VEHICLE WEIGHT REGULATIONS ACROSS CANADA: A TECHNICAL REVIEW WITH RESPECT TO THE CAPACITY OF HIGHWAY SYSTEMS

The diversity in Vehicle Weight Regulations among provinces in Canada seems to deter the interprovincial highway carrier activities; however, a recent technical evaluation of these regulations indicates that the regulations do not, in fact, greatly differ in terms of their force effects on the highway structures. Because Canadian highway systems are designed, by and large, to the same load-carrying capacity and geometric standards, the interprovincial differences in the vehicle weight regulations may be unnecessary from a technical point of view. /Author/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was originally published for presentation to the RTAC Vehicle Weights and Dimensions Committee, Spring Session, Toronto, March, 1978.
• Corporate Authors:

  Ontario Ministry of Transportation & Communic, Can

  Research and Development Division, 1201 Wilson Avenue
  Downsview, ONo M3M 1J8,   Canada 
• Authors:
  • Agarwal, A C
• Publication Date: 1978-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Tables;
• Pagination: 11 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway capacity; Highway design; Laws; Loads; Size; Size and weight regulations; Vehicles; Weight
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Highways; Law; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00177291
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: RR 214
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 29 1978 12:00AM