joe123 wrote:
Q. Where can I get more information about the GVWR?
You can speak the local Weigh Scale. Information is also available at our website at: www.th.gov.bc.ca/cvse/inspection_stations.htm
a link for BC Canada
The URL you provided is for commercial vehicles.
Here is the BC law for passenger vehicles.
Overload prohibition
19.11 (1) Unless operating under the provisions of an overload permit issued under the Commercial Transport Act, no person shall operate or cause to be operated a vehicle that is loaded in such a manner that the gross weight carried by any axle exceeds the gross weight rating for that axle as specified by the vehicle manufacturer, or the gross vehicle weight exceeds the gross vehicle weight rating for that vehicle as specified by the vehicle manufacturer.
(2) The weight distribution of a bus shall be such that not less than 25 per cent of the gross vehicle weight is on the front axle when measured on level ground.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a vehicle
(a) manufactured before January 1, 2001, and
(b) having a gross vehicle weight rating of 5 500 kg or less.