Issues related to circle check inspections

Vehicles subject to a circle check inspection

  • Road vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 4,500 kg or more;
  • Group of road vehicles of which at least one of the vehicles has a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more. For example:
    • Pick-up type truck with a GVWR of less than 4,500 kg hitched to a semi-trailer with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more;
    • Pick-up type truck with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more hitched to a semi-trailer with a GVWR of less than 4,500 kg;
    • Pick-up type truck with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more hitched to a semi-trailer with a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more (each of the vehicles in the set has a GVWR of 4,500 kg or more).
  • Buses, minibuses and tow trucks (regardless of their GVWR);
  • Road vehicles with a GVWR of less than 4,500 kg transporting dangerous materials requiring the application of safety marks.

 

Vehicles exempt from a circle check inspection

 

  • Tool vehicles (graders, loaders, back hoes);
  • Heavy vehicles required by an emergency service or in the event of a disaster;
  • Farm tractors;
  • Farm machinery (e.g. combine-harvesters);
  • Farm trailers (e.g. a hay trailer owned by a farmer and used for farming purposes);
  • Heavy vehicles used by a natural person for personal ends;
  • Straight-body trucks with two or three axles used to:
    • Transport unprocessed farm, forest or fishery products, provided the driver is also the producer
    • Make the return trip, provided the truck is either empty or used to transport products mainly used in the operation of a farm, forest or fishery.

PENLESS ROAD SAFETY offers a simple, swift and powerful paperless, PENLESS and painless solution for operators of heavy vehicles subject to daily circle check inspections.

Circle check inspection requirements
  • Availability of a valid circle check inspection (less than 24 hours), up to date and readable at all times in the vehicle;
  • Possibility of sharing the circle check inspection from the vehicle at all times;
  • Availability of the list of defects (codes and descriptions) in the vehicle at all times;
  • Possibility of accepting (or refusing) a valid circle check inspection made by a designated person or by the previous driver;
  • Transmission of the circle check inspection to the operator no later than 20 days after its expiry;
  • Ability to add operator-specific verifications;
  • Verification and correction of defects reported on circle check inspections no later than 48 hours after their expiration;
  • Sharing of defects with the vehicle owner within 48 hours, if applicable;
  • Recording of the corrections made;
  • Integrity of odometer readings;
  • Sharing of all circle check inspections with the vehicle owner, if applicable, every 30 days;
  • Preservation of circle check inspections for a period of 6 months;
  • Preservation of circle check inspections that required repair for a period of 1 year;
  • Sharing, as needed, circle check inspections with the SAAQ.

 

With PENLESS, face these challenges in a fully automated way, paperless, PENLESS and painless!

Examples of fines
  • No circle check inspection: $350 to $1,050
  • Not doing the circle check inspection according to the standards: $350 to $1,050
  • Allowing a heavy vehicle to be driven without the circle check inspection having been carried out: $700 to $2,100
  • Letting a heavy vehicle be driven without the circle check inspection being on board: $700 to $2,100
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