Yet another cash grab from Ontario!
You should all read this. It wasn't very well publicized. Bruce got a letter from the MTO but I just heard about it now. I had no idea. Anyway, everyone should make sure they're all legal and whatnot.
You will no longer be permitted to drive a moped on any driver's licence. New moped drivers will be required to take road tests.
A new, restricted class M licence for limited-speed motorcycle (LSM) and moped drivers was introduced on November 28, 2005. This new restricted class M licence has a condition that allows licence holders to drive limited-speed motorcycles and mopeds only.
A new, restricted class M licence for limited-speed motorcycle (LSM) and moped drivers was introduced on November 28, 2005. This new restricted class M licence has a condition that allows licence holders to drive limited-speed motorcycles and mopeds only.
posted by Royal Canadian Moped Posse @ 7:37 PM
8 Comments:
At 11/28/2005 7:52 PM,
Lindsay R Casey said…
If you owned a moped with a valid plate on November 28, 2005 and held a valid driver's licence at the same time you will automatically receive the new M licence with L condition.
You will receive a letter notifying you of these changes a few days after November 28 and a new licence card will be mailed about 2 weeks after mailing the notification letter.
At 11/28/2005 8:13 PM,
Lindsay R Casey said…
i didn't get one yet.
At 11/29/2005 12:34 PM,
Anonymous said…
whoo-hoo, now I can get the Vicky out without being tricky about it.
At 11/29/2005 1:59 PM,
Lindsay R Casey said…
yeah, the norman too. apparantly it's supposed to have a 98cc villiers motor in it.
At 11/29/2005 11:25 PM,
Lars said…
Well I have an M2 and I want to get a real M. I figured out an evil plan© to get one with my 'ped.
I didn't renew my motorcycle insurance this year and called the company to cancel, but I still got a request from the MTO to renew my motorcycle plate sticker. So If I renew it then I will have a valid motorcycle plate and sticker. My plan is to put the motorcycle plate on my moped when I take the test and say that its no longer a moped or a L.S.M. as it is 70cc (which is true. The only way that I can think of this not working is if they check that your plate is valid (doubt it), or if the test means you having to go at speeds that my ped can't do.
If anyone wants to borrow my motorcycle plate for this, please let me know.
Thanks for the link john.
It looks like you might not have an excuse for driving with some alcohol in you with an M1/M2. Before mopeds were not mentioned for that, so it might have been legal, I'm not sure what the law says now.
They also mention mopeds needing to follow the rules of the road:
Moped drivers are in a high-risk zone for collisions and we would encourage moped drivers to review the rules of the road often which are available on the ministry's website and the official Motorcycle and Driver's Handbooks.
I'm not sure if this means that they don't want us in the bicycle lane anymore or not. I think the law still only requires you to have a mirror on the left side, indicating that you should not be in the car lane.
At 11/30/2005 12:18 AM,
Lindsay R Casey said…
i thought we weren't supposed to ride in the bicycle lane anyway?
At 12/02/2005 7:48 AM,
Anonymous said…
Hi guys!
My name is Istvan from SW Ontario.I need your help!
I was planning to open a Tomos dealership in the spring.I already spent a couple grand on it.Now with this new regulations I'm thinking about to give up the whole thing before I loose more.
What you think about? Can I sell mopeds after this?
Thank you very much!
Istvan (istvan72@yahoo.com)
At 12/27/2005 8:15 PM,
Anonymous said…
this moped licence is unreasonable
you need a licence to drive a boat car transport heavy equipment...whats next i have to register my canoe...i picked up a moped last year now when i put it on the road i need a licence...i also have a kd 100 what kind of licence do i need...when i was younger there wasn~t 5000$fo no insurace you didnt need nothing but a licence plate, it was cheaper to take the fine.now the goverment wants to drown people for money i have all kinds of small bikes and boats i just have to say the goverment can kiss my ass.ill leave the moped alone try to licence my f you finger on the susuki gsxr 1100....thats my opion.
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