Running in Canada?

If you run a stinger steered auto transporter, you need a permit for Manitoba. They require 25% of the trailer behind the trailer axles, and with a stinger loaded with vehicles it approaches 35%. The HOS rules are different in Canada. You need a 36 hour restart, not 34 hours, But you can drive 13 hours a day.

 

Do you have anything that Canada calls a felony, but the U.S. doesn't? Dui is only one example, even if it is the most common one.

 

Last time I was up there, Canada required a 24-hour break every 14 days. Possibly one of the dumbest HOS rules ever imposed. Shut down at 1700 then have to start driving the next day at 1700 switching to nights. Obviously, a reset would be a much better idea.

 

DUI’s and weapons violations are what trips most people up going into the Great White North.

They have a different understanding of what is a weapon. Certain pepper sprays, knives, etc are prohibited, as are, of course handguns. Don’t have loose ammo in your truck, either. Make sure your entry has been accepted before you get in line at the border.

 

A 24 or a 34 can lead to the same switching of schedules.
Those are minimum times for the break, but the driver can choose to extend that to keep a preferred schedule.

 

When I looked in to it.

Duis had to be 10 years old.
One could also get permission from some agency up there.

The only way they'll find mine is if they looked up my lifetime mvr. Supposedly. They only go back 10 years.

Researching it now.
It's lotsa different information on the rules.

 

After working for a Canadian Carrier's US division; I can tell you that Canadian Customs does go back MORE than 10 years.

If you are checked by customs/immigration and the man asks 'were you ever arrested?' make sure you answer correctly as he is already looking at your records.

Had one fleet owner who, at 45 found out they were looking at a 'disorderly' from his wild and crazy teen years.

That's a lot more than ten years.

Same guy had to drive another driver towards the boarder at Sweetgrass, MT after one of his new hires turned out to be hiding a 'receiving stolen property' and was turned around.

Canadian customs is on the job.

 

So how would it work if the record is expunged?

 

it is in the system, the courts can't remove them from all the records and the reason for that is a legal reason that there has to be a record for any and all criminal behavior.

IF the OP has a DUI, then he has to pay to get a rehabilitation certificate, they just wan the money.

BUT if you show up to the border and had a DUI in 1982, they will know about it and will tell you to turn around and flag your truck/car license.