C-24.2 - Highway Safety Code

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272. Motor vehicles and combinations of road vehicles not fitted with permanent mudguards or fitted with permanent mudguards that are narrower than the tire tread or the rear portion of which is more than 350 mm from the ground when the vehicle is not loaded must be equipped with detachable mudguards of resistant material and at least as wide as the tire tread, except the following vehicles:
(1)  farm machines not equipped with mudguards by the manufacturer; and
(2)  construction trailers, as defined by regulation, provided that the floor completely covers the width of the tire tread and that the ratio of the length of the overhang to the height between the bottom of the trailer and the ground is not less than three, the overhang being measured from the rear of the trailer to the centre of the last axle.
1986, c. 91, s. 272; 1996, c. 56, s. 76; 2002, c. 29, s. 39; 2004, c. 2, s. 24; 2022, c. 13, s. 44.
272. With the exception of farm machines not equipped with mudguards as original equipment by the manufacturer, every motor vehicle or combination of road vehicles if not fitted with permanent mudguards or if fitted with permanent mudguards that are narrower than the tread of the tires or the bottom edge of the rear portion of which is 350 mm or more from the ground when the vehicle is not loaded, must be equipped with detachable mudguards of resistant material and at least as wide as the tread of the tires.
1986, c. 91, s. 272; 1996, c. 56, s. 76; 2002, c. 29, s. 39; 2004, c. 2, s. 24.
272. With the exception of farm tractors and of farm machines not equipped with mudguards as original equipment by the manufacturer, every motor vehicle or combination of road vehicles if not fitted with permanent mudguards or if fitted with permanent mudguards that are narrower than the tread of the tires or the bottom edge of the rear portion of which is 350 mm or more from the ground when the vehicle is not loaded, must be equipped with detachable mudguards of resistant material and at least as wide as the tread of the tires.
1986, c. 91, s. 272; 1996, c. 56, s. 76; 2002, c. 29, s. 39.
272. With the exception of farm tractors and of farm equipment not equipped with mudguards as original equipment by the manufacturer, every motor vehicle or combination of road vehicles if not fitted with permanent mudguards or if fitted with permanent mudguards that are narrower than the tread of the tires or the bottom edge of the rear portion of which is 350 mm or more from the ground when the vehicle is not loaded, must be equipped with detachable mudguards of resistant material and at least as wide as the tread of the tires.
1986, c. 91, s. 272; 1996, c. 56, s. 76.
272. With the exception of farm tractors and of farm equipment not equipped with mudguards as original equipment by the manufacturer, every motor vehicle or combination of road vehicles if not fitted with permanent mudguards at least as wide as the tread of the tires, must be equipped with detachable mudguards of resistant material and at least as wide as the tread of the tires.
1986, c. 91, s. 272.