Ontario drivers licence and CVOR requirements
I was having a discussion with a truck driver friend who insisted that my new truck, a 2018 Silverado 3500 Double Cab dually with the diesel motor and 13,025 lbs. (5,908-kg) GVWR, would require me to ...
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Wow, a *bunch* of incorrect info here!
First off, a CVOR (Commercial Vehicle Operator Registration) is a completely different creature than the yellow Annual Commercial Safety Inspection sticker. But the section quoted does indeed exempt you from needing a CVOR.
It does NOT exempt you from needing an Annual Safety Inspection. That is required when your truck, trailer, or both combined, have a GVWR or actual weight exceeding 4,500kg or 9,900 pounds. A LOT of folks don’t understand this until it’s too late. For example, a typical 1/2 ton with a 7,200 GVWR pulling a single axle box trailer with a 3,500 pound GVWR means you’re at 10,700 combined GVWR and need an annual Safety for BOTH.
my own FIL got pinched on this one, he has an Avalanche with blue (custom) plates and got stopped in a safety blitz while pulling an (empty) box trailer. Luckily he got off with an education, he wouldn’t listen to my warnings, and a warning to get it done and present both the station within 5 days to prove he was in compliance.
A lot of folks mistakenly believe they have blue plates, they’re all good. Wrong. Look at the top margin of the vehicle ownership. If it says “PAS - FIT” you have a passenger vehicle, if however it says “COM - FIT” you are driving a commercial vehicle, period. The colour of the plate means nothing when it comes to custom plates, you can put them on a tractor-trailer.
As was mentioned, a ‘regular’ G license let’s you tow a trailer up to 4,600 kg or drive a vehicle up to 11,0p0 kg, beyond that you need an A/R license. Funny quirk in that most people don’t know, with a G license you can double tow in Ontario, I.E. fishing boat behind a 5’er, but once you get an A/R license you are no longer allowed to do that. Strange!
First off, a CVOR (Commercial Vehicle Operator Registration) is a completely different creature than the yellow Annual Commercial Safety Inspection sticker. But the section quoted does indeed exempt you from needing a CVOR.
It does NOT exempt you from needing an Annual Safety Inspection. That is required when your truck, trailer, or both combined, have a GVWR or actual weight exceeding 4,500kg or 9,900 pounds. A LOT of folks don’t understand this until it’s too late. For example, a typical 1/2 ton with a 7,200 GVWR pulling a single axle box trailer with a 3,500 pound GVWR means you’re at 10,700 combined GVWR and need an annual Safety for BOTH.
my own FIL got pinched on this one, he has an Avalanche with blue (custom) plates and got stopped in a safety blitz while pulling an (empty) box trailer. Luckily he got off with an education, he wouldn’t listen to my warnings, and a warning to get it done and present both the station within 5 days to prove he was in compliance.
A lot of folks mistakenly believe they have blue plates, they’re all good. Wrong. Look at the top margin of the vehicle ownership. If it says “PAS - FIT” you have a passenger vehicle, if however it says “COM - FIT” you are driving a commercial vehicle, period. The colour of the plate means nothing when it comes to custom plates, you can put them on a tractor-trailer.
As was mentioned, a ‘regular’ G license let’s you tow a trailer up to 4,600 kg or drive a vehicle up to 11,0p0 kg, beyond that you need an A/R license. Funny quirk in that most people don’t know, with a G license you can double tow in Ontario, I.E. fishing boat behind a 5’er, but once you get an A/R license you are no longer allowed to do that. Strange!
