JaxDad wrote:
There was a recent thread on the “Canada” section about the Ontario government backing off on the requirement that “commercial” vehicles used only for personal use now being exempt from the required annual safety inspection.
I pointed out how I felt it was extremely unfair, two identical trucks being treated differently based purely on who owned it.
One of the items that came up was that RV’s, boat trailers, etc., were also exempt, but even a little 4’ x 8’ box trailer was not if towed by a “commercial” truck.
While I have NO doubt you, and the rest of us too, maintain your RV properly, this is a PERFECT example of what I was talking about.
Forcing people to pull the wheels and check everything over once a year just keeps us all honest. No different than forcing food producers and restaurants to post the calories in the food they offer.
Rants like this come up from time to time but laws should be made to solve real problems, not hypothetical ones or just to harass some people to make others feel better. The bottom line is that most non-commercial drivers have a vested interest in safety and are not in as big of hurry so they end up with pretty good safety records. If the data starts showing too non-commercial drivers having accidents then we should consider tightening up the rules for them, not before.
