Summary

This module covers the responsibilities and regulations for commercial vehicle operator’s registration (CVOR) certificate holders in Ontario. It focuses on Ontario’s safety standards and the consequences of non-compliance.

The topics in this module are:

  • Ontario’s highways
  • the Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO)
  • a North American approach
  • important acts and regulations
  • outside of Ontario
  • the National Safety Code (NSC)
  • NSC standards: driver licensing
  • NSC standards: commercial regime
  • compliance programs and tools, including:
    • driver and vehicle inspections
    • consequences of failed inspections
    • commercial vehicle impoundment
    • consequences of impoundment
    • speed limiter
    • enforcement
    • the DriveON program
    • CVOR program and safety ratings
    • MTO interventions
    • alternative triggers
    • MTO sanctions

Safety module