le฀other l b than฀gaso฀i฀ e,฀along฀with฀the฀esta฀ lish฀ ent ln b m logo฀or฀name. D die฀ el s N natu฀ al฀gas r P pro฀ a฀ e p n
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Off-road฀฀ ycling฀route c Indicate฀a฀bike฀ ay฀with฀an฀exclu฀ i฀ e w sv right-of-way฀that฀is฀sepa฀ a฀ e฀from r t auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀ traf฀ic฀ and฀ spe฀ i฀ies฀ if m bl f cf the฀route฀is฀a฀reco฀ ni฀ ed฀Route฀verte g z (des฀ ri฀ ed in฀sec฀ion฀4.6).฀The฀sign c b t indi฀ a฀es฀if฀the฀bike฀ ay฀is฀open฀to c t w ano฀her฀sport฀in฀the฀win฀er. t t

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Cyclists฀are฀allo฀ ed฀to฀ride฀on฀most฀roads฀in฀Québec฀other฀than w freeway;฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀the฀ e฀o฀ e฀exer฀ i฀ e฀cau฀ion c r t r f r cs t when฀they฀see฀a฀bicy฀ le฀rider฀on฀the฀far฀right-hand฀side฀of฀the c road.฀There฀ are฀ four฀ types฀ of฀ ฀ esign฀ inten฀ ed฀ to฀ make฀ ฀ ycling d d c safer:฀paved฀shoul฀ ers,฀฀ ycling฀lanes,฀desi฀ na฀ed฀฀ ycling฀rou฀es, d c g t c t and฀bicy฀ le฀paths. c Paved฀shoul฀ ers,฀mar฀ ed฀off฀with฀a฀solid฀white฀line,฀allow฀฀ yclists d k c to฀ride฀in฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀traf฀ic,฀along฀ i฀ e฀motor฀vehi฀ les. t f sd c Cycling฀lanes฀in฀urban฀areas฀occu฀ y฀part฀of฀the฀road฀ ay,฀but฀are p w mar฀ ed฀off฀or฀phy฀ i฀ al฀y฀sepa฀ a฀ed฀from฀traf฀ic฀lanes฀and฀reser฀ ed k sc l r t f v exclu฀ i฀ e฀y฀for฀฀ yclists. sv l c Designated฀฀ ycling฀rou฀es฀are฀usual฀y฀found฀where฀motor฀vehi฀ le c t l c traf฀ic฀is฀light฀and฀slow฀฀ oving;฀there฀are฀no฀pro฀ec฀ed฀cor฀ i฀ ors, f m t t rd mere฀y฀signs. l Bicycle฀paths฀are฀desi฀ ned฀exclusively฀for฀the฀use฀of฀฀ yclists, g c often฀away฀from฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀traf฀ic. c f As฀ for฀ motor฀ vehi฀ les,฀ signs฀ for฀ ฀ yclists฀ come฀ in฀ four฀ types: c c regu฀a฀ o฀ y,฀war฀ ing,฀work฀site฀and฀infor฀ a฀ ion฀signs. l t r n m t
s t t a t NB The฀signs฀pre฀ en฀ed฀in฀this฀sec฀ion฀do฀not฀฀ ppear฀in฀any฀other฀sec฀ion.

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Regulatory฀signs Bicycle฀tab Draws฀the฀atten฀ion฀of฀฀ yclists฀to฀any฀regu฀a฀o฀ y t c l t r sign฀concer฀ ing฀them฀only. n

Mandatory฀route Indicates฀the฀route฀฀ yclists฀must฀take. c

Indicate฀to฀฀ yclists฀and฀pedes฀rians c t the฀res฀ ec฀i฀ e฀side฀they฀must฀use. p tv

Indicates฀to฀฀ yclists฀and฀pedes฀rians฀they฀must฀share c t that฀por฀ion฀of฀the฀฀ ay,฀there฀being฀no฀exclu฀ i฀ e t w sv cor฀ i฀ or฀for฀฀ ither. rd e

Bicycle฀฀ iders฀must฀dis฀ ount r m Indicates฀to฀฀ yclists฀that฀they฀must฀dis฀ ount฀and c m walk฀besi฀ e฀their฀bicy฀ le. d c

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Children฀must฀ride฀with฀an฀adult Indicates฀to฀฀ yclists฀under฀age฀12฀that฀they฀must c be฀in฀the฀com฀ a฀ y฀of฀an฀adult฀in฀order฀to฀ride฀on p n a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀where฀the฀pos฀ed฀speed฀limit฀is p w t over฀50฀km/h.

No฀pas฀ ing s Indicates฀to฀฀ yclists฀that฀they฀can฀ ot฀ride฀side-by-side; c n marks฀the฀start฀of฀a฀no-pas฀ ing฀zone. s

Bicycle฀sym฀ ol฀at฀a฀pedes฀rian฀light b t Indicates฀ to฀ ฀ yclists฀ that฀ they฀ must฀ cross฀ on฀ the c walk฀฀ ignal. s

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Warning฀signs Steep฀slope Indicates฀ the฀ slope฀ in฀ per฀ en฀age c t terms฀(at฀least฀6%,฀which฀means฀a rise฀or฀drop฀of฀6฀m฀over฀100฀m).

Busy฀฀ ublic฀฀ ccess p a Indicates฀to฀฀ yclists฀that฀a฀near฀ y฀฀ ublic฀฀ ccess c b p a e ฀ ntails฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀motor฀vehi฀ les. s c c

Cyclists฀ahead Bicycles฀cros฀ ing฀road฀near฀ y. s b

Indicates฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀฀ yclists฀on฀a฀paved฀shoul฀ er, s c c d over฀the฀dis฀an฀ e฀shown,฀when฀it฀is฀pla฀ ed฀below t c c the฀bicy฀ le฀sign. c Slippery฀sur฀a฀ e f c Warns฀that฀the฀road฀sur฀a฀ e฀may฀be฀slip฀ e฀ y฀in f c p r some฀pla฀ es. c

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Work฀site฀signs Cycle฀lane฀clo฀ ed s Indicates฀that฀a฀cycle฀lane฀is฀tem฀ o฀ a฀ i฀y฀clo฀ ed. p r rl s

Detour Indicates฀to฀฀ yclists฀the฀direc฀ion฀of฀a฀฀ etour฀becau฀ e c t d s of฀road฀work.

Information฀signs Indicates฀the฀direc฀ion฀to฀a฀bike฀ ay t w Directs฀฀ yclists฀to฀a฀bike฀ ay. c w
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Direction Indicate฀ the฀ direc฀ ion฀ and฀ dis฀ an฀ e฀ in฀ km฀ to฀ a t t c des฀i฀ a฀ion฀ by฀ bicy฀ le฀ and฀ faci฀i฀ies฀ avai฀a฀ le.฀ In tn t c lt l b cases฀where฀฀ yclists฀must฀share฀the฀route฀with c pedes฀rians,฀a฀human฀sil฀ ouet฀e฀is฀shown฀on฀this t h t sign.

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Bicycle฀route Indicate฀the฀name฀and฀direc฀ion฀of฀a฀cycle฀lane฀or฀path. t

Parking฀area฀for฀bicy฀ les c Indicates฀the฀direc฀ion฀to฀par฀ ing฀for฀bicy฀ les. t k c

Parking฀area฀for฀฀ ycling฀lane฀connec฀ion c t Indicates฀where฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀par฀ ing฀area฀pro฀ i฀ es c k vd a ฀ ccess฀to฀a฀฀ ycling฀lane฀or฀path. c Route฀verte iden฀i฀i฀ a฀ion tfc t Indicates฀those฀parts฀of฀the฀trail฀where฀a฀bicy฀ le c may฀be฀used. The฀Route฀verte is฀a฀bicycle฀trail฀more฀than฀4,000฀km long฀ that฀ stretches฀ north฀ to฀ south,฀ east฀ to฀ west, throughout฀ the฀ province.฀ Comprised฀ of฀ off-road paths, paved฀shoulders฀and฀sections฀of฀small,฀quiet roads,฀it฀will฀eventually฀link฀350฀municipalities฀in 15฀regions฀(where฀some฀four฀million฀Quebecers฀live). Clearly฀marked฀and฀very฀safe,฀the฀Route฀verte฀is฀a way฀to฀discover฀Quebec฀in฀all฀its฀greenery. Beginning Indicates฀the฀begin฀ ing฀of฀a฀bike฀ ay. n w

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Period฀when฀clo฀ ed s Indicates฀the฀time฀of฀the฀year฀when฀the฀cycle฀path can฀ ot฀be฀used. n

Private฀tou฀ ist฀faci฀i฀ies r lt Indicates฀the฀attrac฀ions฀and฀ser฀ i฀ es฀avai฀a฀ le t vc l b to฀฀ yclists. c Commercial฀ser฀ i฀ es vc Indicate฀ food฀ and฀ bicy฀ le฀ ฀ epair฀ ser฀ i฀ es c r vc loca฀ ed฀near฀a฀bicy฀ le฀path. t c

Public฀ser฀ i฀ es vc Indicate฀ser฀ i฀ es฀avai฀a฀ le฀along฀a฀bike฀ ay. vc l b w

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Tourist฀ infor฀ a฀ion฀ m t offi฀ e c

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HIGHWAY฀SAFETY฀CODE PRO฀ I฀ IONS฀ VS CONCER฀ ING฀ROAD฀SIGNS฀AND฀TRAF฀ IC฀฀ IGNALS N F S
Only฀the฀per฀ on฀res฀ on฀ i฀ le฀for฀main฀ai฀ ing฀a฀฀ ublic฀high฀ ay s p sb t n p w may฀erect฀road฀signs฀or฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignals,฀which฀must฀meet฀stan฀ ards f s d set฀by฀Transport฀Québec. No฀per฀ on฀may: s • erect฀a฀฀ ignal,฀sign,฀indi฀ a฀ion฀or฀devi฀ e฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀highway s c t c p w ฀ ithout฀the฀per฀ is฀ ion฀of฀the฀per฀ on฀res฀ on฀ i฀ le฀for฀the m s s p sb main฀e฀ an฀ e฀of฀that฀road฀ ay; t n c w • erect฀or฀dis฀ lay฀on฀pri฀ a฀e฀pro฀ er฀y฀a฀฀ ignal,฀sign,฀indi฀ a฀ion p v t p t s c t or฀devi฀ e฀that฀encroa฀ hes฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀or฀that c c p w could฀crea฀e฀confu฀ ion฀or฀obs฀ruct฀any฀sign฀erec฀ed฀on฀a t s t t p ฀ ublic฀roadway; • tra฀ el฀on฀pri฀ a฀e฀pro฀ er฀y฀to฀avoid฀com฀ lian฀ e฀with฀a฀road v v t p t p c sign฀or฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignal. f s All฀per฀ ons฀must: s • com฀ ly฀with฀a฀road฀sign฀or฀traf฀ic฀฀ ignal฀erec฀ ed฀on฀a p f s t road฀ ay฀under฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code; w • obey฀ the฀ orders฀ or฀ ฀ ignals฀ of฀ a฀ law฀ enforcement฀ offi฀ er, ฀ s c s ฀ chool฀cros฀ ing guard฀or฀flag฀ er฀ on฀in฀char฀ e฀of฀direc฀ing s p s g t traf฀ic฀฀ round฀a฀work฀site,฀even฀if฀contra฀ y฀to฀exis฀ing฀traf฀ic f a r t f s ฀ ignals฀or฀signs.

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he฀Highway฀Safety฀Code sets฀out฀the฀traf฀ic f rules฀for฀all฀users฀of฀฀ ublic฀roadways,฀in p par฀i฀ u฀ar฀ motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors.฀ Pedestrians, tc l c r t motor฀ y฀ lists,฀moped฀ope฀ a฀ors฀and฀฀ yclists฀also c c r t c have฀cer฀ain฀฀ ights฀and฀obli฀ a฀ions฀when฀using฀a t r g t p ฀ ublic฀road฀ ay.฀For฀safety’s฀sake,฀it฀is฀impor฀ant w t to฀know฀these฀rules฀and฀fol฀ow฀them. l

PRO฀ EC฀ ION T T
SEAT฀BELT
Seat฀belts฀are฀not฀sim฀ ly฀an฀acces฀ o฀ y.฀They฀are฀an฀impor฀ant p s r t safe฀y฀fea฀ure฀that฀can฀save฀lives.฀Seat฀belt฀use฀is฀man฀ a฀o฀ y. t t d t r All฀occu฀ ants,฀฀ xcept฀chil฀ ren฀whose฀sit฀ing฀฀ eight฀is฀below p e d t h 63฀cm,฀as฀explai฀ ed฀below,฀sit฀ing฀on฀the฀front฀or฀back฀seat฀of฀a n t m ฀ oving฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀must฀wear฀the฀seat฀belt฀pro฀ i฀ ed;฀this฀seat c vd belt฀must฀be฀pro฀ er฀y฀fas฀e฀ ed.฀Driving฀a฀vehi฀ le฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀if: p l t n c hbt • the฀driver฀or฀passenger฀seat฀belt฀is฀mis฀ ing฀or฀unu฀ a฀ le or s s b has฀been฀alte฀ ed; r • a฀ pas฀ en฀ er฀ under฀ age฀ 16฀ is฀ not฀ wea฀ ing฀ a฀ pro฀ er฀y s g r p l fas฀ e฀ ed฀seat฀belt. t n A฀child฀whose฀sit฀ ing฀posi฀ ion฀mea฀ u฀ ed฀to฀the฀top฀of฀the t t s r head฀comes฀below฀63฀cm฀must฀be฀sea฀ed฀in฀a฀res฀raint฀sys฀em t t t or฀boos฀er฀seat฀in฀com฀ lian฀ e฀with฀regu฀a฀ions฀refer฀ ed฀to฀in฀the t p c l t r Motor฀Vehicle฀Safety฀Act.฀The฀res฀raint฀sys฀em฀and฀boos฀er฀seat฀must t t t be฀ adap฀ed฀ to฀ the฀ ฀ eight฀ and฀ size฀ of฀ the฀ child,฀ in฀ accor฀ an฀ e t w d c with฀the฀manufacturer’s฀instruc฀ions,฀and฀must฀be฀pro฀ er฀y฀instal฀ed t p l l in฀the฀vehi฀ le.฀This฀obli฀ a฀ion฀does฀not฀apply฀in฀taxis฀or฀police c g t vehicles,฀in฀which฀case฀the฀child฀must฀be฀res฀rai฀ ed฀by฀the฀seat t n belt฀avai฀a฀ le. l b

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The฀Société฀de฀l’assu฀ an฀ e฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀du฀Québec฀may,฀howe฀ er, r c m bl v issue฀a฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀exemp฀ing฀a฀per฀ on,฀for฀excep฀io฀ al฀medi฀ al tfc t t s t n c rea฀ ons,฀from฀the฀obli฀ a฀ion฀to฀wear฀a฀seat฀belt฀or฀the฀use฀of฀a s g t res฀raint฀devi฀ e. t c Taxi฀dri฀ ers฀ope฀ a฀ing฀a฀vehi฀ le฀as฀part฀of฀their฀job฀on฀a฀฀ ublic v r t c p road฀ ay฀with฀a฀speed฀limit฀set฀by฀a฀muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀ y,฀or฀on฀an w cp lt unnum฀ e฀ ed฀ road฀ ay,฀ are฀ also฀ ฀ xempt฀ from฀ the฀ obli฀ a฀ion฀ to b r w e g t wear฀a฀seat฀belt. Drivers฀who฀are฀backing฀up฀and฀individuals฀who฀are฀riding in฀the฀passenger฀seat฀of฀a฀police฀wagon฀are฀not฀required฀to฀wear a฀seat฀belt.

AIR฀BAG
Air฀bags฀are฀pro฀ en฀safe฀ y฀devi฀ es฀desi฀ ned฀to฀pre฀ ent฀the v t c g v occu฀ ants฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀from฀stri฀ ing฀their฀head,฀neck฀or฀chest p c k a ฀ gainst฀the฀instru฀ ent฀panel,฀stee฀ ing฀wheel฀or฀winds฀ ield฀in฀a m r h front-end฀ col฀i฀ ion.฀They฀ also฀ pro฀ i฀ e฀ effec฀i฀ e฀ pro฀ec฀ion฀ ฀ gainst ls vd tv t t a poten฀ial฀y฀fatal฀inju฀ ies฀or฀inju฀ ies฀that฀may฀฀ esult฀in฀dis฀ bi฀i฀y. t l r r r a lt Research฀in฀1998฀showed฀that฀the฀com฀ i฀ ed฀use฀of฀air฀bags฀and bn seat฀belts฀redu฀ es฀the฀risk฀of฀seve฀ e฀head฀inju฀ y฀by฀75%฀and฀seve฀ e c r r r chest฀inju฀ y฀by฀66%. r Air฀bags฀are฀not฀desi฀ ned฀to฀฀ eploy฀in฀rear-end฀col฀i฀ ions, g d ls rol฀o฀ er฀acci฀ ents฀or฀in฀most฀side-on฀col฀i฀ ions. l v d ls Air฀bags฀฀ ontain฀tiny฀holes,฀which฀ena฀ le฀them฀to฀defla฀e฀upon c b t absor฀ ing฀the฀momen฀um฀from฀the฀occu฀ ant,฀the฀ e฀ y฀allo฀ ing b t p r b w the฀occu฀ ant฀to฀brea฀he฀and฀move. p t Some฀ mea฀ u฀ es฀ can฀ be฀ taken฀ to฀ redu฀ e฀ risks฀ ฀ uring฀ air฀ bag s r c d deploy฀ ent: m • an฀ ฀nfant฀ must฀ ฀ lways฀ be฀ sea฀ed฀ in฀ a฀ rear-฀acing฀ ฀nfant i a t f i safe฀y฀seat฀that฀is฀secu฀ ed฀in฀the฀back฀seat฀(cen฀re฀if฀pos฀ i฀ le); t r t sb • children฀ age฀ 12฀ and฀ under฀ must฀ ฀ lways฀ be฀ sea฀ed฀ in฀ a a t child฀safe฀y฀seat฀adap฀ed฀to฀their฀฀ eight฀and฀size฀that฀is t t w secu฀ ed฀in฀the฀back฀seat; r • always฀wear฀a฀seat฀belt; • move฀the฀seat฀back฀to฀ensu฀ e฀that฀there฀is฀a฀dis฀an฀ e฀of r t c at฀ least฀ 25฀ cm฀ bet฀ een฀ the฀ cen฀re฀ of฀ the฀ air฀ bag฀ cover w t and฀the฀midd฀e฀of฀the฀driver’s฀chest฀area. l
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The฀Société฀de฀l’assu฀an฀ e฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀du฀Québec฀may฀autho฀ i฀ e r c m bl rz an฀air฀bag฀to฀be฀deac฀i฀ a฀ed฀if฀one฀of฀the฀dri฀ ers฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀or a tv t v c pas฀ en฀ er฀ is฀ at฀ risk฀ when฀ an฀ air฀ bag฀ ฀ eploys.฀An฀ appli฀ a฀ion, s g d c t howe฀ er,฀ must฀ first฀ be฀ filed฀ with฀ the฀ Société฀ by฀ completing฀ the v form฀entitled฀Declaration฀of฀Requirement฀for฀Air฀Bag฀Deactivatiod.

HEADREST
Thousands฀of฀Quebecers฀suf฀er฀whi฀ lash฀in฀auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀acci฀ ents f p m bl d each฀year.฀Scarcely฀10%฀of฀moto฀ ists฀in฀the฀pro฀ in฀ e฀฀ djust฀their r v c a vehicle’s฀hea฀ rest฀pro฀ er฀y;฀the฀mis฀a฀ e฀the฀remain฀ er฀make฀is d p l t k d pla฀ ing฀it฀too฀low. c If฀the฀hea฀ rest฀is฀pla฀ ed฀too฀low,฀฀ ehind฀the฀neck,฀it฀is฀of฀litt฀e d c b l use฀becau฀ e฀in฀the฀event฀of฀a฀rear-end฀col฀i฀ ion,฀the฀head฀will฀be s ls t ฀hrust฀back,฀cau฀ ing฀a฀neck฀inju฀ y. s r
Maximum฀10฀cm

To฀offer฀ade฀ ua฀e฀pro฀ec฀ion: q t t t • the฀ hea฀ rest฀ must฀ not฀ be฀ more฀ than฀ ten฀ cen฀ i฀ e฀ res d tm t (10฀cm)฀from฀the฀back฀of฀the฀head; • the฀midd฀e฀of฀the฀hea฀ rest฀must฀be฀level฀with฀the฀eyes฀or l d top฀of฀the฀ears.

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TRAF฀ IC฀RULES F
Whether฀tur฀ ing,฀chan฀ ing฀lanes,฀pas฀ ing฀or฀car฀ying฀out฀ano฀her n g s r t manoeu฀ re,฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀apply฀spe฀ ial฀rules฀in v c r t c each฀case.

TRAFFIC฀LANE฀DIVI฀ ION S
Some฀lines฀sepa฀ a฀ ing฀traf฀ic฀lanes฀may฀be฀cros฀ ed,฀฀ thers r t f s o may฀not. Drivers฀may฀cross฀a฀bro฀ en฀line฀after k ensu฀ ing฀that฀they฀can฀do฀so฀safe฀y. r l

A฀bro฀ en฀line฀next฀to฀a฀solid฀line k means฀pas฀ ing฀is฀allo฀ ed฀if฀the฀bro฀ en s w k line฀ is฀ on฀ the฀ vehicle’s฀ side฀ when the฀ manoeu฀ re฀ is฀ begun.฀ Passing v must฀be฀com฀ le฀ed฀befo฀ e฀the฀bro฀ en p t r k line฀ends.

