O. Reg. 113/25: RESTRICTED USE OF LEFT LANES BY COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES, HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT
ontario regulation 113/25
made under the
Highway Traffic Act
Made: May 26, 2025
Filed: June 10, 2025
Published on e-Laws: June 10, 2025
Published in The Ontario Gazette: June 28, 2025
Amending Reg. 608 of R.R.O. 1990
(RESTRICTED USE OF LEFT LANES BY COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES)
1. Section 1 of Regulation 608 of the Revised Regulations of Ontario, 1990 is revoked and the following substituted:
1. (1) Subject to subsection (2), no person shall operate a commercial motor vehicle or any combination of a commercial motor vehicle and a towed vehicle that exceeds 6.5 metres in length in the left lane or, where the left lane has been designated as a high occupancy vehicle lane, in the lane adjacent to the high occupancy vehicle lane of those portions of a highway described in the Schedules.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a person operating a commercial motor vehicle if,
(a) the vehicle is a bus, an ambulance or a fire apparatus;
(b) the vehicle is engaged in maintenance or construction;
(c) the vehicle is a tow truck that has been requested to provide towing services or roadside assistance services to a vehicle in or near the left lane, and operating the tow truck in the lane is necessary to access the location of the vehicle; or
(d) an emergency requires the use of the lane by the vehicle.
(3) In this section,
“towing services” and “roadside assistance services” have the same meanings as in the Towing and Storage Safety and Enforcement Act, 2021.
Commencement
2. This Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.
Le ministre des Transports,
Prabmeet Singh Sarkaria
Minister of Transportation
Date made: May 26, 2025
Pris le : 26 mai 2025
