National Parks Highway Traffic Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1126)
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Regulations are current to 2012-05-14 and last amended on 2010-02-02. Previous Versions
12. (1) No person shall operate a motor vehicle on a highway otherwise than in accordance with the laws of the province in which the highway is situated.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), in the event of any inconsistency between these Regulations and the laws of a province in which a highway is situated, these Regulations prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
(3) No passenger of a motor vehicle shall ride in or on a motor vehicle on a highway otherwise than in accordance with the laws of the province in which the highway is situated.
- SOR/90-79, s. 7.
DIMENSIONS OF MOTOR VEHICLES
13. Subject to sections 14 and 16, no person shall operate a bus, truck tractor trailer combination, truck, or a passenger vehicle and house-trailer combination on any highway within a park unless the unit conforms with the dimensions and gross weights approved for the unit by the province in which the highway is situated.
14. The superintendent may issue a single trip permit for the operation of a motor vehicle having any dimensions or carrying any load, and a person in possession of that permit may operate that motor vehicle for the single trip authorized by the permit along such portion of the highway and under such conditions as the permit specifies.
- SOR/90-79, s. 25(F);
- SOR/91-375, s. 3(E).
DISPOSAL OF WASTE
15. No person shall discharge or dispose of liquid or solid waste matter from a trailer or motor vehicle on a highway.
- SOR/90-79, s. 8.
TRAFFIC SIGNS AND DEVICES
16. (1) The superintendent may mark and erect on or along a highway a traffic sign or device that
(a) prescribes rates of speed;
(b) regulates or prohibits the tethering of horses or the stopping or parking of motor vehicles or any class thereof;
(c) prescribes load limits and dimensions for motor vehicles or any class thereof or prohibits the use of the highway by a motor vehicle carrying loads in excess of prescribed load limits;
(d) designates the highway as a one-way highway;
(e) requires motor vehicles to stop;
(f) closes the highway to all motor vehicles or any class thereof;
(g) limits the hours during which the highway may be used;
(h) regulates pedestrian traffic;
(i) limits the use of the highway by horses or by a specific class or specific classes of motor vehicles;
(j) designates a taxi or cab stand; or
(k) regulates, directs or controls in any other manner the use of the highway by horses, motor vehicles or pedestrians.
(2) No person other than the superintendent shall
(a) mark or erect any traffic sign or device on or along a highway; or
(b) remove or deface any traffic sign or device on or along a highway.
(3) Every person using a highway shall obey the instructions on every traffic sign or device.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to
(a) a person driving or operating a motor vehicle for the park fire protection service when proceeding to a fire; or
(b) a person driving or operating a police motor vehicle, ambulance or motor vehicle that belongs to the Department when proceeding to the scene of an accident, or when using the motor vehicle for any emergency purpose.
- SOR/90-79, ss. 9, 25(F);
- SOR/91-375, s. 3(E).