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A฀solid฀sin฀ le฀line or฀solid฀dou฀ le฀line may฀not฀ordi฀ a฀ i฀y g b n rl be฀cros฀ ed. s However,฀these฀lines฀may฀be฀cros฀ ed฀if฀the฀traf฀ic฀lane฀is s f obs฀ruc฀ed฀or฀clo฀ ed,฀or฀to฀make฀a฀left฀turn฀onto฀ano฀her฀road฀ ay t t s t w or฀into฀a฀pri฀ a฀e฀dri฀ e฀ ay.฀They฀can฀also฀be฀cros฀ ed฀to฀pass฀farm v t v w s machi฀ e฀ y,฀farm฀trac฀ors,฀ani฀ al-drawn฀vehi฀ les,฀bicy฀ les฀or฀vehi฀ les n r t m c c c with฀a฀slow-฀ oving฀vehi฀ le฀war฀ ing฀sign฀(orange฀tri฀ n฀ le฀with m c n a g reflectorized฀red฀edges).

LANE฀USE
TWO-WAY TRAF฀ IC F

When฀tra฀ el฀ing฀on฀a฀road฀ ay฀simi฀ar v l w l to฀the฀one฀illus฀ra฀ed,฀motor฀vehi฀ le t t c ope฀ a฀ors฀ must฀ use฀ the฀ right-hand r t lane.฀They฀ may฀ use฀ the฀ left฀ lane, howe฀ er,฀to฀pass฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le฀or v t c to฀avoid฀an฀obs฀a฀ le.฀In฀both฀cases, t c dri฀ ers฀must฀make฀sure฀the฀left฀lane v is฀free฀befo฀ e฀ente฀ ing฀it. r r

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THREE

OR FIVE LANES OF TWO-WAY TRAF฀ IC F

When฀using฀a฀road฀ ay฀divi฀ ed w d into฀ three฀ or฀ five฀ lanes฀ where there฀is฀traf฀ic฀in฀both฀direc฀ions, f t motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ must c r t use฀the฀lane฀or฀lanes฀to฀the฀right. The฀cen฀re฀lane฀is฀reser฀ ed฀for t v left฀turns฀by฀vehi฀ les฀tra฀ e฀ing c v l in฀฀ ither฀direc฀ion. e t

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If฀one฀or฀more฀lanes฀in฀the฀direc฀ion t the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀tra฀ el฀ing฀are฀clo฀ ed฀or c v l s obs฀ruc฀ed,฀ the฀ dri฀ er฀ may฀ use฀ the t t v nea฀ est฀free฀lane฀inten฀ ed฀for฀onco฀ ฀ r d ming traf฀ic,฀after฀yiel฀ ing฀the฀right฀of f d way฀to฀any฀vehi฀ le฀in฀that฀lane. c

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TWO

OR THREE LANES FOR ONE-WAY TRAF฀ IC F

Drivers฀must฀in฀gene฀ al฀keep฀to฀the r far฀ right฀ when฀ there฀ are฀ two฀ lanes for฀traf฀ic฀in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion. f t

Generally฀spea฀ ing,฀when฀there฀are k three฀lanes,฀dri฀ ers฀฀ hould฀use฀one v s of฀the฀right-hand฀lanes.

Particular฀cir฀ ums฀ an฀ es: c t c • A฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀or฀may฀use฀the฀far฀left฀lane฀on฀an c r t expressway฀to฀pass฀other฀vehi฀ les,฀turn฀left,฀avoid฀obs฀a฀ les, c t c or฀move฀฀oward฀an฀exit฀lane. t • Slowing฀down฀in฀the฀left-hand฀lane฀is฀per฀ it฀ed,฀as฀long m t as฀the฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀or฀฀ ignals฀his/her฀inten฀ion฀to c r t s t turn฀left฀or฀stop฀on฀the฀left฀side฀of฀the฀lane. • Where฀the฀speed฀limit฀is฀below฀80฀km/h,฀for฀instance฀on an฀ urban฀ boulevard,฀ a฀ motor฀ vehicle฀ operator฀ may฀ use either฀lane.฀฀Travelling฀fas฀er than฀a฀vehi฀ le฀in฀ano฀her฀lane t c t is฀not฀consi฀ e฀ ed฀pas฀ ing. d r s
ROADWAY
SEPA฀ A฀ ED BY A ฀ EDIAN OR OTHER DIVI฀ ER R T M D

Drivers฀must฀not฀cross฀฀ edians฀or฀other฀divi฀ ers฀sepa฀ a฀ing m d r t traf฀ic฀lanes,฀฀ xcept฀in฀those฀pla฀ es฀indi฀ a฀ed฀by฀the฀appro฀ ria฀e฀signs. f e c c t p t

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FREEWAY ฀ CCESS AND A

EXIT RAMPS

To฀enter฀or฀exit฀a฀freeway,฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀use c r t desi฀ na฀ed฀฀ ccess฀and฀exit฀lanes. g t a

SPEED฀฀ IMITS฀AND฀DIS฀ AN฀ E฀BET฀ EEN฀VEHI฀ LES L T C W C
Any฀act฀or฀speed฀like฀y฀to฀endan฀ er฀people’s฀lives฀or฀per฀ o฀ al l g s n pro฀ er฀ y฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed.฀These฀obli฀ a฀ ions฀apply฀on฀all฀฀ ublic p t hbt g t p road฀ ays฀and฀on฀pri฀ a฀e฀road฀ ays฀open฀to฀฀ ublic฀road฀vehi฀ le w v t w p c traf฀ic,฀as฀well฀as฀shop฀ ing฀cen฀re฀par฀ ing฀lots฀and฀other฀areas f p t k open฀to฀฀ ublic฀traf฀ic. p f Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀res฀ ect฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀speed฀฀imits: c r t p l w l • on฀freeways: – 60฀km/h฀mini฀ um; m –฀100฀km/h฀maxi฀ um. m • on฀high฀ ays฀with฀a฀concre฀e฀or฀฀ sphalt฀sur฀a฀ e: w t a f c –฀90฀km/h฀maxi฀ um. m • on฀gra฀ el฀roads: v –฀70฀km/h฀maxi฀ um. m • in฀ a฀ ฀ chool฀ zone฀ when฀ chil฀ ren฀ are฀ ente฀ ing฀ or฀ lea฀ ing s d r v s ฀ chool: –฀50฀km/h฀maxi฀ um฀฀ nless฀a฀sign฀indi฀ a฀es฀a฀dif฀e฀m u c t f rent฀speed,฀which฀the฀dri฀ er฀must฀then฀obey. v • in฀฀ ities,฀towns฀or฀villa฀ es,฀฀ nless฀other฀ i฀ e฀indi฀ a฀ed: c g u ws c t –฀50฀km/h฀maxi฀ um. m Drivers฀must฀redu฀ e฀speed฀when฀tra฀ el฀ing฀after฀dark,฀in฀fog, c v l rain,฀snow฀and฀other฀condi฀ions฀limi฀ing฀visi฀ i฀i฀y,฀as฀well฀as฀on t t blt a฀road฀sur฀a฀ e฀that฀is฀slip฀ e฀ y฀or฀not฀enti฀ e฀y฀clea฀ ed.฀They฀must f c p r r l r also฀slow฀down฀when฀approa฀ hing฀road฀cons฀ruc฀ion. c t t Drivers฀may฀not฀tra฀ el฀so฀slo฀ ly฀as฀to฀hin฀ er฀the฀flow฀of฀traf฀ic. v w d f

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DISTANCE

BET฀ EEN VEHI฀ LES W C

When฀tra฀ el฀ing฀฀ ehind฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le,฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors v l b t c c r t must฀keep฀at฀a฀rea฀ o฀ a฀ le,฀safe฀dis฀an฀ e฀from฀the฀vehi฀ le฀ahead s n b t c c so฀that฀they฀can฀stop฀their฀vehi฀ le฀฀ ithout฀cau฀ ing฀an฀acci฀ ent c w s d s ฀ hould฀they฀need฀to฀stop฀quic฀ ly.฀Drivers฀must฀take฀into฀฀ ccount k a traf฀ic฀speed,฀traf฀ic฀den฀ i฀y,฀wea฀her฀condi฀ions฀and฀the฀state฀of f f st t t the฀road฀sur฀a฀ e.฀The฀“2-second”฀rule฀can฀be฀used฀to฀esti฀ a฀e฀the f c m t dis฀an฀ e฀bet฀ een฀two฀vehi฀ les.฀This฀rule฀is฀des฀ ri฀ ed฀and฀illus฀ t c w c c b tra฀ ed฀in฀dri฀ ing฀tech฀ i฀ ue฀publi฀ a฀ ions:฀Driving฀a฀Passenger t v nq c t Vehicle;฀Operating฀a฀Motorcycle;฀Operating฀a฀Moped฀or฀Scooter. Motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ tra฀ el฀ing฀ in฀ a฀ ฀ onvoy฀ on฀ a฀ ฀ ublic c r t v l c p high฀ ay฀where฀the฀maxi฀ um฀speed฀is฀70฀km/h฀or฀฀ igher฀must w m h leave฀ suf฀i฀ ient฀ space฀ bet฀ een฀ their฀ vehi฀ les.฀ They฀ must฀ also fc w c allow฀other฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀to฀pass฀them. c r t

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Certain฀situa฀ions฀may฀call฀for฀pas฀ ing฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le.฀Motor t s t c vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀fol฀ow฀cer฀ain฀rules฀when฀pas฀ ing฀ano฀her c r t l t s t vehi฀ le. c Before฀pas฀ ing฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le,฀dri฀ ers฀must: s t c v • make฀sure฀pas฀ ing฀is฀allo฀ ed฀(bro฀ en฀lines฀bet฀ een฀lanes); s w k w • make฀sure฀that฀the฀left฀lane฀is฀free฀and฀that฀no฀other฀vehi฀ le c c ฀ oming฀from฀฀ ehind฀is฀going฀to฀occu฀ y฀that฀lane; b p • make฀sure฀that฀the฀lane฀they฀wish฀to฀enter฀is฀unoc฀ u฀ ied c p for฀a฀suf฀i฀ ient฀dis฀an฀ e; fc t c • ฀ ignal฀their฀inten฀ion฀to฀pass฀using฀turn-฀ ignal฀฀ights. s t s l Passing฀฀ hould฀be฀avoi฀ ed฀when฀tra฀ el฀ing฀in฀fog฀or฀condi฀ions s d v l t that฀฀ ffect฀visi฀ i฀i฀y. a blt Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀use฀the฀left฀lane฀to฀pass.฀A฀pas฀ ing c r t s vehi฀ le฀must฀฀ eturn฀to฀the฀right-hand฀lane฀once฀the฀manoeu฀ re c r v is฀com฀ le฀e. p t

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BICY฀ LE C

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀wis฀ ing฀to฀pass฀a฀bicy฀ le฀may฀฀ emain c r t h c r in฀ the฀ same฀ lane฀ if฀ there฀ is฀ ฀ nough฀ room฀ to฀ com฀ le฀e฀ the e p t manoeu฀ re฀safe฀y.฀The฀left฀lane฀may฀also฀be฀used. v l
BEING
PAS฀ ED S

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀being฀pas฀ ed฀or฀about฀to฀be฀pas฀ ed c r t s s by฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le฀must฀not฀acce฀e฀ a฀e.฀They฀may฀slow฀down฀out t c l r t of฀cour฀e฀ y,฀howe฀ er,฀in฀order฀to฀faci฀i฀a฀e฀the฀manoeu฀ re. t s v lt t v
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When฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀need฀to฀use฀a฀lane฀reser฀ ed฀for c r t v onco฀ ing฀traf฀ic฀in฀order฀to฀pass,฀they฀must฀avoid฀doing฀so: m f • when฀approa฀ hing฀or฀on฀top฀of฀a฀hill; c • in฀a฀curve; • when฀ approa฀ hing฀ or฀ cros฀ ing฀ a฀ mar฀ ed฀ pedes฀rian c s k t cross฀ alk,฀a฀level฀cros฀ ing฀or฀a฀tun฀ el; w s n • any฀other฀place฀where฀signs฀or฀pave฀ ent฀mar฀ ings฀indi฀ m k ca฀e฀that฀pas฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed. t s hbt

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Vehicle฀1฀may฀not฀pass฀vehi฀ le฀2฀in฀these฀situa฀ions. c t Passing฀is฀also฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀when฀there฀are฀vehi฀ les฀in฀the฀left hbt c lane,฀or฀if฀a฀vehi฀ le฀฀ ehind฀has฀signa฀ed฀the฀inten฀ion฀to฀pass,฀or c b l t has฀begun฀to฀do฀so.฀In฀situa฀ions฀like฀those฀illus฀ra฀ed฀below,฀the t t t dri฀ er฀of฀vehi฀ le฀1฀must฀not฀pass. v c

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When฀dri฀ ing฀on฀a฀road฀ ay฀with฀two฀or฀more฀lanes฀of฀one-way v w traf฀ic,฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀avoid: f c r t • lane฀hop฀ ing; p • pas฀ ing฀on฀the฀right,฀฀ xcept: s e –฀when฀pas฀ ing฀a฀vehi฀ le฀฀ aking฀a฀left฀turn฀or฀hea฀ ing s c m d t ฀oward฀an฀freeway฀exit฀ramp; –฀when฀pas฀ ing฀a฀vehi฀ le฀per฀or฀ ing฀main฀e฀ an฀ e฀in s c f m t n c the฀left฀lane. At฀no฀time฀may฀a฀pas฀ ing฀vehi฀ le฀leave฀the฀road฀ ay฀(e.g.฀drive s c w on฀the฀shoul฀ er)฀to฀per฀orm฀the฀manoeu฀ re. d f v •••฀Passing฀in฀a฀slow฀lane฀••• When฀there฀are฀slow฀lane฀signs,฀dri฀ ers฀tra฀ el฀ing฀slo฀ ly฀must v v l w use฀the฀far฀right-hand฀lane.฀Slow฀lanes,฀crea฀ed฀in฀order฀to฀main฀ain t t traf฀ic฀flow,฀are฀usual฀y฀found฀in฀moun฀ai฀ ous฀฀ egions.฀Any฀vehi฀ le f l t n r c can฀use฀them฀–฀not฀just฀฀rucks. t Since฀some฀of฀these฀lanes฀are฀lon฀ er฀than฀2฀km,฀a฀bro฀ en฀line g k may฀ be฀ used฀ over฀ a฀ cer฀ain฀ dis฀an฀ e฀ to฀ allow฀ vehi฀ les฀ dri฀ ing t t c c v down฀ ill฀to฀pass฀other฀vehi฀ les. h c Drivers฀in฀the฀slow฀lane฀on฀the฀far฀right฀may฀not฀฀ eturn฀to฀the r main฀lane฀when฀the฀road฀ ay฀shows฀these฀mar฀ ings. w k

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Before฀tur฀ ing฀at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion,฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must: n s t c r t • make฀sure฀the฀turn฀can฀be฀com฀ le฀ed฀safe฀y; p t l • ฀ ignal฀their฀inten฀ion฀to฀turn฀using฀the฀vehicle’s฀turn-฀ ignal s t s l ฀ights; • yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀pedes฀rians฀or฀฀ yclists฀cros฀ ing t c s the฀road฀ ay฀they฀wish฀to฀enter; w • yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀vehi฀ les฀tra฀ el฀ing฀on฀the฀inter฀ c v l sec฀ing฀road฀ ay,฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ les,฀or฀vehi฀ les฀approa฀ hing t w m c c c or฀alrea฀ y฀in฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion. d s t The฀dri฀ er฀then฀makes฀the฀turn฀when฀the฀coast฀is฀clear. v If฀the฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀or฀is฀una฀ le฀to฀move฀into฀the฀desi฀ ฀ c r t b gna฀ed tur฀ ing฀lane฀when฀pre฀ a฀ ing฀to฀make฀a฀turn,฀he/she฀must t n p r make฀the฀turn฀at฀ano฀her฀inter฀ ec฀ion. t s t The฀fol฀o฀ ing฀illus฀ra฀ions฀show฀the฀rules฀to฀fol฀ow฀when฀฀ aking l w t t l m the฀most฀com฀ on฀right฀and฀left฀turns. m
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Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀plan฀ ing฀to฀make฀a฀right฀turn฀onto฀a c r t n road฀ ay฀with฀one฀or฀more฀lanes,฀whe฀her฀for฀one-฀or฀two-way w t traf฀ic,฀must: f A. move฀to฀the฀far฀right-hand฀side of฀ the฀ road฀ ay฀ or฀ to฀ the฀ lane w desi฀ na฀ed฀for฀tur฀ ing฀right; g t n B. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the s point฀where฀the฀two฀roads฀meet; C. turn฀ shar฀ ly฀ and฀ enter฀ the฀ far p right-hand฀lane฀of฀the฀other฀road฀C way ฀ ithout฀ encroa฀ hing฀ upon w c B the฀ left฀ lane฀ or฀ any฀ bicy฀ le฀ lane c A or฀reser฀ ed฀lane. v

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LEFT TURN

At฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀of฀road฀ ays฀with฀traf฀ic฀in฀both฀direc฀ions, s t w f t motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀plan฀ ing฀to฀make฀a฀left฀turn฀must: c r t n A. move฀ over฀ to฀ the฀ left฀ lane฀ or฀ a turn฀ lane฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ on฀ which they฀are฀tra฀ el฀ing; v l B. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the s C point฀where฀the฀two฀roads฀meet; C. as฀soon฀as฀the฀coast฀is฀clear,฀turn B into฀the฀nea฀ est฀lane฀(fur฀hest฀to r t the฀ left)฀ allo฀ ing฀ tra฀ el฀ in฀ the w v A desi฀ ed฀direc฀ion. r t A. move฀ over฀ to฀ the฀ left฀ lane฀ or฀ a turn฀ lane฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ on฀ which they฀are฀tra฀ el฀ing; v l B. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the s point฀where฀the฀two฀roads฀meet; C. as฀soon฀as฀the฀coast฀is฀clear,฀turn into฀the฀nea฀ est฀lane฀(fur฀hest฀to r t the฀ left)฀ allo฀ ing฀ them฀ to฀ tra฀ el w v in฀the฀desi฀ ed฀direc฀ion. r t

C A B

When฀tur฀ ing฀from฀a฀road฀with฀traf฀ic฀in฀both฀direc฀ions฀onto n f t a฀one-way฀road,฀dri฀ ers฀must: v A. move฀ over฀ to฀ the฀ left฀ lane฀ or฀ a turn฀ lane฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ on฀ which they฀are฀tra฀ el฀ing; v l B. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the s point฀where฀the฀two฀roads฀meet; C. as฀ soon฀ as฀ the฀ coast฀ is฀ clear, enter฀the฀far฀left฀lane฀of฀the฀other road฀ ay. w C B A
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When฀tur฀ ing฀from฀a฀one-way฀road฀onto฀a฀road฀with฀traf฀ic n f in฀both฀direc฀ions,฀dri฀ ers฀must: t v A. move฀over฀to฀the฀far฀left-hand฀lane or฀ any฀ other฀ desi฀ na฀ed฀ tur฀ ing g t n lane; B. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the s point฀where฀the฀two฀roads฀meet; C C. enter฀the฀nea฀ est฀lane฀(fur฀ hest r t to฀the฀left)฀allo฀ ing฀tra฀ el฀in฀the w v B desi฀ ed฀direc฀ion. r t A If฀ there฀ are฀ two฀ desi฀ na฀ed g t tur฀ ing฀lanes,฀the฀turn฀฀ hould n s be฀ com฀ le฀ed฀ in฀ the฀ cor฀ es฀ p t r pon฀ ing฀ lane฀ of฀ the฀ other d road฀ ay. w
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When฀ tur฀ ing฀ from฀ a฀ one-way฀ road฀ onto฀ ano฀her฀ one-way n t road,฀dri฀ ers฀must: v A. move฀over฀to฀the฀far฀left-hand฀lane or฀ any฀ other฀ desi฀ na฀ed฀ tur฀ ing g t n lane; B. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the s point฀where฀the฀two฀roads฀meet; C. enter฀the฀far฀left-hand฀lane฀of฀the C other฀road฀ ay. w B A

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AN INTER฀ EC฀ ION WHERE SEVE฀ AL S T R

VEHI฀ LES ARE TUR฀ ING AT THE SAME TIME C N

At฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀of฀two฀roads฀with฀more฀than฀one฀lane฀in฀both s t direc฀ions,฀when฀these฀manoeu฀ res฀are฀per฀or฀ ed฀simul฀a฀ eous฀y t v f m t n l by฀seve฀ al฀vehi฀ les,฀each฀dri฀ er฀must฀฀ irect฀his/her฀vehi฀ le฀into r c v d c the฀cor฀ ect฀lane. r Vehicles฀tur฀ ing฀right฀must: n A. move฀into฀the฀lane฀on฀the฀extre฀ e m A right฀or฀into฀a฀lane฀reser฀ ed฀for v m ฀ aking฀turns; B B. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the s C point฀where฀the฀two฀roads฀meet; F C. enter฀ the฀ far฀ right-hand฀ lane, w ฀ ithout฀ encroa฀ hing฀ on฀ the฀ left c lane,฀ and฀ res฀ ect฀ reser฀ ed฀ lanes p v or฀bicy฀ le฀lanes. c E D Vehicles฀tur฀ ing฀left฀must: n D. move฀into฀the฀left฀lane฀or฀into฀a฀lane฀reser฀ ed฀for฀฀ aking v m turns; E. advance฀in฀a฀฀ traight฀line฀to฀the฀point฀where฀the฀two฀roads s meet; F. enter฀ the฀ far฀ left-hand฀ lane,฀ ฀ ithout฀ encroa฀ hing฀ on฀ the w c right฀lane,฀as฀soon฀as฀the฀coast฀is฀clear.

