* Ontario - A court judge ruled that the province's legislation limiting the speed of transport trucks doesn't violate human rights
-- An Ontario law that limits large trucks to a speed of 105 km/h is unconstitutional, a justice of the peace has ruled,.. Truck driver Gene Michaud of St. Catharines, Ont., was charged with not having a working speed limiter. He argued in court the device compromised his safety... Michaud argued being forced to keep a speed limiter on his truck violated his charter rights... In his ruling released in Welland, Ont., Justice of the Peace Brett Kelly agreed. Some truckers do, too... But, in a landmark case for Ontario's highways, the provincial court of appeal has upheld provincial legislation that prevents big rigs from going faster than 105 kilometres per hour... In an email, MTO spokesperson Ajay Woozageer said the government is pleased with the latest decision. .. "From 2003 to 2012, the number of fatalities in large truck collisions declined 35 per cent despite an increase of 20 percent in the number of large trucks registered in Ontario," Woozageer said... The OOIDA now has 60 days to appeal the case to the supreme court...
(Photo by Lee Pitts/CBC) - ONT, CAN - CBC News, by Samantha Craggs - Sep 03, 2015Labels: lawsuits, speed limits
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