“Because the SAAQ’s data base doesn’t have a checkbox for ‘military vehicles’,” says Raymond. The (first) problem is, there’s six times more “military-type” vehicles licensed in Quebec than what the government estimates, assesses Philippe Raymond, who is trying, with his fellow members from the Club Véhicules Militaires du Québec, to defuse the bomb. (…) We remind you that it is forbidden to drive with (…) and that you could, according to the Highway Safety Code, be liable to fines.”Ĭost of those fines: $200-$300 plus fees (no demerit point).
Then: “We invite you to visit one of our service points to get a new license plate and a new registration certificate. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The communication, for which Driving.ca was able to get a copy, stated this: “Upon verification, we received confirmations that their manufacturer, or importer, has restricted the use of these (military-type vehicles) for off-road use.” The news was brought to military-type vehicles owners by official SAAQ letters they received between mid-August to end of August. This provision was going to be enforced as a total ban on military-type vehicles from La Belle Province’s roads, but the Ministère des Transports du Québec ushered in, by mid-July, a semi-less-dramatic arrêté ministériel, to be enforced this past 22nd of August. If Quebec was to rule this way, it would be the only Canadian province with such restrictions for military-type vehicles.īut it could have been worse: The actual Quebec Highway Safety Code (article 21) forbids anybody from putting “a vehicle into operation on a public highway (…) if it has been restricted to off-highway use by its manufacturer or importer.”
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