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VEHICLES TUR฀ ING N

RIGHT ON A RED LIGHT

To฀safe฀y฀right฀turn฀at฀a฀red฀light฀a฀dri฀ er฀must: l v 1.฀Stop: – at฀the฀฀ pproach฀of฀a฀red฀light,฀come฀to฀a฀com฀ le฀e฀stop a p t at฀the฀stop฀line฀or฀in฀front฀of฀the฀pedes฀rian฀cros฀ ing. t s 2.฀Look: – check฀for฀a฀sign฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ing฀right฀turns฀at฀a฀red฀light; hbt – if฀there฀is฀no฀such฀sign,฀or฀out฀ i฀ e฀of฀the฀time฀per฀od sd i indi฀ a฀ed฀ on฀ the฀ tab฀ of฀ a฀ traf฀ic฀ light฀ indi฀ a฀ing฀ that c t f c t tur฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed,฀or฀outside฀the฀island฀of฀Montréal, n hbt ensu฀ e฀that฀no฀pedes฀ rian฀is฀cros฀ ing฀or฀pre฀ a฀ ing฀to r t s p r cross฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion: s t - yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀pedestrians฀and฀cyclists฀in the฀ intersection฀ or฀ about฀ to฀ enter฀ it.฀ Pedestrians always฀have฀the฀right฀of฀way฀when฀facing฀a฀green฀traffic light฀or฀a฀pedestrian฀light฀allowing฀them฀to฀cross; - look฀ left,฀ ahead฀ and฀ right฀ (mirror฀ and฀ blind฀ spot) and฀a฀last฀time฀on฀the฀left; - yield฀to฀vehicles฀so฀as฀to฀not฀impede฀traffic; – be฀extra฀careful฀in฀the฀presence฀of฀children,฀the฀elderly, people฀with฀reduced฀mobility฀or฀anyone฀crossing฀slowly. 3.฀Decide: – turning฀right฀on฀a฀red฀light฀is฀not฀mandatory.฀It฀should be฀done฀only฀if฀the฀coast฀is฀clear.

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INDICATING YOUR
INTEN฀ IONS T

Before฀chan฀ ing฀lanes,฀฀ aking฀a฀U-turn฀(฀ nless฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed g m u hbt by฀a฀road฀sign),฀pas฀ ing,฀฀ aking฀a฀turn฀or฀ente฀ ing฀a฀road฀ ay s m r w from฀the฀shoul฀ er฀or฀a฀par฀ ing฀area,฀dri฀ ers฀must฀indi฀ a฀e฀their d k v c t inten฀ions฀ using฀ the฀ vehicle’s฀ turn-฀ ignal฀ ฀ights฀ conti฀ uous฀y t s l n l over฀a฀suf฀i฀ ient฀dis฀an฀ e฀to฀ensu฀ e฀the฀operator’s฀safe฀y฀and฀that fc t c r t of฀other฀road฀users.
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EMER฀ EN฀ Y FLAS฀ ERS G C H

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀who฀have฀to฀drive฀very฀slo฀ ly฀must c r t w use฀the฀vehicle’s฀emer฀ en฀ y฀flas฀ ers.฀Emergency฀flas฀ ers฀฀ hould g c h h s be฀used฀only฀for฀rea฀ ons฀of฀safe฀y฀(a฀break฀ own฀or฀stal฀ed฀vehi฀ le s t d l c on฀the฀road฀ ay฀at฀night,฀for฀exam฀ le). w p
USING
HEAD฀ IGHTS AND RUN฀ ING ฀ IGHTS L N L

At฀night฀or฀in฀poor฀wea฀her฀condi฀ions,฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors t t c r t must฀ensu฀ e฀that฀head฀ights฀and฀run฀ ing฀฀ights฀are฀on. r l n l At฀night,฀dri฀ ers฀must฀฀ witch฀from฀high฀beams฀to฀low฀beams: v s • when฀฀ oming฀฀ ithin฀150฀m฀of฀an฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ le; c w m c • when฀฀ oming฀฀ ithin฀150฀m฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le฀ahead; c w c • when฀the฀road฀ ay฀is฀well-lit. w

YIELDING฀THE฀RIGHT฀OF฀WAY
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The฀ Highway฀ Safety฀ Code des฀ ri฀ es฀ many฀ situa฀ions฀ where c b t road฀users฀must฀yield฀the฀right฀of฀way.
PEDESTRIANS

Motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ and฀ ฀ yclists฀ must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of c r t c way฀to฀pedes฀rians฀cros฀ ing฀or฀pre฀ a฀ ing฀to฀cross: t s p r • at฀a฀green฀light; • at฀a฀white฀pedes฀rian฀light,฀flas฀ ing฀or฀not; t h • a฀pedes฀rian฀cross฀ alk; t w • at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀with฀one฀or฀more฀stop฀signs; s t • at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀with฀a฀yield฀sign. s t

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The฀ dri฀ er฀ of฀ vehi฀ le฀ 1฀ must฀ yield v c the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀vehi฀ le฀2฀befo฀ e c r ente฀ ing฀lane฀A. r

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The฀dri฀ er฀of฀vehi฀ le฀1,฀when฀mer฀ ing฀with฀the฀flow฀of฀traf฀ic v c g f on฀ the฀ freeway,฀ must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of฀ way฀ to฀ vehi฀ le฀ 2.฀ In฀ the c exam฀ le฀illus฀ra฀ed,฀this฀dri฀ er฀must฀pull฀in฀฀ ehind฀vehi฀ le฀2. p t t v b c The฀dri฀ er฀of฀vehi฀ le฀2฀must฀consi฀ er฀that฀a฀vehi฀ le฀is฀฀rying v c d c t to฀merge฀with฀traf฀ic฀on฀the฀freeway฀and฀฀ hould฀display฀courtesy f s and฀chan฀ e฀lanes฀if฀pos฀ i฀ le. g sb
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At฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀control฀ed฀by฀a฀stop฀sign on฀one฀road฀ ay: s t l w Drivers฀and฀฀ yclists฀requi฀ ed฀to฀stop c r at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀or฀flas฀ ing฀red฀light s t h must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of฀ way฀ to฀ any vehi฀ le฀on฀the฀other฀road฀ ay฀alrea฀ y c w d in฀ the฀ inter฀ ec฀ion฀ or฀ near฀ ฀ nough s t e to฀ the฀ inter฀ ec฀ion฀ that฀ ente฀ ing฀ it s t r would฀be฀dan฀ e฀ ous. g r

At฀a฀four-way฀stop: Drivers฀or฀฀ yclists฀requi฀ ed฀to฀stop฀at c r the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀must฀yield฀the฀right s t of฀ way฀ to฀ any฀ vehi฀ le฀ that฀ rea฀ hes c c the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀befo฀ e฀them. s t r In฀both฀of฀these฀cases,฀the฀dri฀ er฀or v c ฀ yclist฀must฀also฀yield฀the฀right฀of฀way to฀ pedes฀rians฀ or฀ ฀ yclists฀ cros฀ ing t c s the฀road฀that฀the฀dri฀ er฀or฀฀ yclist฀is v c about฀to฀cross฀or฀enter.

CERTAIN TRAF฀ IC LIGHTS F ฀

Motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ or฀ ฀ yclists฀ at฀ any฀ of฀ the฀ fol฀o฀ ing c r t c l w traf฀ic฀฀ights: f l • flas฀ ing฀red฀light h • flas฀ ing฀yel฀ow฀light h l • green฀light,฀flas฀ ing฀or฀not h • green฀arrow must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of฀ way฀ to฀ vehi฀ les,฀ ฀ yclists฀ and฀ pedes฀rians c c t alrea฀ y฀ in฀ the฀ inter฀ ec฀ion฀ or฀ make฀ sure฀ that฀ they฀ can฀ make฀ it d s t a ฀ cross฀the฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀safe฀y. s t l
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Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀and฀฀ yclists฀must: c r t c • Yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀pedes฀rians฀and฀฀ yclists฀cros฀ ing t c s the฀road฀ ay฀that฀they฀wish฀to฀enter.฀In฀the฀exam฀ le฀illus฀ w p tra฀ed,฀the฀dri฀ er฀of฀vehi฀ le฀1฀฀ ields฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to t v c y the฀pedes฀rian. t
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• Yield฀the฀right฀of฀way,฀when฀฀ aking m a฀left฀turn,฀to฀any฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ le. m c In฀the฀exam฀ le฀illus฀ra฀ed,฀vehi฀ le฀3 p t t c y ฀ ields฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀vehi฀ le c 2,฀the฀pedes฀rian฀and฀vehi฀ le฀1. t c

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Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀and฀฀ yclists฀wis฀ ing฀to฀enter฀or฀exit c r t c h pri฀ a฀e฀ pro฀ er฀y฀ must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of฀ way฀ to฀ any฀ vehi฀ le฀ or v t p t c pedes฀rian฀tra฀ el฀ing฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay. t v l p w
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In฀ this฀ illus฀ra฀ion,฀ befo฀ e฀ ente฀ ing t t r r lane฀A,฀ the฀ dri฀ er฀ of฀ vehi฀ le฀ 1฀ must v c yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀the฀pedes฀rian t and฀motor฀ y฀ list. c c Before฀ente฀ ing฀lane฀B,฀the฀dri฀ er฀of r v vehi฀ le฀1฀must฀yield฀the฀right฀of฀way c to฀the฀pedes฀ rian,฀motor฀ y฀ list฀and t c c vehi฀ le฀2. c

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In฀ the฀ situa฀ion฀ illus฀ra฀ed฀ here,฀ the t t t dri฀ er฀must฀yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to v the฀motor฀ y฀ list฀and฀pedes฀rian฀befo฀ e c c t r ente฀ ing฀the฀pri฀ a฀e฀dri฀ e฀ ay. r v t v w

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BUSES

On฀฀ ublic฀roads฀with฀a฀maxi฀ um฀speed฀limit฀under฀70฀km/h, p m motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of฀ way฀ to฀ a฀ bus c r t whose฀dri฀ er฀wis฀ es฀to฀re-enter฀the฀lane฀the฀bus฀occu฀ ied฀befo฀ e v h p r stop฀ ing.฀The฀bus฀dri฀ er฀must฀make฀sure฀that฀it฀is฀safe฀to฀do฀so, p v howe฀ er,฀ and฀ indi฀ a฀e฀ inten฀ions฀ using฀ the฀ turn-฀ ignal฀ ฀ights. v c t t s l This฀ obli฀ a฀ion฀ only฀ ฀ pplies฀ to฀ dri฀ ers฀ of฀ vehi฀ les฀ in฀ the฀ lane g t a v c that฀the฀bus฀dri฀ er฀wis฀ es฀to฀re-enter. v h

SCHOOL฀BUSES
Motor฀vehicle฀operators฀must฀be฀ready฀to฀stop฀in฀the฀proximity of฀a฀school฀bus. School฀buses฀make฀frequent฀stops฀to฀take฀on฀and฀drop฀off children.฀To฀avoid฀having฀other฀vehicles฀suddenly฀slow฀down฀or stop,฀the฀school฀bus฀driver฀who฀intends฀to฀stop฀must฀warn฀other vehicle฀operators,฀using฀the฀flashing฀amber฀lights.
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Motor฀vehicle฀operators฀and฀cyclists฀must฀allow฀unhindered passage฀for฀emergency฀vehicles฀with฀their฀lights฀flashing฀or฀siren in฀operation.฀This฀ means฀ reducing฀ speed,฀ keeping฀ as฀ far฀ to฀ the right฀as฀possible฀and฀stopping,฀thereby฀lessening฀the฀number฀of obstacles฀an฀emergency฀vehicle฀driver฀must฀contend฀with.฀It฀is฀very important฀to฀stay฀calm฀and฀to฀provide฀a฀free฀lane฀for฀emergency vehicles฀to฀pass,฀whether฀they฀are฀coming฀from฀behind or฀in฀the opposite฀direction.฀Stay฀clear฀of฀intersections฀and฀avoid฀turning in฀front฀of฀an฀emergency฀vehicle฀(turn฀farther฀on฀and฀backtrack, if฀necessary).In฀this฀way฀we฀can฀all฀help฀save฀lives.฀Seconds฀count: think฀about฀it!

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Other฀drivers฀must฀be฀aware฀of฀these฀two฀stages: • when฀ the฀ flashing฀ amber฀ lights฀ or฀ hazard฀ lights฀ of฀ the bus฀are฀activated,฀other฀drivers฀must฀prepare฀to฀stop. • when฀the฀flashing฀red฀lights฀of฀the฀bus฀are฀in฀operation or฀its฀stop฀arm฀extended,฀other฀drivers฀must฀bring฀their vehicle฀to฀a฀full฀stop. Motor฀vehicle฀operators฀must฀stop฀at฀least฀five฀metres฀from฀a vehicle฀used฀to฀carry฀school฀children฀if฀it฀has฀its฀flashing฀red฀lights in฀operation฀or฀its฀mandatory฀stop฀arm฀extended.฀Drivers฀may pass฀the฀vehicle฀in฀either฀direction฀if฀its฀flashing฀red฀lights฀are฀off and฀the฀stop฀arm฀retracted,฀provided฀it฀is฀safe฀to฀do฀so.฀This applies฀ to฀ vehicles฀ travelling฀ on฀ the฀ same฀ roadway,฀ on฀ the฀ same traffic฀route฀(for฀example,฀north-south฀road)฀and฀on฀a฀road฀that฀is not฀separated฀by฀a฀median,฀as฀a฀school฀bus,฀travelling฀in฀either฀direction.฀

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If฀the฀traf฀ic฀lanes฀are฀sepa฀ a฀ed฀by฀a฀฀ edian฀or฀ano฀her฀divi฀ er, f r t m t d howe฀ er,฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ les฀are฀not฀requi฀ ed฀to฀stop. v m c r

LEVEL฀CROS฀ INGS S
Motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ and฀ ฀ yclists฀ are฀ requi฀ ed฀ to฀ stop฀ at c r t c r least฀ five฀ ฀ etres฀ from฀ a฀ rail฀ ay฀ cros฀ ing฀ if฀ the฀ arri฀ al฀ of฀ a฀ rail m w s v vehi฀ le฀is฀indi฀ a฀ed฀by฀flas฀ ing฀red฀฀ights,฀a฀lowe฀ ed฀bar฀ ier,฀or฀a c c t h l r r rail฀ ay฀฀ mployee. w e Drivers฀must฀not฀enter฀a฀level฀cros฀ ing฀if฀there฀is฀not฀฀ nough s e free฀space฀ahead฀to฀clear฀the฀cros฀ ing฀com฀ le฀e฀y. s p t l

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Unless฀ other฀ i฀ e฀ indi฀ a฀ed,฀ the฀ dri฀ er฀ of฀ a฀ bus,฀ mini฀ us฀ or ws c t v b vehi฀ le฀car฀ ying฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ial฀must฀stop฀at฀least฀five฀฀ etres c r d r m from฀a฀level฀cros฀ ing.฀Drivers฀may฀conti฀ ue฀only฀when฀they฀are s n cer฀ain฀they฀can฀cross฀safe฀y. t l

DRIVING฀IN฀REVER฀ E S
When฀bac฀ ing฀up,฀dri฀ ers฀must฀make฀sure฀the฀manoeu฀ re฀can k v v be฀per฀or฀ ed฀safe฀y฀and฀฀ ithout฀impe฀ ing฀traf฀ic. f m l w d f Driving฀ in฀ rever฀ e฀ is฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ on฀ freeways฀ and฀ on฀ their s hbt a ฀ ccess฀and฀exit฀ramps.

SHARING฀THE฀ROAD฀WITH฀HEAVY฀VEHI฀ LES C
Car,฀motor฀ y฀ le฀and฀truck฀dri฀ ers฀have฀their฀own฀rea฀ ons฀for c c v s using฀the฀road฀ ay.฀Each฀is฀requi฀ ed฀to฀beha฀ e฀res฀ on฀ i฀ ly.฀Here w r v p sb are฀a฀few฀safe฀y฀rules฀that฀call฀for฀cour฀e฀ y฀and฀tole฀ an฀ e฀when t t s r c sha฀ ing฀the฀road฀with฀other฀users. r It฀ is฀ impor฀ant฀ to฀ be฀ aware฀ of฀ the฀ limi฀a฀ions฀ of฀ dri฀ ing฀ a t t t v heavy฀ vehi฀ le฀ in฀ order฀ to฀ have฀ a฀ bet฀er฀ unders฀an฀ ing฀ of฀ the c t t d manoeu฀ res฀ requi฀ ed฀ of฀ truck฀ dri฀ ers฀ and฀ to฀ drive฀ defen฀ i฀ e฀y. v r v sv l Since฀฀rucks฀are฀lon฀ er,฀wider฀and฀hea฀ ier฀than฀other฀vehi฀ les, t g v c they฀are฀more฀dif฀i฀ ult฀to฀hand฀e฀and฀react฀more฀slo฀ ly. fc l w For฀ exam฀ le,฀ a฀ truck฀ requi฀ es฀ grea฀er฀ time฀ and฀ dis฀an฀ e฀ to p r t t c stop.฀So,฀dri฀ ers฀tra฀ el฀ing฀in฀front฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ les฀must฀฀ ignal v v l c s their฀ inten฀ion฀ to฀ turn฀ or฀ chan฀ e฀ lanes฀ well฀ ahead฀ of฀ time. t g Sudden฀moves฀such฀as฀quic฀ ly฀cut฀ing฀in฀front฀of฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le k t c must฀be฀avoi฀ ed฀at฀all฀costs.฀Drivers฀must฀plan฀for฀the฀extra฀time d and฀dis฀an฀ e฀requi฀ ed฀befo฀ e฀pas฀ ing฀a฀truck. t c r r s When฀a฀truck฀dri฀ er฀฀ ignals฀a฀turn฀at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion,฀all฀other v s s t dri฀ ers฀ must฀ coope฀ a฀e฀ by฀ remai฀ ing฀ ฀ ehind฀ and฀ allo฀ ing฀ the v r t n b w heavy฀vehi฀ le฀to฀com฀ le฀e฀its฀turn฀฀ ithout฀get฀ing฀in฀its฀way. c p t w t

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Given฀ the฀ ฀ength฀ and฀ ฀ eight฀ of฀ their฀ vehi฀ les,฀ truck฀ dri฀ ers l h c v have฀dif฀i฀ ul฀y฀฀ eeing฀other฀road฀users.฀A฀truck฀dri฀ er฀has฀blind fc t s v spots฀at฀the฀front,฀rear฀and฀side฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le.฀For฀exam฀ le,฀a c p car฀dri฀ er฀or฀motor฀ y฀ list฀who฀is฀tra฀ el฀ing฀฀ ehind฀a฀truck฀and v c c v l b who฀does฀not฀see฀any฀of฀the฀truck’s฀side฀mir฀ ors,฀is฀too฀close฀and r can฀ ot฀be฀seen฀by฀the฀truck฀dri฀ er.฀Road฀users฀฀ hould฀the฀ e฀o฀ e n v s r f r avoid฀dri฀ ing฀along฀ i฀ e฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀for฀long฀per฀ods฀and฀if v sd c i they฀must฀pass฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le,฀they฀฀ hould฀take฀as฀litt฀e฀time฀as c s l pos฀ i฀ le฀in฀doing฀so. sb

HEAVY฀VEHI฀ LE฀BLIND฀SPOTS C
Blind฀spots฀are฀those฀areas฀of฀the฀road฀that฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le c ope฀ a฀or฀ can฀ ot฀ see฀ becau฀ e฀ of฀ the฀ vehicle’s฀ size฀ and฀ ฀ esign. r t n s d Other฀road฀users฀฀ hould฀stay฀out฀of฀those฀areas฀becau฀ e฀the฀risk s s of฀ col฀i฀ ion฀ is฀ ฀ igher.฀A฀ heavy฀ vehicle’s฀ blind฀ spots฀ are฀ at฀ the ls h front,฀rear฀and฀sides.
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•••฀In฀front฀of฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀••• c A฀col฀i฀ ion฀could฀occur฀where ls the฀ dri฀ er฀ of฀ a฀ light฀ vehi฀ le v c cuts฀ quic฀ ly฀ in฀ front฀ of฀ a k heavy฀ truck,฀ from฀ the฀ left฀ or right฀ lane฀ and฀ slows฀ down once฀in฀front.

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•••฀Behind฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀••• c When฀the฀dri฀ er฀of฀a฀light฀vehi฀ le฀fol฀ v c lows฀ close฀ ฀ ehind฀ a฀ heavy฀ truck, b which฀ then฀ stops฀ or฀ slows฀ sud฀ en฀y, d l the฀฀ esult฀could฀easi฀y฀be฀an฀acci฀ ent. r l d

•••฀On฀฀ ither฀side฀of฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀••• e c There฀are฀blind฀spots฀on฀฀ ither e side฀of฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le,฀becau฀ e c s these฀areas฀are฀not฀cove฀ ed฀by r the฀ truck’s฀ rear฀ iew฀ mir฀ ors. v r A฀light฀vehi฀ le฀in฀those฀blind c spots฀could฀col฀i฀ e฀with฀the ld heavy฀vehi฀ le,฀were฀it฀to฀move c over฀to฀the฀left฀or฀to฀the฀right.

