3rd Session, 58th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
52 Elizabeth II, 2003
Graham Steele
Halifax Fairview
First Reading: April 22, 2003
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
This Bill permits the traffic authority to prohibit the use of a diesel engine enhanced braking system while operating a vehicle on a highway for which the speed limit is more than fifty kilometres per hour.
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 Chapter 293 of the Revised Statutes, 1989, the Motor Vehicle Act, is amended by adding immediately after Section 181A the following Section:
181B (1) A traffic authority may prohibit the use of a diesel engine enhanced braking system while operating a vehicle on a highway designated by the traffic authority for which the speed limit is more than fifty kilometres per hour.
(2) No person shall use a diesel engine enhanced braking system while operating a vehicle on a highway where the use of that system has been prohibited pursuant to subsection (1).
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to fire department or other emergency vehicles.