Section 108: Definitions, Part VII

Ontario

Highway Traffic Act

Part VII: Load and Dimensions

In this Part,

"box length", in a combination of vehicles having more than one trailer, means the external measurement from the front of the foremost trailer to the rear of the rearmost trailer, including load, but excluding any portion of auxiliary equipment or machinery that extends beyond the front of the foremost trailer and that is not designed or used for the transportation of goods; ("longueur de la caisse")

"full trailer" means a trailer designed so that its own weight and any load are carried on its own axles and includes a vehicle combination consisting of a semi-trailer and a trailer converter dolly; ("remorque autoporteuse")

"over-dimensional farm vehicle" means a farm tractor, self-propelled implement of husbandry, implement of husbandry, or any combination of them, having a weight, width, length or height in excess of the limits provided in this Part or Part VIII; ("véhicule agricole de dimensions excessives")

"semi-trailer" means a trailer designed so that its forward part rests on or is carried by another vehicle or trailer converter dolly to which it is coupled by means of a fifth wheel assembly. ("semi-remorque") R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 108; 1993, c. 34, s. 2; 2010, c. 16, Sched. 12, s. 2 (2).

_________________________________

© King's Printer for Ontario, 2012-2021. The text is not the official version of Ontario's Highway Traffic Act or associated regulations. For official text, refer to www.ontario.ca/laws.