APPROACHING฀A฀ROAD฀WORK฀AREA
A฀฀ eries฀of฀oran฀ e฀dia฀ ond-sha฀ ed฀signs฀tell฀moto฀ ists฀that s g m p r road฀work฀is฀being฀car฀ ied฀out฀fur฀her฀ahead.฀The฀work฀area฀may r t be฀ iden฀i฀ied฀ by฀ cones,฀ bar฀ els,฀ bar฀ iers,฀ signs,฀ pave฀ ent฀ mar฀ tf r r m kings,฀flas฀ ing฀฀ rrows฀or฀฀ ignal฀฀ights. h a s l

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Drivers฀must฀be฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀y฀care฀ul฀when฀nea฀ ing฀a฀work฀site: tc l l f r • Remain฀฀ atient.฀The฀pur฀ o฀ e฀of฀road฀work฀is฀to฀impro฀ e p p s v traf฀ic฀ condi฀ ions.฀ Some฀ inconve฀ ien฀ e฀ to฀ moto฀ ists f t n c r the฀ e฀o฀ e฀can฀ ot฀be฀avoi฀ ed. r f r n d • Obey฀all฀traf฀ic฀signs,฀inclu฀ ing฀the฀speed฀limit฀pos฀ed฀in f d t road฀work฀areas,฀which฀carry฀the฀same฀penal฀ies฀as฀nor฀ al t m pos฀ed฀speed฀฀imits. t l • Reduce฀speed฀and฀main฀ain฀a฀grea฀er฀dis฀an฀ e฀from฀the t t t c vehi฀ le฀ahead฀to฀allow฀฀ nough฀time฀to฀react฀safe฀y฀to฀the c e l war฀ ing฀signs. n • Scan฀the฀road฀ahead฀and฀on฀the฀sides,฀and฀check฀the฀rear฀ view฀mir฀ ors฀fre฀ uent฀y. r q l • Watch฀ for฀ site฀ per฀ on฀ el,฀ vehi฀ les฀ and฀ equip฀ ent;฀ they s n c m might฀฀ ppear฀unex฀ ec฀ed฀y. a p t l • Exercise฀cau฀ion฀when฀฀ oming฀to฀areas฀where฀the฀road฀ ay t c w nar฀ ows฀or฀lanes฀merge,฀which฀can฀crea฀e฀a฀fun฀ el฀฀ ffect r t n e and฀slow฀traf฀ic.฀Get฀into฀the฀open฀lane฀and฀฀ emain฀there; f r wai฀ing฀until฀the฀last฀฀ oment฀befo฀ e฀฀ aking฀a฀move฀is t m r m espe฀ ial฀y฀dan฀ e฀ ous฀in฀work฀areas. c l g r • Care฀is฀requi฀ ed฀when฀dri฀ ing฀where฀tem฀ o฀ a฀ y฀฀ etours r v p r r d have฀been฀erec฀ed฀to฀฀ ivert฀traf฀ic.฀Shoulders฀may฀also฀be t d f lower฀than฀the฀road. • Obey฀฀ ignal฀per฀ ons;฀their฀task฀is฀to฀฀ irect฀traf฀ic฀safe฀y s s d f l t ฀hrough฀work฀areas.

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STOP฀ ING฀AND฀PAR฀ ING P K
Just฀as฀vehi฀ le฀move฀ ent฀is฀regu฀a฀ed,฀stop฀ ing฀is฀also฀sub฀ect c m l t p j to฀฀ arious฀rules: v

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Drivers฀must฀park฀their฀vehi฀ les฀in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion฀as฀the c t flow฀ of฀ traf฀ic฀ and฀ no฀ more฀ than฀ 30฀ cm฀ from฀ the฀ edge฀ of฀ the f road฀ ay.฀When฀par฀ ing฀on฀a฀grade,฀dri฀ ers฀must: w k v • enga฀ e฀the฀par฀ ing฀brake; g k • turn฀the฀฀ heels฀to฀ensu฀ e฀that฀any฀move฀ ent฀of฀the฀vehiw r m cle’s฀front฀will฀be฀made฀฀oward฀the฀nea฀ est฀curb. t r Drivers฀ must฀ not฀ leave฀ their฀ vehi฀ les฀ ฀ ithout฀ remo฀ ing฀ the c w v key฀ from฀ the฀ igni฀ion฀ and฀ loc฀ ing฀ the฀ doors.฀ Also,฀ no฀ child t k under฀age฀7฀is฀to฀be฀left฀unat฀en฀ ed฀in฀a฀vehi฀ le. t d c Motorcycles,฀฀ opeds฀and฀moto฀ i฀ ed฀scoo฀ers฀may฀be฀par฀ ed m rz t k dia฀ o฀ al฀y฀to฀the฀edge฀of฀the฀nea฀ est฀curb฀in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion g n l r t as฀the฀flow฀of฀traf฀ic. f Drivers฀ who฀ have฀ to฀ stop฀ tem฀ o฀ a฀ i฀y฀ on฀ the฀ road฀ ay฀ at p r rl w night฀must฀leave฀their฀run฀ ing฀฀ights฀or฀their฀emer฀ en฀ y฀flas฀ ers n l g c h on.฀They฀may฀also฀฀ ignal฀the฀pre฀ en฀ e฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le฀using฀฀ights s s c c l or฀fla฀ es฀that฀are฀visi฀ le฀for฀a฀dis฀an฀ e฀of฀at฀least฀150฀฀ etres. r b t c m

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Only฀in฀cases฀of฀necessity฀may฀dri฀ ers฀stop฀or฀park฀their฀vehi฀ les v c in฀such฀a฀way฀that฀they฀block฀a฀road฀sign,฀hin฀ er฀traf฀ic,฀road d f cons฀ ruc฀ ion฀or฀main฀ e฀ an฀ e฀work฀or฀block฀฀ ccess฀to฀pri฀ a฀ e t t t n c a v t pro฀ er฀y. p t Parking฀or฀stop฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed: p hbt • any฀place฀where฀par฀ ing฀is฀for฀ id฀ en฀by฀no฀par฀ ing signs; k b d k • on฀a฀side฀ alk฀or฀฀ edian; w m • in฀or฀฀ ithin฀five฀฀ etres฀of฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ ion,฀pedes฀ rian w m s t t cross฀ alk฀or฀level฀cros฀ ing; w s • on฀an฀freeway฀or฀its฀฀ ccess฀or฀exit฀ramps; a • on฀an฀ele฀ a฀ed฀road฀ ay,฀brid฀ e฀or฀over฀ ass฀or฀in฀a฀tun฀ el; v t w g p n • on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀where฀the฀speed฀limit฀is฀70฀km/h p w or฀over; • ฀ ithin฀ five฀ ฀ etres฀ of฀ a฀ stop฀ sign,฀ fire฀ ฀ ydrant,฀ poli฀ e w m h c sta฀ ion฀or฀fire฀hall; t • in฀a฀traf฀ic฀lane฀reser฀ ed฀for฀cer฀ain฀vehi฀ les; f v t c • ฀ ithin฀eight฀฀ etres฀of฀a฀poli฀ e฀sta฀ion฀or฀fire฀hall฀loca฀ed w m c t t on฀the฀oppo฀ i฀e฀side฀of฀the฀road฀ ay; st w • in฀zones฀reser฀ ed฀for฀buses,฀clear฀y฀iden฀i฀ied฀as฀such; v l tf • in฀loa฀ ing฀zones; d • in฀front฀of฀a฀side฀ alk฀฀ ccess฀ramp฀for฀dis฀ b฀ed฀per฀ ons; w a a l s • in฀a฀par฀ ing฀space฀reser฀ ed฀for฀dis฀ b฀ed฀per฀ ons. k v a l s Despite฀the฀prohibitions,฀a฀driver฀may฀stop฀in฀these฀locations to฀take฀on฀or฀drop฀off฀a฀disabled฀person,฀where฀this฀can฀be฀done safely. Nonetheless,฀to฀use฀a฀parking฀space฀reserved฀for฀the฀disabled, the฀vehicle฀must฀display฀a฀parking฀permit฀for฀that฀purpose. Abandoning฀a฀vehi฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed.฀Any c p w hbt vehi฀ le฀aban฀ o฀ ed฀on฀the฀road฀ ay฀will฀be฀remo฀ ed฀and฀pla฀ ed c d n w v c in฀sto฀ a฀ e฀at฀the฀owner’s฀expen฀ e. r g s

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SPACES฀RESERVED฀FOR฀DISABLED฀PERSONS฀ AND฀PARKING฀PERMITS฀฀
To฀use฀a฀parking฀space฀reserved฀for฀the฀disabled: • the฀vehicle฀must฀display฀a฀parking฀permit฀issued฀by฀the Société฀de฀l’assurance฀automobile฀du฀Québec฀in฀the฀name of฀ the฀ driver฀ or฀ the฀ person฀ accompanying฀ the฀ disabled person; • the฀parking฀permit฀must฀hang฀from฀the฀rearview฀mirror and฀be฀visible฀from฀the฀outside฀of฀the฀vehicle; • the฀certificate฀issued฀by฀the฀SAAQ฀attesting฀that฀a฀permit has฀been฀issued฀must฀be฀in฀the฀driver฀or฀accompanying passenger's฀possession.

A฀parking฀space฀reserved฀for฀the฀disabled฀may฀also฀be฀used by฀ someone฀ who฀ has฀ a฀ sticker,฀ plate฀ or฀ permit฀ displaying฀ the international฀wheelchair฀symbol,฀issued฀by฀a฀Canadian฀jurisdiction outside฀Québec฀or฀a฀member฀country฀or฀associate฀member฀country of฀the฀European฀Conference฀of฀Ministers฀of฀Transport. To฀qualify฀for฀a฀disabled฀parking฀permit,฀the฀person฀must฀meet the฀requirements฀of฀the฀Regulation฀respecting฀identification฀stickers for฀using฀parking฀spaces฀reserved฀for฀handicapped฀persons,฀that is฀be฀struck฀with฀a฀disability฀lasting฀at฀least฀six฀months฀that: • results฀in฀a฀loss฀of฀independence; • risks฀compromising฀the฀person's฀health฀and฀safety฀ in฀movement฀between฀the฀parked฀vehicle฀and฀ the฀destination.

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UNLAW฀ UL฀PRAC฀ I฀ ES F TC
DRIVING฀PRO฀ I฀ I฀ ED฀–฀WHERE฀AND฀WHEN? HBT
Certain฀manoeu฀ res฀and฀beha฀ iour,฀whe฀her฀or฀not฀a฀vehi฀ le v v t c is฀stop฀ ed฀or฀in฀฀ otion,฀are฀strict฀y฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀or฀are฀res฀ric฀ed p m l hbt t t in฀order฀to฀ensu฀ e฀the฀safe฀y฀of฀road฀users. r t
ON THE
SHOUL฀ ER D

Motor฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ ors฀ may฀ not฀ drive฀ on฀ the฀ shoul฀ er, c r t d e ฀ xcept฀if฀neces฀ a฀ y฀(lane฀clo฀ ed฀or฀obs฀ruc฀ed฀or฀emer฀ en฀ y)฀or s r s t t g c u ฀ nless฀a฀sign฀indi฀ a฀es฀it฀is฀per฀ it฀ed. c t m t
EMERGENCIES

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀not฀ope฀ a฀e฀vehi฀ les฀when฀and c r t r t c where฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ by฀ the฀ autho฀ i฀ies฀ becau฀ e฀ of฀ an฀ emer฀ en฀ y, hbt rt s g c thaw,฀rain฀or฀floo฀ ing. d
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To฀obtain฀one฀of฀these฀permits,฀the฀person฀must฀fill฀out฀the appropriate฀application฀form,฀submit฀it฀to฀the฀Société฀along฀with the฀required฀payment฀and,฀if฀applicable,฀provide฀at฀his/her฀expense a฀professional฀assessment฀demonstrating฀that฀the฀eligibility requirements฀are฀met. A฀permit฀is฀issued฀to฀the฀disabled฀person฀and฀may฀not฀be฀loaned to฀anyone. The฀SAAQ฀may฀also฀issue฀a฀permit฀to฀a฀public฀establishment as฀defined฀in฀the฀Act฀respecting฀health฀services฀and฀social฀services, if฀the฀establishment฀owns฀a฀vehicle฀equipped฀to฀carry฀wheelchairbound passengers. Where฀requested฀by฀a฀peace฀officer,฀the฀driver฀or฀passenger฀must immediately฀produce฀the฀certificate฀issued฀by฀the฀SAAQ฀attesting that฀a฀permit฀has฀been฀issued. The฀SAAQ฀must฀be฀informed฀within฀30฀days฀of฀a฀change฀of address฀or฀the฀destruction฀or฀loss฀of฀a฀parking฀permit฀or฀related certificate. The฀parking฀permit฀and฀certificate฀must฀be฀returned฀to฀the฀SAAQ if฀they฀are฀no฀longer฀used฀or฀if฀the฀conditions฀listed฀on฀the฀certificate no฀longer฀apply฀to฀the฀holder.

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RACES

OR RAL฀ IES L

Operating฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀for฀a฀wager฀or฀in฀a฀race฀with฀ano฀her c t vehi฀ le฀ is฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ ฀ xcept฀ in฀ the฀ case฀ of฀ a฀ rally฀ orga฀ i฀ ed฀ in c hbt e nz accor฀ an฀ e฀with฀esta฀ lis฀ ed฀stan฀ ards. d c b h d
TOO
MANY PAS฀ EN฀ ERS S G

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀may฀not฀carry฀more฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀than c r t s g the฀amont฀of฀seating฀avai฀a฀ le฀in฀the฀vehi฀ le. l b c No฀more฀than฀three฀peo฀ le฀may฀sit฀on฀the฀front฀seat.฀If฀the p vehi฀ le฀has฀buc฀ et฀seats,฀only฀two฀peo฀ le฀may฀sit฀in฀the฀front. c k p No฀ pas฀ en฀ ers฀ may฀ ride฀ in฀ the฀ trai฀er฀ or฀ semi-trai฀er฀ of฀ a s g l l m ฀ oving฀vehi฀ le฀฀ nless฀it฀is฀desi฀ ned฀spe฀ i฀i฀ al฀y฀for฀that฀pur฀ o฀ e c u g cfc l p s and฀the฀road฀used฀is฀clo฀ ed฀to฀traf฀ic. s f
ALCOHOL

Vehicle฀ occu฀ ants฀ are฀ not฀ allo฀ ed฀ to฀ drink฀ alco฀ ol฀ while p w h dri฀ ing in฀traf฀ic฀or฀while฀par฀ ed฀in฀an฀area฀where฀฀ ublic฀traf฀ic v f k p f is฀per฀ it฀ed. m t

VEHICLE฀RES฀ RIC฀ IONS T T
MOVING VEHI฀ LES C

Riding฀ on,฀ clim฀ ing฀ up฀ on฀ and฀ clim฀ ing฀ down฀ from฀ the b b run฀ ing฀board฀of฀a฀฀ oving฀vehi฀ le฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed.฀These฀prac฀i฀ es n m c hbt tc are฀per฀ it฀ed฀only฀for฀peo฀ le฀who,฀in฀the฀cour฀ e฀of฀their฀work, m t p s must฀ride฀on฀a฀spe฀ ial฀y฀desi฀ ned฀exte฀ ior฀por฀ion฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le. c l g r t c The฀doors฀of฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀may฀be฀ope฀ ed฀only฀if฀the฀vehi฀ le c n c is฀sta฀io฀ a฀ y฀and฀when฀doing฀so฀฀ ntails฀no฀dan฀ er. t n r e g
LICENCE
PLATE

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀whose฀licen฀ e฀per฀ its฀them฀to฀drive c r t c m only฀ on฀ pri฀ a฀e฀ pro฀ er฀y฀ or฀ pri฀ a฀e฀ roads฀ may฀ not฀ drive฀ on฀ a v t p t v t p ฀ ublic฀road฀ ay.฀However,฀ope฀ a฀ors฀of฀such฀vehi฀ les,฀exclu฀ ing w r t c d vehi฀ les฀with฀metal฀฀reads,฀may฀cross฀any฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀other c t p w than฀a฀freeway.
SQUEALING TIRES

Squealing฀a฀vehicle’s฀tires฀or฀stop฀ ing฀abrupt฀y฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed p l hbt u ฀ nless฀neces฀ a฀ y฀for฀rea฀ ons฀of฀safe฀y. s r s t
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Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors฀may฀not฀tow฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le฀whose c r t t c w ฀ heels฀฀ emain฀in฀฀ ontact฀with฀the฀฀ round,฀฀ nless฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is r c g u c solid฀y฀secu฀ ed฀by฀means฀of฀a฀bar. l r
PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYERS,฀TELE฀ I฀ IONS AND RADAR WAR฀ ING DEVI฀ ES VS N C

Motor฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀a฀ors฀may฀not฀wear฀a฀portable฀music฀player฀or c r t head฀ ho฀ es while฀dri฀ ing. p n v Subject฀to฀the฀excep฀ions฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀in฀the฀Regulation฀res฀ ec฀ing t vd p t safe฀y฀stan฀ ards฀for฀road฀vehi฀ les,฀dri฀ ing฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀equip฀ ed t d c v c p with฀any฀of฀the฀fol฀o฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed: l w hbt • a฀ tele฀ i฀ ion฀ or฀ ฀ creen฀ that฀ dis฀ lays฀ infor฀ a฀ion฀ and฀ is vs s p m t pla฀ ed฀so฀that฀the฀dri฀ er฀can฀see฀the฀฀ creen; c v s • a฀radar฀war฀ ing฀devi฀ e. n c Driving฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀when฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er,฀ani฀ al c hbt s g m or฀฀ bject฀obs฀ructs฀the฀driver’s฀view. o t

RESTRICTIONS฀ON฀THE฀USE฀OF฀฀ UBLIC฀ROAD฀ AYS P W
OBJECTS AND
OBS฀ A฀ LES T C

Generally฀ spea฀ ing,฀ thro฀ ing฀ or฀ dum฀ ing฀ snow฀ or฀ ice฀ on฀ a k w p pubic road฀ ay฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed.฀It฀is฀also฀for฀ id฀ en฀to฀throw฀any w hbt b d o ฀ bject฀what฀ oe฀ er฀on฀the฀road฀ ay฀or฀to฀put฀any฀obs฀a฀ les฀in฀the s v w t c way฀of฀traf฀ic. f
ANIMAL
CROS฀ ING S

Farm฀ ani฀ als฀ may฀ not฀ be฀ her฀ ed฀ onto฀ or฀ ฀ cross฀ a฀ ฀ ublic m d a p road฀ ay฀฀ nless฀accom฀ a฀ ied฀by฀two฀peo฀ le฀with฀red฀flags.฀They w u p n p may฀not฀be฀her฀ ed฀at฀night฀and฀are฀not฀to฀be฀her฀ ed฀on฀a฀freeway d d under฀any฀cir฀ ums฀an฀ es. c t c
HORSEBACK RIDING ฀

It฀is฀for฀ id฀ en฀to฀ride฀a฀horse฀on฀a฀freeway฀or฀its฀฀ ccess฀or฀exit b d a ramps,฀or฀any฀ he฀ e฀else฀where฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀by฀the฀appro฀ ria฀e฀signs. w r hbt p t

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SPE฀ IAL฀RULES฀FOR฀CER฀ AIN฀USERS C T
The฀rules฀in฀this฀sec฀ion฀apply฀spe฀ i฀i฀ al฀y฀to฀cer฀ain฀cate฀ o฀ ies t cfc l t g r of฀users฀and฀sup฀ le฀ ent฀the฀traf฀ic฀rules฀alrea฀ y฀pre฀ en฀ed. p m f d s t There฀may฀be฀regu฀a฀ions฀concer฀ ing฀other฀฀ spects฀of฀dri฀ ing l t n a v for฀ the฀ same฀ cate฀ o฀ ies฀ of฀ users,฀ for฀ exam฀ le฀ the฀Regulation g r p res฀ ec฀ing฀ road฀ vehi฀ les฀ used฀ for฀ the฀ trans฀ or฀a฀ion฀ of฀ ฀ chool p t c p t t s chil฀ ren,฀the฀Act฀res฀ ec฀ing฀off-road฀ ay฀vehi฀ les and฀a฀num฀ er d p t w c b of฀regu฀a฀ions฀that฀apply฀to฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀users.฀Therefore,฀it฀is l t c neces฀ a฀ y฀ to฀ refer฀ to฀ these฀ regu฀a฀ions฀ to฀ find฀ out฀ what฀ other s r l t obli฀ a฀ions฀these฀users฀have. g t

PEDESTRIANS
MANDATORY
IDEN฀ I฀ I฀ A฀ ION T F C T

OBLIGATIONS

If฀there฀is฀a฀side฀ alk฀along฀a฀road฀ ay,฀pedes฀rians฀must฀use฀it. w w t In฀the฀absen฀ e฀of฀a฀side฀ alk,฀pedes฀rians฀must฀face฀traf฀ic฀and c w t f walk฀on฀the฀shoul฀ er฀or฀along฀the฀edge฀of฀the฀road฀ ay. d w Pedestrians฀wis฀ ing฀to฀cross฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀must฀use฀any h p w near฀ y฀pedes฀rian฀cross฀ alk฀or฀inter฀ ec฀ion,฀after฀ensu฀ ing฀it฀is b t w s t r safe฀to฀do฀so. If฀ there฀ is฀ no฀ inter฀ ec฀ion฀ or฀ pedes฀rian฀ cross฀ alk฀ near฀ y, s t t w b pedes฀rians฀ cros฀ ing฀ a฀ ฀ ublic฀ road฀ ay฀ must฀ yield฀ the฀ right฀ of t s p w way฀to฀฀ yclists฀and฀vehi฀ les. c c

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As฀ road฀ users,฀ pedes฀rians฀ are฀ now฀ requi฀ ed฀ to฀ state฀ their t r name฀and฀฀ ddress฀or฀pre฀ ent฀their฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀when฀asked a s c to฀ do฀ so฀ by฀ a฀ law฀ enforcement฀ offi฀ er฀ who฀ belie฀ es฀ that฀ a c v Highway฀Safety฀Code offen฀ e฀has฀been฀com฀ it฀ed. c m t

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Pedestrians฀must฀obs฀ r฀ e฀the฀walk฀฀ ignals฀at฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion. ev s s t The฀white฀฀ ignal฀autho฀ i฀ es฀a฀pedes฀rian฀to฀cross,฀while฀a฀flas฀ ing s rz t h s ฀ ignal฀indi฀ a฀es฀to฀pedes฀rians฀who฀have฀alrea฀ y฀star฀ed฀to฀cross c t t d t that฀they฀฀ hould฀be฀quick฀to฀reach฀the฀side฀ alk฀or฀฀ edian. s w m An฀ oran฀ e฀ ฀ ignal฀ pro฀ i฀ its฀ pedes฀ rians฀ from฀ star฀ ing฀ ฀ cross g s hb t t a the฀road฀ ay. w Pedestrians฀must฀obey฀traf฀ic฀฀ights฀if฀there฀are฀no฀pedes฀rian f l t s ฀ ignals.

