Double towing in Ontario
I'm trying to determine if it is legal to double tow in Ontario. Below is an old link from the MTO website. I see now that this has been removed. "Cars, passenger vans and SUVs are not permitted to ...
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laknox wrote:horton333 wrote:
So I decided to look again and found this statement in the driver's handbook.
"It is against the law to tow more than one trailer behind non-commercial vehicles."
Going back to the actual regulations I still cannot find anything saying it is prohibited, but given the lack of people doing it and this in the driver's handbook ..... I would assume this is going to get you a ticket and hauled off the road.
Unless someone has more money than sense and fights it. The drivers' handbook down here is NOT law, even though they may think it is. If the LEO or even prosecutor can't provide a proper, and exact, citation prohibiting doubles, then it is legal.
Lyle
From The Highway Traffic Act,
"No person shall drive on a highway a motor vehicle,other than a commercial motor vehicle,that is drawing more than one vehicle."
"Vehicle" includes motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine,bicycle and any vehicle drawn by kind of power including muscular power, except motorized snow vehicles.
This information was taken from the e-laws section of the ontario.ca website, dated April 19/2016.
Couldn't find any indication of when these changes were made.
