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COUNTRY LIFE IN BC • SEPTEMBER 2019 Motor Vehicle Act
covers tractors Farm vehicles need proper signage
by JACKIE PEARASE VERNON—Safety is
important when taking tractors and other farm equipment on public roads and highways, an inevitability for many producers at some point in the season. Vernon North Okanagan
RCMP Const. Kelly Brett says in order to be exempt from Section 145 (1) of the Motor Vehicle Act, tractors and equipment are required to have a slow-moving vehicle sign displayed on the back of their tractor or towed equipment. According to that section of
Safety is key when on public roads with your farm equipment. JACKIE PEARASE PHOTO
the act, “A person must not drive a motor vehicle at so slow a speed as to impede or block the normal and
reasonable movement of traffic, except when reduced speed is necessary for safe operation or in compliance with law.” Contravening Section 145 (1) of the Motor Vehicle Act can result in a maximum fine of $121 under the BC Offence Act.
A slow-moving vehicle sign
is a reflective orange triangle bordered with red. Brett says farm vehicles are
not required to move onto the shoulder or side of the road to allow other vehicles to pass. “Farm vehicles can move as
a regular vehicle within the lane on a road or highway, however most move to the side out of common courtesy,” she adds.
ICBC senior communications specialist Lindsay Wilkins says there are few serious accidents on public roadways involving farm vehicles. Neither AgSafeBC nor ICBC
were able to provide actual statistics of accidents involving farm vehicles on public roads. Several sections of the
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province’s Occupational Health and Safety Regulation (OHSR) address mobile agricultural equipment on public roads. Section 16 sets forth standards for lights, mirrors, windows, emergency exits and more. “Operators of mobile equipment must be protected against falling, flying or intruding objects or material by means of suitable cabs, screens, grills, shields, deflectors, guards or structures,” notes paragraph 21. Moreover, mobile equipment weighing 700 kg or more require a rollover protective structure (ROPS). The exception is when the equipment is being operated in a specific location with no significant hazard of rollover and the surface in the area of operation is maintained free of ground irregularities which might cause a rollover. Agricultural tractors driven or used in agricultural operations on farmland also do not require ROPS. However, the range of terrain farm equipment works makes ROPS a standard element of most tractors. And, when they’re in place, Section 28.42 of the regulations requires use of a seat belt as part of a complete rollover protection system, just like in any other vehicle. ICBC offers a guide to licensing and insuring farm vehicles in BC, Farm Vehicles On the Move [
http://bit.do /icbc-farm-vehicles].
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