RESTRICTIONS

The฀Highway฀Safety฀Code also฀pro฀ i฀ its฀pedes฀rians฀from: hb t • cros฀ ing฀an฀inter฀ ec฀ion฀dia฀ o฀ al฀y,฀฀ nless฀a฀traf฀ic฀sign฀or s s t g n l u f s ฀ ignal฀express฀y฀฀ llows฀them฀to฀do฀so; l a • hitch-฀ iking฀by฀stan฀ ing฀on฀the฀road฀ ay฀or฀in฀a฀loca฀ion h d w t where฀pas฀ ing฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed; s hbt • stan฀ ing฀on฀the฀road฀ ay฀to฀speak฀with฀the฀occu฀ ant฀of d w p a฀road฀vehi฀ le; c • wal฀ ing฀ along฀ an฀ freeway฀ or฀ its฀ entran฀ e฀ or฀ exit฀ ramps, k c e ฀ xcept฀if฀neces฀ a฀ y.฀Pedestrians฀may฀cross฀such฀a฀road฀only s r at฀traf฀ic฀฀ights; f l • using฀ska฀ es,฀skis,฀a฀ska฀ e฀ oard฀or฀a฀toy฀vehi฀ le฀on฀the t t b c road฀ ay. w

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SOME

SAFE฀ Y TIPS T

Before฀cros฀ ing,฀pedes฀rians฀฀ hould฀look฀over฀their฀shoul฀ er s t s d to฀make฀sure฀that฀no฀vehi฀ le฀is฀approa฀ hing฀from฀฀ ehind฀to฀turn c c b onto฀ the฀ road฀ they฀ are฀ cros฀ ing.฀ Look฀ left,฀ then฀ right฀ and฀ left s again฀befo฀ e฀star฀ing฀฀ cross;฀also฀learn฀to฀cor฀ ect฀y฀esti฀ a฀e฀the r t a r l m t time฀nee฀ ed฀to฀cross฀the฀road฀safe฀y. d l At฀ night,฀ wear฀ brigh฀ly-colou฀ ed฀ clo฀hing.฀ Reflector฀ tape฀ on t r t clo฀ hing฀ and฀ ฀ chool฀ bags฀ impro฀ es฀ the฀ visi฀ i฀i฀ y฀ of฀ chil฀ ren t s v blt d wal฀ ing฀to฀and฀from฀฀ chool. k s

BICYCLES
Cycling฀as฀a฀means฀for฀trans฀ or฀a฀ion฀is฀an฀effec฀i฀ e฀means฀of p t t tv pro฀ec฀ing฀the฀envi฀ on฀ ent,฀impro฀ ing฀฀ ealth฀and฀redu฀ ing฀traf฀ic t t r m v h c f conges฀ion.฀Using฀a฀bicy฀ le฀on฀the฀road,฀howe฀ er,฀is฀not฀฀ ithout t c v w its฀risks฀and฀each฀year฀many฀฀ yclists฀are฀acci฀ ent฀vic฀ims. c d t Cyclists฀ are฀ sub฀ect฀ to฀ the฀ same฀ basic฀ traf฀ic฀ rules฀ as฀ other j f road฀users,฀as฀well฀as฀cer฀ain฀addi฀io฀ al฀pro฀ i฀ ions฀that฀apply฀to t t n vs them฀ alone.฀ Furthermore,฀ the฀ Highway฀ Safety฀ Code requi฀ es r that฀฀ yclists฀iden฀i฀y฀them฀ el฀ es฀to฀any฀poli฀ e฀offi฀ e฀who฀belie฀ es c tf s v c c v that฀an฀offen฀ e฀has฀been฀com฀ it฀ed. c m t
MANDATORY ACCES฀ O฀ IES S R

Bicycles฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀a฀white฀reflec฀or฀in฀front฀and p t red฀ reflec฀ors฀ at฀ the฀ rear฀ and฀ on฀ the฀ spo฀ es฀ of฀ the฀ rear฀ wheel. t k They฀must฀also฀have฀amber฀reflec฀ors฀on฀each฀pedal฀and฀on฀the t spo฀ es฀ of฀ the฀ front฀ wheel.฀ Bicycles฀ must฀ be฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ at k p least฀one฀white฀head฀ight฀and฀one฀red฀฀aillight฀for฀night฀฀ iding. l t r A฀bicy฀ le฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀at฀least฀a฀rear-wheel฀bra฀ ing c p k sys฀em฀capa฀ le฀of฀bloc฀ ing฀the฀wheel฀imme฀ ia฀e฀y. t b k d t l

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CYCLING

RULES

Cyclists฀must฀hold฀onto฀the฀hand฀e฀ ars฀at฀all฀times฀and฀ride l b in฀sin฀ le฀file฀when฀tra฀ el฀ing฀with฀anyo฀ e฀else฀or฀in฀a฀group,฀which g v l n may฀not฀inclu฀ e฀any฀more฀than฀15฀฀ yclists.฀Cyclists฀must฀ride฀on d c the฀far฀right-hand฀side฀of฀the฀road฀ ay,฀in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion฀as w t traf฀ic,฀฀ xcept: f e • when฀the฀way฀is฀bloc฀ ed;฀or k • when฀pre฀ a฀ ing฀to฀turn฀left. p r

Not฀only฀must฀฀ yclists฀obey฀road฀signs฀and฀traf฀ic฀฀ights,฀they c f l must฀use฀hand฀฀ ignals฀in฀a฀continuous฀manner฀and฀over฀a฀sufficient s distance฀to฀make฀their฀inten฀ion฀known฀to฀other฀road฀users: t

to฀slow฀down฀or stop,฀by฀hol฀ ing฀ d the฀left฀฀orearm฀ f down฀at฀a฀right฀ angle฀to฀the฀road

to฀turn฀right,฀by hol฀ ing฀the฀left฀฀ d forearm฀up฀at฀a right฀angle฀to฀the฀ road,฀or฀by฀hol฀ ing d the฀right฀arm฀out hori฀ on฀al฀y z t l

to฀turn฀left,฀ by฀hol฀ ing฀the฀ d left฀arm฀out฀ hori฀ on฀al฀y z t l

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If฀the฀road฀ ay฀inclu฀ es฀a฀bike฀path฀or฀lane,฀฀ yclists฀must฀use w d c it.฀ Similarly,฀ it฀ is฀ pre฀e฀ a฀ le฀ to฀ use฀ the฀ ฀ sphalt฀ shoul฀ er฀ if฀ the f r b a d road฀has฀one. Riding฀a฀bicy฀ le฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed฀bet฀ een฀two฀adja฀ ent฀lanes c hbt w c of฀vehi฀ les,฀whe฀ her฀the฀vehi฀ les฀are฀stop฀ ed฀or฀฀ oving,฀on c t c p m freeways฀or฀on฀freeway฀exit฀or฀entran฀ e฀ramps. c Cycling฀ is฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ on฀ ฀ ublic฀ road฀ ays฀ with฀ a฀ maxi฀ um hbt p w m speed฀limit฀over฀50฀km/h,฀฀ nless: u • the฀road฀has฀a฀clear฀y฀indi฀ a฀ed฀and฀phy฀ i฀ al฀y฀sepa฀ a฀ed l c t sc l r t bike฀lane; • the฀฀ yclist฀is฀at฀least฀12฀years฀old;฀or c • the฀฀ yclist฀is฀฀ aking฀part฀in฀an฀excur฀ ion฀super฀ i฀ ed฀by c t s vs an฀adult. Drinking฀alco฀ o฀ic฀beve฀ a฀ es฀while฀฀ ycling฀is฀for฀ id฀ en,฀as฀is h l r g c b d car฀ ying฀ a฀ pas฀ en฀ er฀ on฀ a฀ bicy฀ le฀ that฀ is฀ not฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ a r s g c p fixed฀seat฀for฀that฀pur฀ o฀ e.฀Cyclists฀are฀not฀to฀ride฀on฀the฀side฀ alk p s w u ฀ nless฀they฀have฀to฀or฀฀ nless฀per฀ it฀ed฀by฀the฀appro฀ ria฀e฀signs. u m t p t It฀is฀also฀for฀ id฀ en฀for฀฀ yclists฀to฀hold฀onto฀a฀฀ oving฀vehi฀ le b d c m c or฀to฀ride฀while฀using฀ear฀ ho฀ es฀or฀a฀portable฀music฀player. p n
FOR ADDED
SAFE฀ Y T

Wear฀light฀or฀brigh฀ly-colou฀ ed฀clo฀hing฀when฀฀ iding฀a฀bicy฀ le, t r t r c to฀make฀it฀฀ asier฀for฀other฀road฀users฀to฀see฀you. e Although฀not฀com฀ ul฀ o฀ y,฀wea฀ ing฀a฀hel฀ et฀pro฀ i฀ es฀effec฀i฀ e p s r r m vd tv pro฀ec฀ion฀from฀head฀inju฀ y฀in฀the฀event฀of฀a฀fall. t t r A฀pen฀ ant฀on฀an฀arm฀at฀the฀side฀of฀a฀bicy฀ le฀will฀force฀moto฀ ists n c r to฀leave฀more฀space฀bet฀ een฀their฀vehi฀ le฀and฀the฀bicy฀ le฀when w c c pas฀ ing. s Using฀a฀bas฀ et฀or฀car฀ ier฀if฀nee฀ ed฀will฀increa฀ e฀safe฀y. k r d s t Frequently฀check฀a฀bike’s฀ope฀a฀ing฀condi฀ion฀and฀its฀com฀ o฀ ents r t t p n and฀acces฀ o฀ ies฀–฀hand฀e฀ ars,฀฀ heels,฀rims,฀chain฀and฀bra฀ es. s r l b w k

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ELECTRIC

BICY฀ LE C

The฀rider฀of฀a฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le฀must: t c • be฀at฀least฀age฀14; • wear฀a฀bike฀hel฀ et; m • if฀ bet฀ een฀ the฀ ages฀ of฀ 14฀ through฀ 17,฀ hold฀ a฀ licen฀ e w c autho฀ i฀ ing฀him/her฀to฀drive฀a฀moped฀or฀scoo฀er. rz t Anyone฀age฀18฀or฀over฀does฀not฀requi฀ e฀such฀a฀licen฀ e฀to฀ride r c a฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le. t c Recent฀pro฀ i฀ ions฀of฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code also฀allow฀the vs rider฀of฀a฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le฀to฀chose฀to฀use฀a฀bike฀ ay฀or฀the t c w road,฀unli฀ e฀a฀tra฀ i฀io฀ al฀฀ yclist฀who฀is฀requi฀ ed฀to฀use฀a฀bike฀ ay k dt n c r w where฀avai฀a฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road. l b p The฀fea฀ures฀of฀an฀elec฀ric฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le฀must฀com฀ ly t t t c p with฀ the฀ pro฀ i฀ ions฀ of฀ the฀ Motor฀Vehicle฀ Safety฀Act and฀ the vs Highway฀Safety฀Code.฀The฀bicy฀ le฀must฀be฀desi฀ ned฀to฀ope฀ a฀e฀on c g r t two฀or฀three฀tires฀and฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀฀ edals฀and฀an฀elec฀ric p p t motor฀that฀does฀not฀฀ xceed฀500฀watts฀of฀power,฀which฀cea฀ es฀to e s gene฀ a฀e฀power฀once฀the฀bicy฀ le฀rea฀ hes฀a฀speed฀of฀32฀km/h. r t c c A฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le฀can฀ ot฀be฀used฀to฀pull฀ano฀her฀per฀ on. t c n t s

FOOT฀SCOO฀ ER T
For฀ impro฀ ed฀ road฀ safe฀y,฀ use฀ of฀ a฀ foot฀ scoo฀er฀ on฀ a฀ ฀ ublic v t t p road฀ is฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ at฀ night฀ ฀ nless฀ it฀ is฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ a฀ white hbt u p reflec฀or฀or฀white฀reflec฀i฀ e฀mate฀ ial฀at฀the฀front,฀red฀reflec฀or฀or t tv r t red฀reflec฀i฀ e฀mate฀ ial฀at฀the฀rear฀and฀on฀each฀side฀near฀the฀back tv r of฀the฀scoo฀er.฀If฀a฀scoo฀er฀is฀not฀equip฀ ed฀with฀reflec฀ors,฀฀ iders t t p t r must฀wear฀reflec฀i฀ e฀mate฀ ial฀on฀clo฀hing฀or฀an฀acces฀ o฀ y฀to฀be tv r t s r visi฀ le฀to฀road฀users฀at฀night.฀Failure฀to฀res฀ ect฀these฀condi฀ions b p t for฀use฀of฀a฀scoo฀er฀at฀night฀is฀punis฀ a฀ le฀by฀a฀$25฀to฀$50฀fine. t h b A฀ foot฀ scoo฀er฀ must฀ be฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ at฀ least฀ a฀ rear-wheel t p bra฀ ing฀sys฀em.฀The฀owner฀of฀a฀foot฀scoo฀er฀that฀is฀not฀equip฀ ed k t t p with฀a฀bra฀ ing฀sys฀em฀is฀lia฀ le฀to฀a฀fine฀of฀$15฀to฀$30. k t b

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MOTORCYCLES,฀฀ OPEDS฀AND฀MOTO฀ I฀ ED฀SCOO฀ ERS M RZ T
Motorcycle,฀moped฀and฀scoo฀er฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀฀ emain฀sea฀ed t r t r t and฀ hold฀ the฀ hand฀e฀ ars฀ when฀ the฀ vehi฀ le฀ is฀ in฀ ope฀ a฀ ion. l b c r t When฀฀ iding,฀the฀white฀head฀ight฀must฀฀ emain฀on฀at฀all฀times. r l r Passengers฀must฀be฀sea฀ed฀฀acing฀the฀hand฀e฀ ars,฀with฀their฀feet t f l b on฀the฀foo฀rests.฀When฀tra฀ el฀ing฀in฀฀ roups฀of฀two฀or฀more฀in฀a t v l g traf฀ic฀lane,฀they฀must฀ride฀in฀stag฀ e฀ ed฀(zig฀ ag)฀for฀ a฀ion. f g r z m t

Riders฀must฀wear฀a฀hel฀ et฀that฀meets฀safe฀y฀stan฀ ards.฀The฀same m t d a ฀ pplies฀to฀rear฀or฀side฀ ar฀pas฀ en฀ ers.฀Operators฀and฀pas฀ en฀ ers c s g s g are฀requi฀ ed฀to฀pro฀ u฀ e฀their฀hel฀ ets฀for฀inspec฀ion฀at฀the฀฀ equest r d c m t r of฀a฀law฀enforcement฀offi฀ er. c Riding฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le,฀moped฀or฀scoo฀er฀bet฀ een฀two฀lines฀of c c t w vehi฀ les฀in฀adja฀ ent฀lanes,฀whe฀her฀the฀vehi฀ les฀are฀stop฀ ed฀or c c t c p m ฀ oving,฀ is฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed.฀What฀ is฀ more,฀ the฀ use฀ of฀ motor฀ y฀ les, hbt c c scoo฀ers฀or฀฀ opeds฀whose฀engi฀ e฀has฀a฀cylin฀ er฀size฀of฀125฀cc t m n d or฀less฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀on฀freeways฀and฀on฀freeway฀฀ ccess฀and฀exit hbt a ramps. The฀ope฀ a฀or฀of฀a฀motor฀ y฀ le,฀scoo฀er฀or฀moped฀may฀carry฀a r t c c t pas฀ en฀ er฀ only฀ if฀ the฀ vehi฀ le฀ is฀ per฀ a฀ ent฀y฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ a s g c m n l p fixed฀seat฀for฀that฀pur฀ o฀ e฀and฀foo฀rests฀on฀฀ ither฀side. p s t e Riding฀ on฀ a฀ side฀ alk฀ is฀ pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀ ฀ xcept฀ if฀ neces฀ a฀ y฀ or w hbt e s r where฀per฀ it฀ed฀by฀the฀appro฀ ria฀e฀signs. m t p t Motorcycle,฀scoo฀er฀and฀moped฀ope฀ a฀ors฀must฀obey฀all฀road t r t signs.

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MAKE

SURE YOU CAN BE SEEN

Motorcycles,฀scoo฀ers฀and฀฀ opeds฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with฀at t m p least฀ one฀ head฀ight฀ in฀ front,฀ one฀ red฀ tail-light,฀ two฀ turn-฀ ignal l s l ฀ights฀at฀the฀front฀and฀rear฀and฀a฀red฀brake฀light.฀Sidecars฀must be฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ a฀ red฀ light฀ at฀ the฀ rear,฀ loca฀ed฀ as฀ far฀ to฀ the p t right฀as฀pos฀ i฀ le. sb Since฀80%฀to฀90%฀of฀all฀the฀infor฀ a฀ion฀which฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ors m t c r t recei฀ e฀is฀฀hrough฀what฀they฀see,฀฀ iders฀must฀cons฀ant฀y฀make฀sure v t r t l that฀other฀road฀users฀can฀see฀them.฀This฀is฀why฀their฀head฀ight l s ฀ hould฀฀ emain฀on฀the฀entire฀time฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀in฀ope฀a฀ion.฀Another r c r t way฀to฀be฀seen฀is฀to฀฀ emain฀in฀the฀pro฀ er฀lane฀posi฀ion฀at฀all฀times r p t and฀wear฀brigh฀-colou฀ ed฀clo฀hing฀with฀reflec฀or฀฀ trips฀at฀night. t r t t s

EMERGENCY฀VEHI฀ LES C
Emergency฀ vehi฀ le฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ ฀ hould฀ only฀ acti฀ a฀e฀ flas฀ ing c r t s v t h s ฀ ignal฀฀ights฀or฀฀ irens฀or฀any฀other฀acces฀ o฀ y฀when฀nee฀ ed฀for l s s r d their฀job. They฀ are฀ ฀ xempt฀ from฀ traf฀ic฀ rules฀ concer฀ ing฀ speed฀ ฀imits, e f n l pas฀ ing,฀stop฀ ing฀and฀par฀ ing,฀road฀signs฀and฀traf฀ic฀฀ights,฀and s p k f l right฀of฀way.

VEHICLES฀USED฀TO฀CARRY฀฀ CHOOL฀CHIL฀ REN S D
Drivers฀of฀buses฀or฀mini฀ u฀ es฀used฀to฀carry฀school฀chil฀ ren b s d may฀not฀have฀more฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀than฀the฀num฀ er฀of฀avai฀a฀ le฀seats. s g b l b They฀may฀not฀set฀the฀vehi฀ le฀in฀฀ otion฀฀ nless฀eve฀ yo฀ e฀is฀sea฀ed c m u r n t and฀must฀ensu฀ e฀that฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀฀ emain฀sea฀ed฀throu฀ hout฀the฀trip. r s g r t g Drivers฀of฀buses฀or฀mini฀ u฀ es฀used฀to฀carry฀฀ chool฀chil฀ ren b s s d must฀warn฀other฀road฀users฀that฀the฀vehi฀ le฀has฀stop฀ ed฀to฀allow c p pas฀ en฀ ers฀to฀get฀on฀or฀off฀by฀using฀flas฀ ing฀฀ights฀and฀activating s g h l the฀stop฀arm until฀the฀passengers฀are฀safe.฀This฀means฀lea฀ ing฀the v l ฀ights฀on฀and฀the฀retrac฀a฀ le฀stop฀arm฀exten฀ ed฀until฀the฀pas฀ en฀t b d s gers฀have฀rea฀ hed฀the฀side฀ alk฀or฀road฀ i฀ e. c w sd

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When฀a฀school฀bus฀driver฀is฀stopped฀in฀traffic฀behind฀another vehicle฀used฀to฀carry฀school฀children฀whose฀lights฀are฀flashing, he/she฀must฀activate฀the฀flashing฀lights฀and฀extend฀the฀stop฀arm as฀well.฀฀Under฀no฀other฀circumstances,฀aside฀from฀taking฀on฀or letting฀children฀get฀down,฀should฀the฀driver฀operate฀the฀flashing lights฀or฀extend฀the฀stop฀arm.

