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The cargo securement standard applies to a vehicle:
British Columbia has adopted National Safety Code (NSC) Standard 10, Cargo Securement, available at http://tinyurl.com/nsc10cargo. NSC Standard 10 was updated effective June 2013 to require friction mats to be marked by the manufacturer with the maximum usable friction resistance (if the mats are to be considered part of a cargo securement system), to add proper securement requirements for transverse rows of metal coils, and to correct a difference between the requirements in the standard and the current designs of integral locking devices on intermodal containers.
Vehicles must be equipped and cargo must be contained, immobilized or secured in accordance with the applicable requirements of NSC Standard 10 so that the cargo cannot:
The cargo securement regulations do not apply to:
A person may not drive or operate on a highway a logging truck, a truck or a truck tractor and trailer combination with a flat load deck while the vehicle is transporting a load of logs or poles or both that are longer than 2.6 metres placed in the longitudinal axis with the vehicle or vehicle combination unless the vehicle is:
A person must not drive or operate a vehicle on a highway while the vehicle is carrying aggregate material if any of the material is likely, if not covered, to bounce, blow, or drop from the vehicle in transit, unless:
A person must not drive or operate on a highway a vehicle transporting cargo that is in contact with the front end structure of the vehicle unless the front end structure has been affixed in accordance with the manufacturer’s recommendations and is:
A peace officer who has reasonable and probable grounds to believe that a vehicle carrying cargo is unsafe for use on a highway because of the method of cargo securement, the peace officer may order the driver of the vehicle to stop the vehicle and secure the cargo before proceeding.
A person must comply with any order by the peace officer regarding cargo securement.
A person must not drive or operate on a highway a bus or school bus that is transporting passengers and carrying luggage or other equipment in the passenger compartment unless the luggage and other equipment:
A person must not load a vehicle so as to:
Motor Vehicle Act, Section 210(1)
Motor Vehicle Act Regulations, Division (35) Cargo Securement