The following is available in its entirety on Ontario Ministry of Transportation website.
Effective July 1, 2017, the definition ‘road-building machine’ means a self-propelled vehicle of a design commonly used in the construction or maintenance of highways that,
– Belongs to a class of vehicle prescribed in the regulations,
– Has the features or equipment prescribed in the regulations, or
– Is being used as prescribed in the regulations;
Ontario Regulation 398/16 (Road-Building Machines):
– Prescribes vehicles, features and equipment that are included in the road-building machine classification, and
– Identifies the classes of vehicles that are not road-building machines.
What Changed?
Former Road-Building Machines – Commercial Motor Vehicles
As of July 1, 2017, the following vehicles will no longer be considered road-building machines and will be defined as commercial motor vehicles:
1. Mobile equipment vehicles, which means:
A mobile crane that is not built on a truck chassis, but not an off-road mobile crane.
An excavator that is not built on a truck chassis, but not an off-road excavator.
A street sweeper that is not built on a truck chassis, but not a low-speed street sweeper.
2. Vehicles constructed on a truck chassis.
3. Vehicles that comply with or are intended to comply with Canadian federal safety manufacturing standards for highway vehicles or comparable standards from another jurisdiction.