VEHICLES฀TRA฀ EL฀ ING฀ON฀LOG฀ ING฀ROADS V L G
Since฀April฀1,฀1999,฀cer฀ain฀sec฀ions฀of฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code t t apply฀on฀log฀ ing฀roads฀just฀as฀they฀do฀on฀all฀of฀Québec’s฀฀ ublic g p road฀ ays. w

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NO

DRIN฀ ING AND DRI฀ ING K V

Now,฀ anyo฀ e฀ sus฀ ec฀ed฀ of฀ dri฀ ing฀ on฀ a฀ log฀ ing฀ road฀ while n p t v g impai฀ ed฀ may฀ be฀ stop฀ ed฀ by฀ a฀ law฀ enforcement฀ offi฀ er฀ and r p c sub฀ it฀ed฀to฀a฀brea฀ha฀y฀ er฀test. m t t l z
SPEED
LIMIT

A฀speed฀limit฀of฀70฀km/h฀must฀now฀be฀obs฀ r฀ ed฀on฀log฀ ing ev g roads,฀ ฀ nless฀ signs฀ and฀ ฀ ignals฀ indi฀ a฀e฀ other฀ i฀ e.฀ It฀ is฀ also u s c t ws impor฀ant฀to฀฀ djust฀speed฀in฀kee฀ ing฀with฀road฀condi฀ions. t a p t Furthermore,฀all฀dri฀ ers฀must฀carry฀with฀them฀a฀valid฀driver’s v licen฀ e฀for฀the฀appro฀ ria฀e฀class฀of฀vehi฀ le,฀the฀vehicle’s฀regis฀ra฀ c p t c t tion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀and฀proof฀of฀lia฀ i฀i฀y฀insu฀ an฀ e. tfc t blt r c
SEAT
BELTS BUC฀ LED K

On฀log฀ ing฀roads,฀the฀dri฀ er฀and฀pas฀ en฀ er฀must฀wear฀their g v s g seat฀belts.
A฀VEHI฀ LE C
IN GOOD WOR฀ ING ORDER K
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All฀vehi฀ les฀tra฀ el฀ing฀on฀log฀ ing฀roads฀must฀be฀in฀good฀wor฀ c v l g king฀ order.฀Their฀ load฀ must฀ also฀ be฀ secu฀ e฀y฀ atta฀ hed฀ in฀ com฀r l c plian฀ e฀ with฀ the฀ stan฀ ards฀ for฀ secu฀ ing฀ loads฀ set฀ out฀ in฀ the c d r Highway฀Safety฀Code.
DRIVE
ON THE RIGHT

Logging฀ roads฀ are฀ used฀ by฀ all฀ sorts฀ of฀ vehi฀ les:฀ cars,฀ vans, c recrea฀io฀ al฀vehi฀ les,฀etc.฀Howe฀ er,฀they฀are฀especially฀used฀by t n c v t ฀rucks฀car฀ ying฀heavy฀loads.฀Drivers฀must฀the฀ e฀o฀ e฀be฀very฀care฀ul r r f r f at฀all฀times฀and฀฀ lways฀drive฀on฀the฀right-hand฀side฀of฀the฀road a when฀mee฀ing฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le฀–฀espe฀ ial฀y฀in฀cur฀ es฀and฀on฀slo฀ es. t t c c l v p

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Driving฀safe฀y฀on฀log฀ ing฀roads฀is฀a฀mat฀er฀of฀com฀ on฀sense. l g t m • Reduce฀your฀speed฀befo฀ e฀cros฀ ing฀a฀brid฀ e.฀There฀is฀often r s g only฀one฀lane฀on฀a฀brid฀ e. g • Park฀your฀vehi฀ le฀on฀the฀side฀of฀the฀road฀so฀that฀it฀is c visi฀ le฀but฀out฀of฀the฀way฀of฀traf฀ic.฀Never฀park฀it฀in฀a฀curve b f or฀on฀a฀grade.฀The฀same฀rules฀apply฀when฀obs฀ r฀ ing e v ani฀ als by฀the฀road. m • Use฀a฀CB฀radio฀to฀฀ ignal฀your฀posi฀ion฀to฀other฀vehi฀ les s t c on฀the฀log฀ ing฀road. g • If฀you฀need฀to฀pass฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le,฀pro฀ eed฀at฀a฀mode฀ a฀e t c c r t speed฀ to฀ avoid฀ pro฀ec฀ing฀ gra฀ el฀ or฀ sto฀ es฀ up฀ onto฀ the j t v n vehicle’s฀winds฀ ield. h • Be฀extra฀care฀ul฀at฀the฀begin฀ ing฀and฀the฀end฀of฀the฀day, f n in฀order฀to฀avoid฀hit฀ing฀an฀ani฀ al. t m • Before฀you฀set฀out,฀make฀sure฀that฀you฀have฀two฀spare฀tires. • Drive฀with฀your฀head฀ights฀on฀at฀all฀times. l

LOADS

The฀Highway฀Safety฀Code requi฀ es฀dri฀ ers: r v • to฀obs฀ r฀ e฀regu฀a฀ions฀concer฀ ing฀the฀trans฀ ort฀of฀hazar฀ ous ev l t n p d mate฀ ials฀and฀to฀fol฀ow฀the฀instruc฀ions฀of฀a฀law฀enforcement r l t offi฀ er฀who฀asks฀to฀฀nspect฀the฀cargo,฀pro฀ i฀ ing฀the฀offi฀ er c i vd c with฀any฀docu฀ ents฀concer฀ ing฀the฀cargo,฀or฀that฀attest฀to m n one’s฀qua฀i฀i฀ a฀ions฀for฀the฀hau฀ing฀of฀hazar฀ ous฀mate฀ ial; lfc t l d r

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• to฀put฀a฀red฀flag฀or฀reflec฀i฀ e฀panel฀on฀the฀back฀of฀a฀load tv exten฀ ing฀ more฀ than฀ one฀ metre฀ ฀ eyond฀ the฀ rear฀ of฀ the d b vehi฀ le.฀If฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀dri฀ en฀at฀night,฀it฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed c c v p with฀a฀red฀light฀visi฀ le฀at฀a฀dis฀an฀ e฀of฀150฀฀ etres฀from b t c m the฀rear฀and฀side; • to฀equip฀any฀slow-฀ oving฀vehi฀ le฀with฀a฀war฀ ing฀sign. m c n The฀ Highway฀ Safety฀ Code pro฀ i฀ its฀ anyo฀ e฀ from฀ ope฀ a฀ing฀ a hb n r t vehi฀ le฀or฀allo฀ ing฀a฀vehi฀ le฀to฀be฀ope฀ a฀ed฀when฀the฀cargo: c w c r t • is฀not฀pro฀ er฀y฀secu฀ ed฀or฀cove฀ ed฀so฀that฀none฀of฀its฀parts p l r r can฀move; • redu฀ es฀the฀driver’s฀field฀of฀฀ ision฀or฀฀ overs฀the฀head฀ights c v c l or฀other฀฀ights; l • com฀ ro฀ i฀ es฀the฀sta฀ i฀i฀y฀or฀hand฀ing฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le. p ms blt l c The฀dri฀ er฀must฀not฀allow฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀in฀a฀trai฀er฀or฀semi-trai฀er v s g l l in฀฀ otion. m
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HEAVY฀VEHI฀ LES C
Drivers,฀฀ wners฀and฀ope฀ a฀ors฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ les฀(road฀vehi฀ les o r t c c and฀com฀ i฀ a฀ion฀road฀vehi฀ les฀with฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀of฀over฀3,000฀kg, bn t c w buses,฀ mini฀ uses,฀ tow฀ trucks฀ and฀ road฀ vehi฀ les฀ used฀ to฀ haul b c hazar฀ ous mate฀ ial)฀ must฀ abide฀ by฀ a฀ num฀ er฀ of฀ spe฀ ial฀ rules฀ for d r b c heavy฀vehi฀ les.3 c
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Drivers฀must฀make฀sure฀that฀their฀vehi฀ le฀does฀not฀have฀any c d ฀ efects.฀So฀that฀they฀can฀drive฀safe฀y,฀they฀must฀฀nspect฀their l i vehi฀ le฀befo฀ e฀they฀leave฀on฀a฀trip,฀฀ oting฀their฀obs฀ r฀ a฀ions฀and c r n ev t the฀mecha฀ i฀ al฀condi฀ion฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le฀in฀their฀inspec฀ion฀฀ eport, nc t c t r and฀imme฀ ia฀e฀y฀฀ eport฀any฀mecha฀ i฀ al฀฀ efect฀to฀the฀ope฀ a฀or. d t l r nc d r t They฀must฀also฀fill฀out฀and฀upda฀e฀the฀inspec฀ion฀฀ eport฀daily฀for t t r the฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀they฀drive฀and฀keep฀it฀on฀board฀the฀vehi฀ le. c c
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The฀heavy฀vehicle฀operator฀must฀put฀an฀inspection฀report฀form in฀ the฀ vehicle.฀ ฀The฀ operator฀ must฀ make฀ sure฀ that฀ the฀ driver keeps฀this฀report฀in฀the฀cab฀of฀the฀heavy฀vehicle฀and฀enters฀all required฀information฀in฀it.฀฀The฀operator฀must฀also฀inform฀the owner฀ of฀ any฀ defect฀ noted฀ and฀ send฀ the฀ owner฀ a฀ copy฀ of฀ the heavy฀ vehicle฀ inspection฀ report.฀ ฀The฀ operator฀ must฀ not฀ use฀ a heavy฀vehicle฀that฀has฀a฀major฀defect. The฀owner฀of฀the฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀must฀cor฀ ect฀any฀mecha฀ i฀ al c r nc d ฀ efects฀ repor฀ ed฀ to฀ him/her.฀ Minor฀ ฀ efects฀ must฀ be฀ repai฀ ed t d r w ฀ ithin฀48฀hours.฀If฀the฀vehi฀ le฀has฀major฀฀ efects,฀howe฀ er,฀dri฀ ing c d v v it฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed.฀The฀owner฀must฀also฀ensu฀ e฀that฀he/she฀฀ btains hbt r o a฀copy฀of฀the฀inspec฀ion฀฀ eport฀when฀the฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀is฀used t r c by฀the฀ope฀ a฀or. r t The฀inspec฀ion฀฀ eport฀must฀฀ lways฀be฀kept฀in฀the฀heavy฀vehi฀ le. t r a c A฀missing฀report฀cons฀i฀u฀es฀an฀offen฀ e. tt t c
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HOURS AND REST
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Drivers฀must฀obs฀ r฀ e฀the฀regu฀a฀o฀ y฀stan฀ ards฀gover฀ ing฀dri฀ ing ev l t r d n v and฀rest฀time.฀They฀must฀keep฀a฀daily฀log฀of฀their฀hours฀and keep฀on฀board฀the฀vehi฀ le฀the฀daily฀dri฀ ing฀and฀rest฀time฀logs฀for c v pre฀ e฀ ing฀ days,฀ using฀ the฀ given฀ reference฀ period฀ to฀ calculate the c d autho฀ i฀ ed฀num฀ er฀of฀hours. rz b Operators฀must฀ensu฀ e฀that฀dri฀ ers฀enter฀the฀requi฀ ed฀infor฀ a฀r v r m tion in฀ the฀ daily฀ dri฀ ing฀ and฀ rest฀ time฀ log฀ and฀ that฀ they฀ keep v them฀in฀the฀heavy฀vehi฀ le.฀Operators฀must฀also฀make฀sure฀that c dri฀ ers฀ res฀ ect฀ the฀ num฀ er฀ of฀ dri฀ ing฀ and฀ rest฀ hours฀ and฀ that v p b v dri฀ ers฀give฀them฀a฀copy฀of฀their฀daily฀logs฀upon฀their฀return. v
DRIVER’S
LICEN฀ E C

Heavy฀vehi฀ le฀dri฀ ers฀must฀have฀a฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing c v c r p d to฀the฀type฀of฀vehi฀ le฀used฀and฀inclu฀ ing฀the฀appro฀ ria฀e฀endor฀ e฀ c d p t s ments,฀such฀as฀for฀a฀฀ anual฀trans฀ is฀ ion,฀air฀bra฀ es฀or฀a฀road฀train. m m s k They฀ must฀ also฀ ฀nform฀ the฀ ope฀ a฀or,฀ owner฀ or฀ any฀ per฀ on i r t s who฀pro฀ i฀ es฀dri฀ ing฀ser฀ i฀ es฀if฀their฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀is฀revo฀ ed vd v vc c k or฀sus฀ en฀ ed฀and฀of฀any฀chan฀ e฀of฀class฀qua฀i฀ying฀them฀to p d g lf drive฀the฀vehi฀ le. c
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Drivers฀must฀also฀com฀ ly฀with฀the฀฀ emands฀of฀a฀law฀enforcement p d offi฀ er who฀ takes฀ their฀ driver’s฀ licen฀ e฀ away฀ becau฀ e฀ they฀ have c c s gone฀over฀the฀dri฀ ing฀and฀duty฀time฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀for฀by฀regu฀a฀ion v vd l t for฀the฀per฀od฀cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing฀to฀the฀pres฀ ri฀ ed฀num฀ er฀of฀hours i r p d c b b of฀rest.
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When฀allo฀ ing฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀to฀get฀on฀or฀off฀a฀bus,฀dri฀ ers฀must w s g v stop฀ the฀ bus฀ on฀ the฀ far฀ right-hand฀ side฀ of฀ the฀ road฀ ay฀ or฀ in w areas฀set฀aside฀for฀this฀pur฀ o฀ e,฀after฀ensu฀ ing฀that฀they฀can฀do p s r so฀safe฀y.฀Doors฀are฀not฀to฀be฀ope฀ ed฀until฀the฀vehi฀ le฀has฀rea฀ hed l n c c a฀full฀stop. Bus฀ dri฀ ers฀ must฀ dis฀ri฀ u฀e฀ bag฀ a฀ e฀ and฀ ฀reight฀ pro฀ er฀y฀ in v t b t g g f p l the฀bus. School฀bus฀dri฀ ers฀must฀not฀take฀on฀more฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀than฀the v s g amount฀of฀seating฀avai฀a฀ le.฀It฀฀ hould฀be฀poin฀ed฀out฀that฀this l b s t rule฀does฀not฀apply฀to฀any฀other฀city฀or฀rural฀bus฀or฀a฀mini฀ us used b in฀or฀out฀ i฀ e฀฀ ities,฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀that฀the฀num฀ er฀of฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀in sd c vd b s g e ฀ xcess฀of฀the฀amount฀of฀seating฀avai฀a฀ le฀is฀no฀more฀than฀one l b pas฀ en฀ er฀per฀row฀of฀seats. s g

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Heavy฀vehi฀ le฀dri฀ ers฀must฀pull฀into฀an฀inspec฀ion฀sta฀ion฀on c v t t the฀ ฀ rders฀ of฀ an฀ autho฀ i฀ ed฀ offi฀ er฀ or฀ ฀ ignal.฀This฀ requi฀ e฀ ent o rz c s r m does฀not฀apply฀to฀dri฀ ers฀of฀an฀emer฀ en฀ y฀vehi฀ le฀res฀ on฀ ing฀to v g c c p d a฀call฀or฀retur฀ ing฀to฀post. n They฀ must฀ not฀ drive฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ where฀ the฀ load฀ has฀ not฀ been c pla฀ ed,฀ secu฀ ed฀ or฀ cove฀ ed฀ in฀ accor฀ an฀ e฀ with฀ the฀ Regulation c r r d c res฀ ec฀ing฀stan฀ ards฀for฀the฀secu฀ ing฀of฀loads,฀which฀sets฀forth p t d r stan฀ ards฀based฀on฀the฀type฀of฀load฀carried. d Drivers฀must฀also฀ensu฀ e฀that฀the฀vehicle’s฀฀ength฀and฀width฀are r l w ฀ ithin฀pres฀ ri฀ ed฀฀imits฀and฀that฀the฀load฀does฀not฀฀ xceed฀norms. c b l e Owners฀or฀les฀ ors฀of฀over฀ i฀ ed฀vehi฀ les฀must฀฀ btain฀a฀spe฀ ial s sz c o c tra฀ el฀per฀ it฀to฀ope฀ a฀e฀them.฀Drivers฀must฀carry฀these฀per฀ its v m r t m with฀them฀when฀dri฀ ing฀and฀abide฀by฀their฀condi฀ions. v t

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OF HEAVY VEHI฀ LE USERS C

In฀1998,฀an฀over฀ ight฀mecha฀ ism฀was฀crea฀ed฀to฀eva฀ua฀e฀the s n t l t c ฀ onduct฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀users. c •••฀Registration฀••• Since฀April฀ 1999,฀ heavy฀ vehi฀ le฀ ฀ wners฀ and฀ ope฀ a฀ors฀ have c o r t had฀to฀regis฀er฀with฀the฀Commission฀des฀trans฀ orts฀du฀Québec. t p •••฀Follow-up฀••• A฀case฀file฀for฀eva฀ua฀ing฀the฀฀ onduct฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀users฀is l t c c crea฀ed฀ by฀ the฀ Société฀ de฀ l’assu฀ an฀ e฀ auto฀ o฀ i฀e฀ du฀ Québec. t r c m bl This฀file฀is฀based฀on฀offen฀ es฀com฀ it฀ed฀on฀the฀road฀or฀฀ ithin c m t w com฀ a฀ ies,฀ on฀ acci฀ ents฀ in฀ which฀ users฀ and฀ their฀ dri฀ ers฀ are p n d v invol฀ ed,฀and฀on฀mecha฀ i฀ al฀inspec฀ion฀฀ esults. v nc t r •••฀Rating฀•••
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As฀of฀1999,฀all฀฀ wners฀and฀ope฀ a฀ors฀of฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀are o r t c given฀a฀฀ onduct฀฀ ating.฀These฀฀ atings฀make฀it฀pos฀ i฀ le฀to฀pin฀ oint c r r sb p heavy฀vehi฀ le฀users฀who฀repre฀ ent฀a฀road฀ ay฀safe฀y฀risk฀or฀a฀risk c s w t to฀the฀road฀ ay฀sys฀em. w t •••฀Penalties฀••• Penalties฀direc฀ed฀at฀฀ wners฀and฀ope฀ a฀ors฀of฀heavy฀vehi฀ les t o r t c are฀ gea฀ ed฀ ฀owards฀ impro฀ ing฀ their฀ road฀ ay฀ beha฀ iour.฀They r t v w v inclu฀ e฀ acti฀ i฀ies฀ desi฀ ned฀ to฀ increa฀ e฀ awa฀ e฀ ess฀ and฀ pro฀ i฀ e d vt g s r n vd sup฀ ort,฀as฀well฀as฀high฀ ay฀and฀com฀ a฀ y฀moni฀o฀ ing.฀The฀file฀of p w p n t r a฀high-risk฀owner฀or฀ope฀ a฀or฀may฀be฀refer฀ ed฀to฀the฀Commission r t r des฀trans฀ orts฀du฀Québec,฀howe฀ er,฀for฀the฀impo฀ i฀ion฀of฀a฀penal฀y, p v st t in฀par฀i฀ u฀ar฀man฀ a฀o฀ y฀high฀ ay฀safe฀y฀cour฀ es,฀for฀more฀fre฀ uent tc l d t r w t s q mecha฀ i฀ al฀inspec฀ions,฀or฀for฀the฀installation฀of฀speed฀limi฀ing nc t t devi฀ es. c

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ROAD AND HAND฀ ING HEAVY VEHI฀ LES L C

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The฀fol฀o฀ ing฀are฀consi฀ e฀ ed฀to฀be฀off-road฀vehi฀ les: l w d r c • snow฀ o฀ i฀es฀with฀a฀net฀฀ eight฀of฀450฀kg฀or฀less฀and฀a m bl w width,฀inclu฀ ing฀acces฀ o฀ ies,฀of฀no฀more฀than฀1.28฀฀ etres; d s r m • all-ter฀ ain฀ vehi฀ les฀ (ATVs)฀ with฀ hand฀e฀ ars฀ and฀ at฀ least r c l b two฀ ฀ heels฀ which฀ can฀ be฀ stradd฀ed฀ and฀ whose฀ net w l w ฀ eight฀is฀no฀more฀than฀600฀kg; • other฀motor฀vehi฀ les฀inten฀ ed฀for฀use฀off฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ays c d p w and฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀for฀by฀regu฀a฀ion. vd l t

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Defensive฀ dri฀ ing฀ ฀ hould฀ be฀ prac฀i฀ ed฀ at฀ all฀ times,฀ becau฀ e v s ts s the฀conse฀ uen฀ es฀of฀any฀acci฀ ent฀invol฀ ing฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le฀are q c d v c bound฀ to฀ be฀ ฀ erious.฀ Since฀ many฀ dri฀ ers฀ are฀ una฀ a฀ e฀ of฀ the s v w r l ฀imits฀of฀dri฀ ing฀a฀heavy฀vehi฀ le,฀they฀are฀not฀real฀y฀in฀a฀posi฀ion v c l t to฀anti฀ i฀ a฀e฀truck฀drivers’฀manoeu฀ res. cp t v As฀regu฀ar฀road฀users,฀truck฀dri฀ ers฀must฀help฀other฀dri฀ ers฀by l v v signa฀ing฀their฀inten฀ions.฀To฀ensu฀ e฀that฀other฀dri฀ ers฀see฀them, l t r v they฀฀ hould,฀like฀other฀vehicles,฀drive฀with฀their฀head฀ights฀on. s l The฀use฀of฀reflec฀or฀฀ trips฀on฀฀rucks฀is฀recom฀ en฀ ed. t s t m d So฀ that฀ they฀ do฀ not฀ slow฀ down฀ traf฀ic,฀ truck฀ dri฀ ers฀ ฀ hould f v s use฀ the฀ far฀ right-hand฀ lane฀ if฀ they฀ are฀ tra฀ el฀ing฀ more฀ slo฀ ly. v l w When฀there฀is฀a฀spe฀ ial฀lane฀reser฀ ed฀for฀slow-฀ oving฀vehi฀ les, c v m c they฀฀ hould฀use฀it. s Since฀ a฀ truck฀ requi฀ es฀ more฀ time฀ and฀ a฀ grea฀er฀ dis฀an฀ e฀ to r t t c stop฀than฀a฀car,฀truck฀dri฀ ers฀must฀never฀฀ xceed฀the฀maxi฀ um v e m load฀or฀the฀speed฀limit.฀They฀must฀ensu฀ e฀that฀their฀bra฀ es฀are r k a ฀ lways฀ in฀ good฀ wor฀ ing฀ order.฀ Truck฀ dri฀ ers฀ must฀ also฀ obey k v speed฀฀imits฀and฀be฀extra฀care฀ul฀at฀night฀or฀in฀poor฀wea฀her฀or l f t poor฀road฀condi฀ions.฀They฀must฀at฀all฀times฀avoid฀tai฀ing฀anyo฀ e t l n too฀clo฀ e฀y. s l

