AI-assisted research summary: Vehicles and machinery that move at less than 40 km/h must display a prescribed slow moving vehicle sign.
c t HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT SLOW MOVING VEHICLE SIGNS REGULATIONS PLEASE NOTE This document, prepared by the Legislative Counsel Office, is an office consolidation of this regulation, current to July 23, 2016. It is intended for information and reference purposes only. This document is not the official version of these regulations. The regulations and the amendments printed in the Royal Gazette should be consulted on the Prince Edward Island Government web site to determine the authoritative text of these regulations. For more information concerning the history of these regulations, please see the Table of Regulations on the Prince Edward Island Government web site (www.princeedwardisland.ca). If you find any errors or omissions in this consolidation, please contact: Legislative Counsel Office Tel: (902) 368-4292 Email: legislation@gov.pe.ca Highway Traffic Act Slow Moving Vehicle Signs Regulations Section 1 c HIGHWAY TRAFFIC ACT Chapter H-5 SLOW MOVING VEHICLE SIGNS REGULATIONS Made by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under the Highway Traffic Act R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. H-5. 1. Signs to be exhibited by slow moving vehicles A slow moving vehicle sign is hereby prescribed to be exhibited on any slow moving vehicle or equipment or animal-drawn vehicle or any other machinery designed for use at speeds less than forty kilometres per hour, and shall (a) consist of fluorescent yellow-orange, base down equilateral triangle with a dark reflective border, bonded to a durable rigid weatherproof base surface of aluminium or steel in accordance with shape, minimum dimensions and color arrangement shown in Figure 1; (b) be capable of being entirely visible day and night under normal atmospheric conditions from all distances from the rear between 180 and 30m and when directly in front of the high beam headlamps of a motor vehicle; (c) be rigidly mounted or affixed wherever practical at the centre of the mass to the rear of such vehicle at a distance of 1 - 2 m above the surface of the roadway in the position shown in Figure 1 attached; and (d) conform to the standards set by the Canadian Standards Association standard CSA D198-M77. (EC320/81; 435/16) c t Updated July 23, 2016 Page 3 Section 1 Highway Traffic Act Slow Moving Vehicle Signs Regulations FIGURE 1 1. Metric lineal dimensions are in millimeters. 2. Unless otherwise specified, a tolerance of 1.5 applies to all dimensions. Page 4 Updated July 23, 2016 t c