Driving in Canada
We are going to Canada next summer and stay around three months. At our weekly get together Friday, I was talking to someone from Canada and he said great we will really enjoy the country. And then he...
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raymondfl wrote:
We are going to Canada next summer and stay around three months. At our weekly get together Friday, I was talking to someone from Canada and he said great we will really enjoy the country. And then he said make sure you have a CDL license because in Canada they require a special license for anything in excess of a certain weight, of which we would be. I have driven in Canada before, but never been stopped or in a wreck, my major concern would be a wreck, not have the proper license and have a liability issue. Does anyone know for sure that Americans would need a special license or does Canada accept our license as legal if it is legal in the USA?
Thanks for any help.
Ray
As far as I know, I can legally drive a motorhome with just my regular auto/motorcycle drivers license here in Ontario. I think they recently changed something on heavy trailers but I believe a reg lic is fine for towing RVs and Boats. Enclosed or flat utility trailers over a certain weight may now require commercial type lic.
But in any case unless they caught you driving a huge semi for pay with an inadequate licence from your home state, you will be fine. If you are legal in your state you are OK with us in Canada. :B
Enjoy..
And not knowing who the Canadian is you were talking to, I expect he says lots of things that are inaccurate? He seems like that kinda guy :W
