Speed limiters could be delayed in Quebec

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Speed limiters could be delayed in Quebec

A proposal in Quebec for mandatory speed limiters on heavy trucks is not expected to be the slam dunk officials hoped it would be when Transportation Minister Julie Boulet filed the legislation earlier this month.

Transportation officials now say they could wait to implement speed limiters until the rest of Canada enacts similar legislation, according to an OOIDA member who spoke before a government-appointed transportation commission Friday, Nov. 30, in Quebec City.

The commission invited numerous people to speak at a series of public hearings – part of the protocol when a bill is introduced in the Quebec National Assembly – to discuss Boulet’s six-point legislation known as “Bill 42.”

Bill 42 includes proposals for speed limiters on trucks, red-light cameras, photo radar, a ban on the use of cell phone handsets while driving, tougher penalties for speeding, and tougher penalties for intoxicated drivers.

OOIDA member Jean Catudal of Yamaska, Quebec, was invited to speak Friday and was one of about 15 people to offer comments.

He said the hearing produced good news and bad news for owner-operators.

“The bad news is the government is going to adopt the bill as is. Speed limiters will not be taken out of their proposal,” Catudal told Land Line. “On the other hand, we got guarantees from the governing party and the opposition parties that they won’t put speed limiters in place until the rest of Canada adopts it.”



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