I used to think like Shum until I was pulled over in Kitchener by their regional police a couple of years ago. I was always under the impression that my personal vehicle (a 3500 dually diesel) was not a commercial vehicle. The officer and I had a very nice conversation and he gave me a warning and strongly encouraged me to get the "yellow" Commercial Vehicle Annual Safety Inspection sticker as soon as possible. He told me if I was pulled over again in their safety blitz that there would not be any leniency given.
I got the sticker based on his explanation of the Highway Traffic Act - and JaxDad's explanation above is bang on with what I was told.
Fast forward a year and a half and I am pulled over in Milton by their regional police. Much easier this time as I have the yellow sticker. He didn't ask for any documents as he had everything pulled up on his computer in his car. Just said it was a safety blitz and to have a nice day.
I wasn't pulling either time but they see duallies and they are automatically pulled over in the blitzes.
Both times the police looked at my truck, saw its condition (it is well maintained), saw that there isn't a landscape name on the side, didn't have a small trailer with lawnmowers and rakes, etc..
This is not disrespect to landscapers - the facts are a lot of them have some pretty beat up trucks and they are the target market for the blitzes in cities. The highway blitzes are usually after the bigger trucks but they don't discriminate against us smaller trucks.
Just my 2 cents.
