Manitoba proposes new restrictions for motorists driving near snowplows, cyclists

Steve Lambert · The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 4:52 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago

The Manitoba authorities is looking to acceptable caller rules for motorists who thrust adjacent snowplows, tow trucks and cyclists.

A measure present earlier the legislature would necessitate drivers to travel astatine slightest 30 metres down a snowplow connected astir roads, and 100 metres connected roads with a velocity bounds of much than 80 kilometres an hour.

The projected instrumentality would besides forbid drivers from passing a snowplow if the driver's presumption of the roadworthy up is obscured by blowing snowfall oregon crystal crystals.

The measure would specifically let tow motortruck operators to spot postulation power devices connected the roadworthy erstwhile helping motorists.

It would besides necessitate drivers to support a region of astatine slightest 1 metre portion passing cyclists, portion the existent instrumentality mentions lone an unspecified harmless distance.

The one-metre regularisation would bring Manitoba successful enactment with provinces specified arsenic Ontario.