Quebec bans right hand drive

Don Dingwall · #1 27-10-09, 23:37

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/Quebec+...517/story.html

Grant Bowker · #2 28-10-09, 01:11

Don, do you have spare cash to snap up the bargains if the Quebecois can't drive their toys any more?
Bob, get ready for the rush of recoveries, forget HUPs - there have to be some goodies out there waiting for us.

NORTH-SHORE(CANADA) · #3 28-10-09, 01:17

Hi,
Don't forget CMP are Canadian véhicule

David_Hayward (RIP) · #4 28-10-09, 01:47

Does the Canada Post still use rhd vans as the US Postal Service and contractors do?

RHClarke · #5 28-10-09, 02:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grant Bowker

...forget HUPs - there have to be some goodies out there waiting for us.

The summer of the HUP has ended...

Brian Gough · #6 28-10-09, 02:27

Now Rob, don't be hasty. I'm still out shopping for you.

Brian

Tony Smith · #7 28-10-09, 02:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by RHClarke

The summer of the HUP has ended...

..and now is the Winter of our Officeextensiontent. (Apologies to Shakespeare

)

RHClarke · #8 28-10-09, 02:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Gough

Now Rob, don't be hasty. I'm still out shopping for you. Brian

Hi Brian, We have a few "local" HUPs yet to reel in...but in the spirit of fairness and cooperation, we are looking for non-HUPs for the boys. So, if you spot a Cab 11 Chev, a tipper or radio van, Bob and Grant may be interested.

As for the right-hand drive issue in QC, it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Wonder what their thoughts on center driver station vehicles is...

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #9 28-10-09, 03:16

...or better yet the legislation. It seems 65 year old CMP's are exempt.

Adame · #10 28-10-09, 04:21

Thats why they say "ELLO" "AM AND EGGS" AND "OCKEY"

Nobody complains about that.

Cheers
Adame

Bob Carriere · #11 28-10-09, 04:23

..... and I had the trailer ready to go clean up La Belle Province......

another Hup-portunity lost......

BooBee

RHClarke · #12 28-10-09, 06:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adame

Thats why they say "ELLO" "AM AND EGGS" AND "OCKEY" Nobody complains about that. Cheers Adame

Any Habs fan can tell you that you are incorrect about the pronunciation of the letter "H". It is reported that the "CH" on the front of the Habs jersey stands for "Centre Hice"...

Keith Webb · #13 28-10-09, 10:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

..and now is the Winter of our Officeextensiontent. (Apologies to Shakespeare

)

Tony, have you been

?

stovebolt · #14 28-10-09, 17:00

Trucks and mail delivery vehicles are exempt.

Alex Blair (RIP) · #15 28-10-09, 17:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adame

Thats why they say "ELLO" "AM AND EGGS" AND "OCKEY"

Nobody complains about that.

Cheers
Adame

Adam..
If you are familiar with the language of the out-ports of Newfoundland,you will find the same phenomena..the silent "H" sound ...comes from the old Irish pronunciation..French and Irish are not that far apart..My wife maiden name..Dalton....family came to Canada in 1845...from Ireland..originally was from Alton,now part of the city of Bordeaux...
so "John from Alton"became John D'Alton..some time between 1066 and 1845..
Probably part of the Norman conquest invaders..cause they weren't working on any CMP's then and were bored...
But very noticeable in the Irish fisherman's speech which Some Newfoundlanders are directly descended from..
I was living there just after confederation in 1949('53-57) and it was much more noticeable then than it is today..
Just a little history from an old fart..

Grant Bowker · #16 28-10-09, 18:22

Now that the first round of media announcement is behind us, has anyone found a link to an official site that actually gives either text of the law (preferably in English) or a clear statement from the government about what they think they are banning (and not banning)?

cmperry4 · #17 29-10-09, 23:54

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Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

...or better yet the legislation. It seems 65 year old CMP's are exempt.

That's what I get from reading the story - it seems like an exception could be made for CMP's/antique vehicles - but with Quebec bureaucracy, who knows?

Yes, postal vans are RHD - and I know a letter carrier who had an accident in one because of a blind spot for oncoming traffic from the left when he pulled out from an angled side street. Oh well.

I recently met a guy here in Manitoba who is driving a RHD Toyotal Hilux SUV he got from Japan, doesn't even have a warning placard on the back; I haven't heard of the Dippers planning a crackdown here, but it is the sort of thing they would do.

Bruce Parker (RIP) · #18 30-10-09, 00:55

The law in Ontario is that RH drive vehicles must have a "Caution Right Hand Drive" sign on the back. The RH drive postal delivery vans may be exempt because Canada Post is a federally chartered corporation, but I doubt it because all their equipment should be legal for the jurisdiction they operate it in. The other glaring violation of the law is all the ex-British double-decker buses that drive tourists around Niagara Falls. They are well and truly RH drive and have no signs on the back.

I think that running a CMP without signage on the back (in Ontario) would not get you in much trouble unless there was an accident. Then, despite the accident having nothing to do with which side the steering wheel was on or the existence of a sign, the insurance company would withhold coverage.

chrisgrove · #19 06-11-09, 00:34

Watching the reactions of bored kids looking out of the back window of Dad's car was interesting when driving RHD Landrovers out of Suffield back in the 70s when we brits first went there. Later they banned driving them on the roads.
Chris