What is the Ministry of Transportation doing to ensure the safety of those who operate low-speed vehicles?
• The regulation allowing the use of low-speed vehicles requires that operators have a valid driver’s licence. This ensures that all operators are familiar with the rules of the road and have demonstrated their driving ability. • The rationale for restricting these vehicles to low-speed roads is to limit the potential road safety risks of these vehicles while they operate in mixed traffic. • Because LSVs don’t have many of the safety features of a regular passenger vehicle, we have also proposed other safety requirements such as: no children under the age of 8 (the age at which a child can move from a booster seat to an adult seat belt); no towing of other vehicles; a slow-moving vehicle sign; and, crossing higher speed roads only where there is a traffic control device such as traffic signals or a four-way stop. • The regulation will require that a warning label is affixed by the manufacturer on the vehicle in a location that is visible to the driver, which sets out performance and sa
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