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Off-road฀vehi฀ les,฀ATVs฀and฀snow฀ o฀ i฀es฀are฀very฀popu฀ar. c m bl l Unfortunately,฀care฀ess฀ ess฀and฀a฀lack฀of฀pro฀ er฀safe฀y฀equip฀ ent l n p t m have฀resul฀ed฀in฀฀ erious฀inju฀ y฀and฀even฀death฀for฀many฀฀ iders. t s r r Operators฀ who฀ do฀ not฀ fol฀ow฀ the฀ traf฀ic฀ rules฀ gover฀ ing฀ these l f n vehi฀ les฀are฀brea฀ ing฀the฀law฀and฀are฀endan฀ e฀ ing฀their฀lives฀and c k g r the฀lives฀of฀those฀฀ round฀them. a
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The฀ope฀ a฀or฀of฀an฀off-road฀vehi฀ le฀must฀be฀at฀least฀16฀years฀old. r t c Those฀under฀age฀18฀must฀have฀a฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀from฀the฀Fédération tfc t des฀clubs฀de฀moto฀ ei฀ is฀es฀du฀Québec฀or฀the฀Fédération฀qué฀ é฀ oi฀ e n g t b c s des฀clubs฀“quads”฀attes฀ing฀that฀they฀have฀the฀฀ kills฀and฀kno฀ led฀ e t s w g requi฀ ed฀to฀ope฀ a฀e฀these฀vehi฀ les. r r t c In฀order฀to฀use฀a฀฀ ublic฀roadway,฀dri฀ ers฀of฀off-road฀vehi฀ les p v c must฀ have฀ a฀ licen฀ e฀ that฀ autho฀ i฀ es฀ them,฀ under฀ the฀ Highway c rz Safety฀Code,฀to฀drive฀a฀road฀vehi฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay฀and฀must c p w abide฀by฀its฀condi฀ions฀and฀res฀ric฀ions.฀Persons฀age฀16฀or฀over t t t need฀to฀have฀a฀class฀5฀or฀6฀driver’s฀licen฀ e฀or฀pro฀ a฀io฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e c b t n r c (6A,฀6B฀or฀6C);฀those฀under฀16฀need฀a฀class฀6D฀licen฀ e฀autho฀ i฀ ing c rz them฀to฀ope฀ a฀e฀a฀moped฀or฀scoo฀er. r t t Owners฀of฀off-road฀vehi฀ les฀must฀take฀out฀a฀third-party฀lia฀ i฀i฀y c blt insu฀an฀ e฀poli฀ y฀for฀at฀least฀$500,000฀that฀guarantees฀com฀ en฀ a฀ion r c c p s t for฀bodi฀y฀inju฀ y฀or฀pro฀ er฀y฀dama฀ e฀cau฀ ed฀by฀the฀vehi฀ le. l r p t g s c Drivers฀of฀off-road฀vehi฀ les฀must฀carry฀with฀them฀the฀vehicle’s c regis฀ra฀ion฀ cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀ ฀ssued฀ under฀ the฀ Highway฀ Safety฀ Code, t t tfc t i proof฀of฀third-party฀lia฀ i฀i฀ y฀insu฀ an฀ e,฀proof฀of฀age฀and,฀if blt r c appli฀ a฀ le,฀their฀qua฀i฀i฀ a฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀or฀autho฀ i฀ a฀ion฀to฀drive. c b lfc t tfc t rz t If฀the฀vehi฀ le฀is฀lea฀ ed฀or฀ren฀ed฀from฀a฀dea฀er฀for฀less฀than c s t l one฀year,฀they฀must฀also฀carry฀proof฀of฀the฀dura฀ion฀of฀the฀lease t or฀a฀copy฀of฀the฀฀ ontract฀with฀the฀dea฀er. c l No฀ more฀ pas฀ en฀ ers฀ may฀ be฀ car฀ ied฀ on฀ an฀ off-road฀ vehi฀ le s g r c than฀the฀num฀ er฀sti฀ u฀a฀ed฀by฀the฀manu฀ac฀u฀ er. b p l t f t r

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If฀ the฀ manu฀ac฀u฀ er฀ of฀ the฀ off-road฀ vehi฀ le฀ does฀ not฀ spe฀ i฀y f t r c cf the฀maxi฀ um฀num฀ er฀of฀pas฀ en฀ ers฀allo฀ ed฀on฀the฀vehi฀ le, m b s g w c only฀ one฀ pas฀ en฀ er฀ may฀ be฀ car฀ ied฀ on฀ a฀ snow฀ o฀ i฀e฀ and฀ no s g r m bl pas฀ en฀ ers฀may฀be฀car฀ ied฀on฀other฀off-road฀vehi฀ les. s g r c An฀extra฀pas฀ en฀ er฀may฀be฀car฀ ied฀if฀the฀vehi฀ le฀has฀acces฀ o฀ ies s g r c s r desi฀ ned฀for฀this฀pur฀ o฀ e฀and฀if฀it฀is฀instal฀ed฀in฀kee฀ ing฀with g p s l p the฀stan฀ ards฀of฀the฀manu฀ac฀u฀ er฀of฀the฀off-road฀vehi฀ le. d f t r c Off-road฀vehi฀ les฀are฀not฀allo฀ ed฀to฀tow฀any฀more฀than฀one c w sled฀or฀one฀trai฀er฀at฀a฀time. l Anyone฀tra฀ el฀ing฀on฀an฀off-road฀vehi฀ le฀or฀on฀a฀sled฀or฀a v l c trai฀er฀ pul฀ed฀ by฀ an฀ off-road฀ vehi฀ le฀ must฀ wear฀ the฀ fol฀o฀ ing l l c l w equip฀ ent,฀which฀must฀meet฀regu฀a฀o฀ y฀stan฀ ards: m l t r d • a฀hel฀ et; m • safe฀y฀glas฀ es฀if฀the฀hel฀ et฀does฀not฀have฀a฀visor; t s m • any฀other฀equip฀ ent฀pres฀ ri฀ ed฀by฀regu฀a฀ion. m c b l t Drinking฀alco฀ o฀ic฀beve฀ a฀ es฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀on฀off-road฀vehi฀ les h l r g hbt c and฀on฀sleds฀or฀trai฀ers฀towed฀by฀off-road฀vehi฀ les. l c All฀ off-road฀ vehi฀ les฀ must฀ be฀ equip฀ ed฀ with฀ the฀ fol฀o฀ ing c p l w items,฀which฀must฀meet฀regu฀a฀o฀ y฀stan฀ ards: l t r d • a฀white฀head฀ight; l • one฀red฀par฀ ing฀light฀at฀the฀rear; k • an฀฀ xhaust฀sys฀em; e t • a฀brake฀sys฀em. t Furthermore,฀all฀off-road฀vehi฀ les฀manu฀ac฀u฀ ed฀after฀January฀1, c f t r 1998฀must฀be฀equip฀ ed฀with: p • a฀red฀brake฀light฀at฀the฀rear; • a฀rear฀ iew฀mir฀ or฀that฀is฀secu฀ e฀y฀atta฀ hed฀to฀the฀left฀side v r r l c of฀the฀vehi฀ le; c • a฀spee฀ o฀ e฀er. d m t Equipment฀instal฀ed฀by฀the฀manu฀ac฀u฀ er฀that฀is฀requi฀ ed฀for l f t r r the฀ope฀ a฀ion฀of฀an฀off-road฀vehi฀ le,฀sled฀or฀trai฀er฀must฀not฀be r t c l remo฀ ed. v

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Any฀modi฀i฀ a฀ion฀to฀the฀vehi฀ le฀that฀is฀lia฀ le฀to฀decrea฀ e฀its fc t c b s sta฀ i฀i฀ y฀ or฀ the฀ effec฀ i฀ e฀ ess฀ of฀ its฀ bra฀ es฀ or฀ to฀ increa฀ e฀ its blt tv n k s acce฀e฀ a฀ ion฀capa฀ i฀i฀ y฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ ed. l r t blt hbt
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Off-road฀vehi฀ les฀may฀howe฀ er: c v • be฀used฀on฀a฀road฀for฀a฀maxi฀ um฀dis฀an฀ e฀of฀1฀km,฀if m t c the฀dri฀ er฀is฀a฀wor฀ er฀who฀requi฀ es฀use฀of฀the฀vehi฀ le฀to v k r c per฀orm฀his/her฀work,฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀that฀the฀wor฀ er฀obs฀ r฀ es f vd k ev highway฀traf฀ic฀rules; f • cross฀a฀road฀ ay฀at฀right฀฀ ngles,฀on฀the฀condi฀ion฀that฀a w a t road฀sign฀indi฀ a฀es฀a฀cros฀ ing฀for฀off-road฀vehi฀ les; c t s c

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Off-road฀vehi฀ les฀are฀allo฀ ed฀to฀use฀pri฀ a฀e฀roads฀and฀road฀ ays c w v t w open฀to฀฀ ublic฀road฀vehi฀ les.฀The฀owner฀of฀the฀road฀or฀the p c per฀ on฀in฀char฀ e฀of฀its฀main฀e฀ an฀ e฀may,฀howe฀ er,฀place฀signs s g t n c v pro฀ i฀ i฀ing฀use฀of฀the฀road฀or฀res฀ric฀ing฀its฀use฀to฀cer฀ain฀types hbt t t t of฀off-road฀vehi฀ les฀or฀to฀cer฀ain฀times฀of฀the฀year. c t Operating฀off-road฀vehi฀ les฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay, c hbt p w as฀understood ฀ ithin฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code. w The฀dri฀ ing฀of฀an฀off-road฀vehi฀ le฀at฀a฀dis฀ an฀ e฀inferior฀to v c t c that฀sti฀ u฀a฀ed฀under฀a฀muni฀ i฀ al฀bylaw฀or,฀fai฀ing฀that,฀฀ ithin p l t cp l w 30฀฀ etres฀of฀a฀house,฀฀ ealth฀faci฀i฀y฀or฀recrea฀io฀ al,฀฀ ports,฀cul฀u฀ al m h lt t n s t r or฀edu฀ a฀io฀ al area฀is฀pro฀ i฀ i฀ed฀฀ nless: c t n hbt u • express฀y฀autho฀ i฀ ed฀by฀the฀owner฀or฀฀enant฀of฀the฀house l rz t or฀the฀spe฀ ial฀area; c • on฀ a฀ ฀ ublic฀ road฀ ay฀ under฀ the฀ condi฀ ions฀ pro฀ i฀ ed p w t vd for฀by฀the฀Act฀res฀ ec฀ing฀off-high฀ ay฀vehi฀ les; p t w c • on฀a฀pri฀ a฀e฀road฀open฀to฀฀ ublic฀road฀vehi฀ le฀traf฀ic; v t p c f • on฀ a฀ trail฀ crea฀ed฀ along฀ a฀ dis฀ sed฀ rail฀ ay฀ right-of-way t u w and฀shown฀on฀the฀deve฀op฀ ent฀plan฀of฀a฀regio฀ al coun฀y l m n t muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀y฀or฀an฀urban฀com฀ u฀ i฀y. cp lt m nt

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• be฀used฀off฀a฀road฀and฀outside฀of฀a฀ditch,฀even฀in฀the฀oppo฀ si฀e฀direc฀ion,฀sub฀ect฀to฀condi฀ions฀defi฀ ed฀by฀regu฀a฀ion; t t j t n l t • be฀taken฀on฀the฀road฀for฀a฀maxi฀ um฀dis฀an฀ e฀of฀500฀฀ etres m t c m in฀order฀to฀reach฀a฀trail,฀ser฀ i฀ e฀sta฀ion฀or฀ano฀her฀place vc t t open฀to฀the฀฀ ublic,฀where฀authorized฀by฀a฀road฀sign; p • tra฀ el฀on฀a฀road฀where฀road฀traf฀ic฀is฀clo฀ ed฀becau฀ e v f s s of฀a฀spe฀ ial฀event฀or฀due฀to฀wea฀her฀condi฀ions,฀with฀the c t t authorization฀of฀the฀person฀in฀charge฀of฀maintaining฀the road฀and฀on฀the฀conditions฀determined฀by฀that฀person; • tra฀ el฀on฀all฀or฀part฀of฀a฀road฀ ay฀that฀a฀govern฀ ent v w m depart฀ ent฀ or฀ muni฀ i฀ a฀i฀y฀ is฀ in฀ char฀ e฀ of฀ main฀ai฀ ing m cp lt g t n as฀deter฀ i฀ ed฀by฀regu฀a฀ ion฀or฀bylaw,฀and฀sub฀ect฀to mn l t j the฀condi฀ions,฀time฀of฀day฀and฀type฀of฀vehi฀ le฀spe฀ i฀ied t c cf in฀the฀regu฀a฀ion฀or฀฀ ylaw,฀pro฀ i฀ ed฀the฀dri฀ er฀abi฀ es฀by l t b vd v d the฀rules฀of฀the฀road. Drivers฀of฀off-road฀vehi฀ les฀must฀abide฀by฀road฀signs฀and฀traf฀ic c f s ฀ ignals฀ and฀ obey฀ the฀ ฀ rders฀ and฀ ฀ ignals฀ of฀ a฀ law฀ enforcement o s offi฀ er฀or฀trail฀super฀ i฀ or. c vs The฀maxi฀ um฀speed฀limit฀for฀snow฀ o฀ i฀es฀is฀70฀km/h฀and m m bl the฀speed฀limit฀for฀other฀off-road฀vehi฀ les฀is฀50฀km/h. c Drivers฀ of฀ off-road฀ vehi฀ les฀ must฀ keep฀ their฀ white฀ head฀ight c l and฀their฀red฀฀aillight฀on. t No฀ one฀ can฀ tra฀ el฀ on฀ a฀ trail฀ ฀ nless฀ they฀ are฀ on฀ an฀ off-road v u vehi฀ le฀autho฀ i฀ ed฀for฀use฀on฀the฀trail.฀Drivers฀of฀off-road฀vehi฀ les c rz c must฀keep฀to฀the฀right฀of฀a฀trail.

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ome 200,000 accidents occur each year in Québec, with victims numbering in the tens of thousands. They are entitled to compensation under our public automobile insurance plan, which covers all Québec residents and provides compensation for bodily injury regardless of where an accident occurs or who is at fault. Coverage may also extend to non-residents for injuries sustained in a road mishap in Québec.

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Every vehicle owner must remember that: • he/she is required, under the Automobile Insurance Act, to hold a third-party liability insurance contract covering property damage for a min imum amount of $50,000. This type of coverage is available from private insurers; • the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec compensates, regardless of fault, all Quebecers who suffer bodily injury in a road accident occurring inside or outside Québec, whether they be: - automobile drivers and passengers; - motorcycle riders; - cyclists and pedestrians (if struck by a motor vehicle).
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The public insurance plan, which has been in effect since 1978, protects all Québec residents. It is a no-fault insurance plan, which means that accident victims do not have to wait for blame to be established before receiving compensation for bodily injury. Remedy through the courts has accordingly been abolished. People will still be prosecuted, of course, for dangerous driving and related offences under the Highway Safety Code or the Criminal Code.

OUTSIDE QUÉBEC
All Quebecers injured in an accident outside the province are entitled to the compensation for bodily injury that is provided for under the public automobile insurance plan, whether they are to blame or not. However, a Quebecer responsible for an accident outside Québec may be sued before the courts of the jurisdiction where the accident occurred for the bodily injury or property damage he/she caused. The driver is protected by third-party liability insurance taken out with a private insurer, mandatory for travel in North America. That coverage must be of sufficient amount to pay all compensation. Before travelling in another Canadian province or in the United States, Quebecers should check with their private insurer to see that their liability insurance is sufficient to cover the bodily injury and property damage another party could sustain in the event of an accident. When driving a motor vehicle in other parts of the world, residents are also advised to find out how much coverage is necessary to be well-protected. A Québec resident who is not at fault retains the right under the laws of that jurisdiction to sue for any amount of compensation in excess of what the Société pays.

NON-RESIDENTS
People whose permanent residence is located outside Québec are covered by the public insurance plan as the owner, operator or passenger of a motor vehicle registered in Québec. Such nonresidents are entitled to the same benefits as a Quebecer if they become involved in an accident on Québec roads.
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Other non-residents involved in an automobile accident in Québec are compensated by the Société to the extent that they are not responsible for the accident (inverse proportion to fault). Agreements have been reached with Ontario, Manitoba and Alberta under which their residents are compensated by their own insurer according to the principles and rates of the Québec plan regardless of fault.

TYPES OF ACCIDENT EXCLUDED
Some types of accident are not covered by the public plan and the persons involved are not entitled to compensation. Such is the case of: • an accident that occurs in an automobile race, contest or show, whether as drivers, passengers or spectators; • an accident involving a snowmobile or other vehicle intended for off-road use, unless the collision involves a moving motor vehicle authorized to travel on a public roadway (e.g: car/snowmobile crash); • an accident involving an equipment vehicle or trailer (e.g: snow removal vehicle) or a farm tractor, unless the collision involves a moving motor vehicle authorized to travel on a public roadway (e.g: car/tractor crash); • bodily injury caused by equipment that can function independently from the vehicle of which it is part (e.g: a snow plow installed temporarily on a truck) when that vehicle is stopped on a public roadway, or on a priva te road, stopped or in motion. To be protected in the latter three cases, the vehicle or equipment owner must take out appropriate coverage with a private insurer for any bodily injury and property damage that might be caused by his/her vehicle or equipment.

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SPECIAL CASES
On-the-job automobile accidents

Any claim for compensation in connection with automobile acci dents that occur on the job must be sub mit ted to the Commission de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CSST). A claimant who has been turned down by the CSST may then file a claim for compensation with the Société, enclosing the letter of rejection from the CSST.
Victims of criminal acts; persons injured while assis ting someo ne in dis tress

COMPENSATION
The Société pays compensation in one or more of the following forms to the victims of bodily injury sustained in a motor vehicle accident: • an income replacement indemnity; • an indemnity for care expenses; • a lump sum for aftereffects of injury, such as loss of enjoyment of life, pain and mental suffering; • the reimbursement of certain expenses incurred due to the accident (e.g: medication, transport by ambulance, purchase of prostheses or orthopedic devices, replacement of damaged clothing, home care expenses, etc.);

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The victim of an assault in which an automobile caused injury has the option of being compensated under the Crime Victims Compensation Act or the Automobile Insurance Act. A person injured by an automobile while assisting someone in distress may elect compensation under the Act to promote good citizenship or the Automobile Insurance Act. A person who chooses to be compensated under either the Crime Victims Compensation Act or the Act to promote good citizenship must contact the nearest CSST regional office.

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• a lump-sum indemnity for the loss of an entire school year or a semester at the postsecondary level; • a care allowance; • reimbursement of substitute labour costs for persons working without pay in a family business; • death benefits; • a lump sum to cover funeral costs. Most indemnities paid by the Société are indexed yearly on January 1. The Société is authorized to take the steps necessary for a victim’s rehabilitation and his or her return to normal life as well as reintegration into the working world. For instance, the Société may cover the cost of alterations to a home or vehicle, the purchase of special equipment and job training or labour market reintegration if it considers these essential to the rehabilitation of an accident victim.

RIGHT OF CHALLENGE
A person who is dissatisfied with a decision rendered by a Société compensation officer may ask for a review of the case in writing within 60 days of the postmark date of the compensation officer’s decision. The application must be submitted to the Société’s review office on the Application for Review form before the end of the allotted time. It must set forth the reasons for wanting a review, and include supporting documents where possible. The application form must be signed by the claimant. A person who remains dissatisfied following the Société’s review decision is entitled to contest it within 60 days before the Administrative Tribunal of Québec, whose decision is final.

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PROPERTY DAMAGE
Liability insurance for property damage to another party in a road accident is compulsory in Québec. When a collision occurs between at least two vehicles, the owners of which are known, each owner must file a claim with his/her own insurer (Direct Compensation Agreement).

HIT-AND-RUN AND INSOLVENCY
Some accident victims who sustain property damage find themselves without coverage when faced with insolvency on the part of the person responsible for the accident, or in a hit-and-run situation. The Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec may, in certain cases, compensate such victims for bodily injury and property damage sustained in the accident.

ACCIDENTS INVOLVING PROPERTY DAMAGE
Someone who sustained damage to their vehicle or to other property in an automobile accident may be compensated: • if a Québec court has handed down a decision in his or her favour which cannot be satisfied because the party responsible for the accident is insolvent or did not have sufficient liability insurance coverage; • the identity of the operator or owner of the vehicle that caused the accident is not known (hit-and-run). Victims of a motor vehicle accident which did not occur on a public roadway and was caused by a farm tractor or trailer, a snowmobile, an equipment vehicle or trailer, or any vehicle not meant to be operated on a public roadway, may apply to the Société for compensation of bodily injury and property damage: • when a Québec court has handed down a decision in their favour which cannot be satisfied because the party responsible for the accident is insolvent or did not have sufficient liability insurance coverage;
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• the identity of the operator or owner of the vehicle that caused the accident is not known.

WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF AN ACCIDENT
Should you be injured in a road accident...

Call:

1 888 810-2525
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The public plan administered by the SAAQ covers all Quebecers injured in a road accident wherever the mishap occurs, regardless of fault. For information or to claim compensation, telephone the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec.

If INJURED in a motor vehicle accident: • Call the police to the scene so a report can be made of the accident; • See a physician without delay and have all signs of injury entered on the doctor’s report. Make sure the report is sent to the SAAQ; • Contact the Société as soon as possible to file a claim for compensation: - by calling 1 888 810-2525 or - through a nurse who will open a compensation file for you during your stay in a hospital offering this service; • Notify your insurer of any property damage caused.

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The Société will provide the forms and explanatory documentation needed to file a claim for compensation. The Claim for Compensation is also available in SAAQ service centres. The Société provides help free of charge to assist in preparing a claim. A Société representative could go to an accident victim’s home to help complete the form and submit the documents. If information relating to a compensation claim is gathered in a hospital by a nurse, he or she will transmit the information to the Société electronically. If a driver is involved in a collision with an inanimate object, an animal weighing over 25 kg or an unoccupied vehicle, and the owner of the damaged property or his/her representative is not at the scene of the accident or nearby, the driver must contact the nearest police station immediately to report the accident and give the above information. Failure to comply is punishable by a fine.
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AT THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT
The first motorist to arrive at the scene of an accident must: • park his/her vehicle on the shoulder, some thirty metres away; • warn other road users of the accident by turning on the emergency or hazard lights. Flares can be very useful for this; • ask people to take up positions at a reasonable distance from the site of the collision, in the best location to warn traffic in all directions;

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• turn off the ignition of the cars involved in the accident and see that no one smokes because of the danger of fire or explosion; • look to see if anyone has been injured and administer first aid if capable. Otherwise, handling the injured must be avoided; • report the accident by telephone to the nearest police station, specifying to the best of one’s ability the location of the accident, and the number of injured victims and damaged vehicles. Never move an injured person unless there is imminent danger of fire or collision with another vehicle.

