CVOR

Question 1

What is CVOR?

Answer 1

Commercial vehicle operators registration

Question 2

Operators that need a CVOR certificate?

Answer 2

TRUCKS: GVWR: 4,500 kg / 10,000 lbs
BUS: seating capacity of 10+ passengers
TOW TRUCKS: regardless of gross/registered weight

GVWR Gross Vehicle Weight Rating = MAX. Weight vehicle designed to carry

Question 3

Operators that don’t need a CVOR certificate?

Answer 3

1 - trucks or buses played in another Canadian province or territory & lease for personal purposes or to carry passengers at no fee

2 - 4500 kg or less, regardless of towing trailer or not

3 - example: ambulance, firetrucks, hearse, caskets, mobile cranes

4 - pick up trucks that: manufacturers gross physical weight rating of 6000kg (13,227 pounds)

Question 4

CVOR operator responsibilities

Answer 4

Operators are responsible for the drivers & vehicles in their operations

1 - conduct of driver
2 - mechanical safety condition of the vehicle
3 - shipping of goods or passengers in the vehicle
4 - keeping records on file (vehicle repairs, kilometres travel per year, annual inspection reports, etc.)

Driver

• the conduct of the driver (BEHAVIOUR)
• qualified and licensed
• monitor safety performance/ including hours
• resolve safety issues when identified

Mechanical safety

•  keep vehicle in good safe conditions at all times
• ensure daily and annual/semi annual inspections are completed

Shipping of goods OR passengers in the vehicle
- ensuring load security

Question 5

How CVOR works?

Answer 5

Monitors an operator safety record over a 2-year period

• convictions
• reportable collisions
• commercial vehicle safety alliance (CVSA) Safety inspections
• Ministry interventions
• operator information (Weight size, kilometres traveled, commodity transported, overall violation rate, safety rating)

Question 6

What is an intervention?

Answer 6

An intervention is predetermined stages for poor safety performance on behalf of the operator

Example
Disciplinary letters, interviews, audits or sanctions

Question 7

What is a sanction?

Answer 7

A Sanction is the most severe disciplinary measure the ministry may impose

A sanction can happen when an operator receives an unsatisfactory safety rating/ operator has opportunity to fight on their defence.

RESULT
Results in a fleet limitation, plate seizure, suspension or cancellation of operators privileges