FIRST AID
A prudent driver should always have a first-aid kit in the vehicle and follow these instructions: • Injuries: while awaiting the arrival of ambulance attendants or a physician, stop the flow of blood through pressure applied with a pad, a thumb or a hand, if qualified to do so. Cover the injury with a clean dressing and a sturdy bandage. If necessary, apply a tourniquet. • Burns: use a clean dressing to protect the burned area from exposure to the air and cover with a bandage. Never break blisters or remove a victim’s clothing. • Other precautions: keep the victim warm and comfortable under a blanket. Do not give anything to eat or drink to an accident victim who is unconscious or could be bleeding internaly. Otherwise, wet the person’s lips and give sweet warm tea or coffee, a little at a time.

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he฀Québec฀sta฀u฀e฀gover฀ ing฀traf฀ic฀mat฀ers t t n f t is฀cal฀ed฀the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code.฀Drivers l s ฀ hould฀know฀that฀pay฀ ent฀of฀a฀fine฀is฀equi฀ a฀ent m v l to฀an฀admis฀ ion฀of฀guilt;฀fai฀u฀ e฀to฀pay฀can฀lead฀to s l r pro฀ e฀ u฀ion฀befo฀ e฀the฀฀ ourts. s c t r c In฀addi฀ion฀to฀fines฀for฀spe฀ i฀ic฀vio฀a฀ions,฀deme฀ it t cf l t r p ฀ oints฀may฀be฀ente฀ ed฀on฀a฀driver’s฀฀ ecord. r r The฀fol฀o฀ ing฀table฀shows฀some฀Highway฀Safety l w Code offen฀ es฀and฀cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing฀fines฀for฀pas฀ en฀ er c r p d s g vehi฀ le฀dri฀ ers. c v

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Driving฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ des฀ i฀e฀ a฀ revo฀ ed฀ or฀ sus฀ c pt k pen฀ ed฀licen฀ e,฀or฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀of฀the฀right฀to d c p s o ฀ btain฀ a฀ licen฀ e,฀ for฀ a฀ rea฀ on฀ other฀ than c s deme฀ it฀฀ oints฀or฀a฀dri฀ ing-rela฀ed฀cri฀ i฀ al r p v t mn offen฀ e c Driving฀or฀฀ aving฀cus฀o฀ y฀of฀a฀vehi฀ le฀after h t d c h ฀ aving฀ consu฀ ed฀ alco฀ ol,฀ if฀ the฀ per฀ on฀ is m h s under฀the฀age฀of฀25฀or฀if฀he/she฀has฀held฀for less฀than฀five฀years฀a฀learner’s฀licen฀ e,฀pro฀ a฀ c b tio฀ a฀ y฀licen฀ e,฀licen฀ e฀for฀a฀moped฀or฀scoo฀er n r c c t (class฀6D)฀or฀farm฀trac฀or฀(class฀8) t Allowing฀vehi฀ le฀ope฀ a฀ion฀by฀someo฀ e฀who c r t n does฀not฀hold฀a฀licen฀ e฀of฀the฀cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing c r p d class฀ or฀ who฀ is฀ under฀ penal฀y฀ for฀ ano฀her t t Criminal฀Code฀offen฀ e c Driving฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ des฀ i฀e฀ a฀ revo฀ ed฀ or฀ sus฀ c pt k pen฀ ed฀licen฀ e,฀or฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀of฀the฀right฀to d c p s o ฀ btain฀a฀licen฀ e,฀due฀to฀an฀accu฀ u฀a฀ion฀of c m l t deme฀ it฀฀ oints r p

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Driving฀ a฀ vehi฀ le฀ des฀ i฀e฀ a฀ revo฀ ed฀ or฀ sus฀c pt k pen฀ ed฀licen฀ e,฀or฀sus฀ en฀ ion฀of฀the฀right฀to d c p s o ฀ btain฀ a฀ licen฀ e,฀ due฀ to฀ a฀ convic฀ion฀ for฀ a c t dri฀ ing-rela฀ed฀cri฀ i฀ al฀offen฀ e v t mn c $1,500฀to฀$3,000

VEHICLE฀REGIS฀ RA฀ ION T T
Failing฀to฀carry฀one’s฀regis฀ra฀ion฀cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e, t t tfc t cer฀i฀i฀ a฀e฀ of฀ lia฀ i฀i฀y฀ insu฀ an฀ e฀ or฀ of฀ finan฀ tfc t blt r c cial฀res฀ on฀ i฀ i฀i฀y,฀proof฀of฀the฀dura฀ion฀of฀a p sblt t vehi฀ le฀load฀or฀a฀copy฀of฀the฀lease฀฀ ontract c c Failure฀ on฀ the฀ part฀ of฀ the฀ regis฀e฀ ed฀ owner t r to฀ ฀nform฀ the฀ Société฀ ฀ ithin฀ 30฀ days฀ of฀ a i w chan฀ e฀of฀฀ ddress g a

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Operating฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀fit฀ed฀with฀a฀licen฀ e c t c plate฀cor฀ es฀ on฀ ing฀to฀ano฀her฀class฀of฀vehi฀ le r p d t c or฀one฀that฀was฀฀ssued฀for฀ano฀ her฀vehi฀ le i t c Installing฀ an฀ imi฀a฀ion฀ licen฀ e฀ plate฀ or฀ one t t c that฀was฀฀ssued฀for฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le i t c Failure฀ to฀ ฀ eturn฀ one’s฀ licen฀ e฀ plate฀ to฀ the r c Société฀fol฀o฀ ing฀regis฀ra฀ion฀sus฀ en฀ ion l w t t p s Fabrication฀of฀a฀false฀licen฀ e฀plate c

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VEHICLES฀AND฀ACCES฀ O฀ IES S R
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Modifying,฀defa฀ ing,฀ren฀ e฀ ing฀ille฀ i฀ le,฀repla฀ ฀ c d r gb cing฀or฀remo฀ ing฀a฀vehicle’s฀iden฀ i฀i฀ a฀ ion v tfc t num฀ er฀ ฀ ithout฀ prior฀ autho฀ i฀ a฀ion฀ from b w rz t the฀Société

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TRAFFIC
Failure฀to฀use฀a฀turn-฀ ignal฀light฀to฀฀ ignal฀the s s inten฀ion฀to฀pass฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le t t c Braking฀sud฀ en฀y฀฀ ithout฀rea฀ on d l w s Leaving฀a฀child฀under฀age฀7฀unsu฀ er฀ i฀ ed฀in p vs a฀motor฀vehi฀ le c Failure฀to฀use฀low฀beams฀฀ ithin฀150฀฀ etres w m of฀an฀onco฀ ing฀vehi฀ le,฀the฀vehi฀ le฀ahead฀or m c c on฀a฀suf฀i฀ ient฀y฀ligh฀ed฀road fc l t Driving฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay c p w w ฀ ithout฀wea฀ ing฀a฀pro฀ er฀y฀fas฀e฀ ed฀seat฀belt r p l t n Driving฀while฀using฀a฀device฀equipped฀with฀a telephone฀function Driving฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀with฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er c s g under฀age฀16฀who฀is฀not฀secu฀ ed฀by฀a฀seat r belt฀or฀res฀raint฀devi฀ e฀that฀meets฀stan฀ ards t c d Failure฀to฀yield฀the฀right฀of฀way฀to฀a฀pedes฀rian t f ฀acing฀a฀green฀light฀or฀cros฀ ing฀on฀a฀white฀or s flas฀ ing฀pedes฀rian฀฀ ignal h t s Following฀ ano฀her฀ vehi฀ le฀ at฀ an฀ unsa฀e฀ or t c f unrea฀ o฀ a฀ ly฀close฀dis฀an฀ e s n b t c Failure฀ to฀ obey฀ traf฀ic฀ ฀ ontrol฀ devi฀ es฀ on฀ a f c c p ฀ ublic฀road฀ ay w Increasing฀ one’s฀ speed฀ when฀ being฀ pas฀ ed s or฀about฀to฀be฀pas฀ ed s Zigzagging฀to฀over฀a฀ e฀vehi฀ les t k c
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Passing฀ a฀ bicy฀ le฀ in฀ the฀ same฀ traf฀ic฀ lane c f w ฀ ithout฀suf฀i฀ ient฀space฀to฀do฀so฀safe฀y fc l Passing฀ on฀ the฀ right,฀ ฀ xcept฀ to฀ over฀a฀ e฀ a e t k vehi฀ le฀฀ aking฀a฀left฀turn฀or฀a฀vehi฀ le฀about c m c to฀exit Crossing฀a฀solid฀line฀to฀over฀a฀ e฀a฀vehi฀ le t k c Failure฀to฀stop฀more฀than฀five฀฀ etres฀away m from฀a฀฀ chool฀bus฀or฀mini฀ us฀when฀its฀flas฀ ing s b h l ฀ights฀are฀ope฀ a฀ing r t Failure฀to฀stop฀in฀฀ ither฀direc฀ion฀for฀a฀฀ chool e t s bus฀or฀mini฀ us฀when฀its฀flas฀ ing฀฀ights฀are b h l ope฀ a฀ing r t Drinking฀alco฀ ol฀in฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le: h c •฀dri฀ er v •฀pas฀ en฀ er s g Operating฀a฀motor฀vehi฀ le฀for฀a฀wager,฀stake c or฀race฀with฀ano฀her฀vehi฀ le,฀other฀than฀in฀a t c rally฀appro฀ ed฀under฀the฀Act฀res฀ ec฀ing฀safe฀y v p t t in฀฀ ports. s

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SPEEDING
Unsafe฀speed฀or฀an฀act฀lia฀ le฀to฀endan฀ er฀ b g life,฀pro฀ er฀y฀or฀฀ ublic฀safe฀y p t p t
Fine฀depending฀on฀offence฀
Offence If฀you฀drive฀1฀to฀20 km/h over฀the฀speed limit If฀ you฀ drive฀ 21฀ to฀ 30 km/h over฀ the฀ speed limit If฀ you฀ drive฀ 31฀ to฀ 45 km/h over฀ the฀ speed limit If฀ you฀ drive฀ 46฀ to฀ 60 km/h over฀ the฀ speed limit If฀you฀drive฀61฀km/h฀or over the฀speed฀limit Driving฀too฀fast฀for weather฀or฀traffic฀ conditions Fines $15,฀plus฀$10฀for฀each฀additional 5฀km/h฀above฀the฀speed฀limit $15,฀plus฀$15฀for฀each฀additional 5฀km/h฀above฀the฀speed฀limit $15,฀plus฀$20฀for฀each฀additional 5฀km/h฀above฀the฀speed฀limit $15,฀plus฀$25฀for฀each฀additional 5฀km/h฀above฀the฀speed฀limit $15,฀plus฀$30฀for฀each฀additional 5฀km/h฀above฀the฀speed฀limit $15฀to฀$55

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OFFEN฀ E C

FINE

Example฀1 Speed฀limit:฀50฀km/h Recorded฀speed:฀75฀km/h Excess:฀25฀km/h Fine: Example฀of฀excessive฀speeding Speed฀limit:฀70km/h Recorded฀speed:฀120฀km/h Excess:฀50฀km/h Fine:

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MECHANICAL฀INSPECTION
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MOTORCYCLES,฀฀ OPEDS฀AND฀SCOO฀ ERS M T
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Failure฀to฀ride฀in฀stag฀ e฀ ed฀for฀ a฀ion฀when g r m t tra฀ el฀ing฀as฀a฀pair฀or฀group v l Riding฀bet฀ een฀two฀lanes฀of฀vehi฀ les฀฀ oving w c m in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion t

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BICYCLES
Riding฀ a฀ bicy฀ le฀ ฀ ithout฀ man฀ a฀o฀ y฀ acces฀ c w d t r so฀ ies,฀or฀฀ ithout฀a฀white฀reflec฀or฀at฀the฀front r w t and฀a฀red฀tail-light฀at฀night Failure฀to฀ride฀astri฀ e฀a฀bicy฀ le฀or฀not฀hol฀ ing d c d onto฀the฀hand฀e฀ ars l b Riding฀a฀bicy฀ le฀bet฀ een฀two฀lanes฀of฀vehi฀ les c w c m ฀ oving฀in฀the฀same฀direc฀ion t Carrying฀a฀pas฀ en฀ er฀on฀a฀bicy฀ le฀not฀equip฀ ed s g c p with฀a฀designed฀seat฀for฀that฀pur฀ o฀ e p s Failure฀to฀ride฀sin฀ le฀file฀when฀tra฀ el฀ing฀as g v l a฀pair฀or฀group Failure฀to฀tra฀ el฀on฀the฀far฀right-hand฀side฀of v the฀road฀ ay,฀with฀the฀flow฀of฀traf฀ic w f Failure฀ to฀ obey฀ traf฀ic฀ rules฀ or฀ traf฀ic฀ signs f f and฀฀ ignals s Failure฀to฀ride฀on฀a฀cycle฀path฀or฀lane฀that฀is part฀of฀the฀road฀ ay w Modifying,฀defa฀ ing,฀฀ aking฀ille฀ i฀ le,฀repla฀ ing c m gb c or฀remo฀ ing฀a฀bicycle’s฀iden฀i฀i฀ a฀ion฀num฀ er v tfc t b w ฀ ithout฀prior฀autho฀ i฀ a฀ion฀from฀the฀Société rz t $15฀to฀$30 $15฀to฀$30 $15฀to฀$30 $15฀to฀$30 $15฀to฀$30 $15฀to฀$30 $15฀to฀$30 $15฀to฀$30

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Wearing฀head฀ ho฀ es฀or฀ear฀ ho฀ es฀while p n p n c ฀ ycling Holding฀onto฀a฀฀ oving฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le m t c or฀being฀pul฀ed฀by฀one l Riding฀a฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic t c p road฀ ay฀when฀under฀age฀18฀฀ ithout฀a฀licen฀ e w w c autho฀ i฀ ing฀the฀use฀of฀a฀moped฀or฀scoo฀er฀or rz t fai฀ing฀to฀res฀ ect฀the฀condi฀ions฀and฀res฀ric฀ l p t t tions฀of฀this฀licen฀ e c Failure฀to฀wear฀a฀hel฀ et฀while฀฀ iding฀a฀powerm r assis฀ed bicy฀ le฀on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay t c p w Riding฀a฀power-assis฀ed฀bicy฀ le฀that฀fails฀to t c com฀ ly฀with฀the฀Motor฀Vehicle฀Safety฀Act฀and p the฀Highway฀Safety฀Code on฀a฀฀ ublic฀road฀ ay p w

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FOOT฀SCOO฀ ERS T
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Accident – at the scene of an accident, 254 – driver involved, 31 – first aid, 255 – hit-and-run, 252 – liability insurance, 23, 64, 233 – what to do if injured in an accident, 248 Address – change of address, 24, 67 Air Bags, 71, 192 Alcohol – driving prohibition, 37, 40, 44 – ignition interlock, 20, 21, 35, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 – penalties, 36, 43, 51, 52, 263 – restricted licence, 3, 34, 37, 40 – zero alcohol, 18, 36, 37, 43, 44 Animal crossing, 223 Attitude, 46 Automobile insurance – cases of exclusion, 249 – compensation, 250, 251 – in Québec, 252 – liability insurance, 23, 64 – non-residents, 249 – outside Québec, 248 – right of challenge, 251 Autospection, 78 to 81

damage, 247 to 252 Bumpers, 74 Buses, 93, 98, 235, 237

C
Change of ownership, 67 Cell phone, 49, 50, 51 Child safety seat, 192 Compulsory features, 68 Compulsory accessories, 68 Criminal Code offence, 35, 259 Cyclist – see Bicycle

D
Demerit points, 29 to 34 Disabled persons, 220 Discarding a vehicle, 66 Driver’s licence – classes, 9 – first licence, 4, 34 – learner’s licence, 5, 6 – licence with ignition interlock, 39 – medical restrictions, 21 – new residents, 25 – non-residents, 26 – offences and fines, 259 to 267 – probationary licence, 8 – renewal, 24 – replacement, 24 – requirements, 3 to 22 – restricted licence relating to demerit points, 34 Driving prohibition – during a penalty period, 43 – for a bet or a race, 221 – in areas during an emergency, 196 – with more passengers than lawful, 221 Drugs, 35, 47, 54
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Bicycles – compulsory accessories, 226 – cycling rules, 227 – electric, 229 – equipment and accessories, 226 – offences and fines, 259 Bicycle paths – signs and signals, 180 Bodily injury and property

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Excessive speeding, 29, 264, 265 Emergency vehicle, 14, 212, 231, 235, 237 Exhaust system, 72, 73, 79, 239, 241

I
Identification – mandatory number, 68 Illness, 20, 22 In reverse, 214 Insolvency, 252

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Fatigue, 49 Fenders, 74 Field of vision, 47 Fines – for driving during a penalty period 43 – unpaid, 27, 28, 42 First aid, 255 Following distance, 180 Forest road, 232

L
Lane – use, 194 to 197 Level crossings, 139, 140, 213, 214 Licence classes, 9 to 19 – changing to a higher class, 10 Licence plates – affixing, 64 – replacement, 64 Lighting – automobiles, 69 – bus, minibus used to carry school children, 70 – heavy vehicle, bus, 69, 70 – tractor-trailer, 69 Lines, arrows and symbols, 96 Lines marking lane divisions, 194 to 196

Handicapped persons, 220 Headlights, 48, 70, 72, 237 – fog lights, 72, 208 Headrest, 80, 193 Health and driving, 20 Heavy vehicles – blind spots, 215, 216 – other obligations, 224, 237 – requirements, 11 to 13 – sharing the road, 215, 239 – specific rules concerning buses, 237 – rules, 235 to 239 Hit-and-run – accident off a public roadway, 239 – accident with property damage, 252 Horn, 72 Horseback riding, 72, 223

M
Mechanical inspection, 75 to 77 Medication, 54, 250 Modifying a vehicle, 75 Mopeds and scooters – lights and signal lights, 69 – operator’s licence, 19 – operator’s rules, 230, 231 Motorcycles – lights and signal lights, 69 – offences and fines, 265 – licence, 16 to 19 – operator’s rules, 230

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Natural gas, 75, 179

Penalties – impaired driving, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 45, 50 Periodic inspection, 78 to 81 Physical condition, 48 Propane, 75, 118, 179 Purchase of a vehicle – from a dealer, 67 – from an individual, 67 – trade-in, 67

O
Objects, obstacles – on a public roadway, 223 Off-road vehicle – basic rules, 240 – traffic rules, 242, 243 Offences and fines, 259 to 267 – bicycles, 266 – driver’s licence, 259 – electric bicycle, 266 – equipment and mechanical condition, 261 – mechanical inspection, 265 – motorcycles, mopeds, and scooters, 265 – pedestrians, 267 – registration, 260, 261 – traffic, 262, 263

R
Radar detector, 72, 223, 261 Rallies, 219 Rearview mirrors, 73, 78, 215, 216 Registration – annual payment, 66 – change of ownership, 67 – conditions, 64 – cost, 63 – in general, 61 – obtaining, 63 – offences and fines, 259 – parking identification for the disabled, 220 – refusal by the Société, 69 – reimbursement, 67 – vehicle exempt, 62 Restrictions – concerning vehicles, 222 – on the use of public roadways, 223 Right of challenge, 45, 251 Road signs and traffic signals, 85 to 187 – categories, 102, 103, 104 – designation and meaning, 106 – Highway Safety Code provisions, 187 – information signs, 160 to 179

P
Parking permit, 220 – for disabled persons, 220 Parking – obligations, 218 – prohibited, 219 – reserved spaces for disabled persons, 220 Passing, 30, 31, 94, 115, 175, 182, 194, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 214, 262, 263 – passing prohibited, 198 Pavement markings, 94 to 99 – colour, 95 – function, 94 – lines, arrows, symbols, 96 Pedestrians – offences and fines, 267 – mandatory identification, 224 – restrictions, 225 – safety tips, 226

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– regulatory signs, 106 to 127 – road work signs, 150 to 159 – warning signs, 128 to 149

– road, 7 – upgrade, 10 Tires, 74, 79, 261 Tires for winter driving, 76, 261 Towing, 16, 42, 175, 223 Traffic rules, 191 to 243 Turns – left turn, 204, 205 – on a red light, 207 – right turn, 203

S
Sale of a vehicle – to a dealer, 67 School buses, 212 – driver’s obligations, 22 – obligation in the presence of, 212 School zones, 101, 141, 198 Scooter, 230, 231 Seat belts, 118, 191, 192, 233 – alteration, 71 Signal lights, 85 to 93 Signalling intentions, 207 Snowmobiles – basic rules, 239 Space reserved for disabled persons, – parking permits, 220, 221 Speed limits, 108, 130, 198, 217, 231, 239, 264 Speeding – offences and fines, 264 Speedometer, 74 Speedometer and odometer, 74 Squealing tires, 222 Stopping – near a disabled access ramp, 219 – obligation, 218 – prohibited, 218

V
Vehicle exchange, 67 Vehicle identification number, 68 Vehicle seizure, 28, 42, 44 Vehicle storage, 66 Vision, 46 – night, 48 – stereoscopic, 47 Visual acuity, 47
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Portable music player, 222, 228 Windshield and windows, 74, 79

Y
Yielding the right of way, 87, 88, 106, 107, 128, 129, 139, 196, 208 to 211, 260

T
Televisions, 223 Tests – knowledge, 4 to 6

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he Driver's Handbook provides key information on: • • • • • • • driving driver's licences vehicle registration traffic rules requirements on vehicles and features Québec road signs and traffic signals insurance coverage and what to do in the event of an accident

This new edition includes important clarifications about new road safety measures that have been in effect since 2008. All road users, whether they be pedestrians, cyclists, motor vehicle operators or passengers, will find their rights and obligations set forth in the Handbook. There are other guides indispensable in preparing for licence tests: • • • • Driving a Passenger Vehicle Driving a Heavy Vehicle Operating a Motorcycle Operating a Moped or Scooter