# Quebec bans importation of RHD cars for six months **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [April 7, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937 "2010-04-07T08:29:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937/1 "2010-04-07T08:29:13Z")
> Quebec has become the first Canadian province to temporarily ban imports of right-hand-drive vehicles. > For the next six months, no one in the province will be able to import a personal vehicle designed to drive on the left side of the road. > The province’s automobile insurance board says it wants time to evaluate the safety of the vehicles, but owners of right-hand-drive vehicles say there is no cause for concern. > Montrealer Paul Nunes said Wednesday his wife’s 19-year-old Nissan 300ZX is one of the many cars his company has imported to Quebec from Japan. > “It’s a normal car,” he said. “There’s no modifications. It’s in excellent condition. It sailed through its inspection.” > Nunes can’t understand why Quebec would impose a six-month moratorium on right-hand-drive vehicles, and he worries other provinces might follow suit. > “This may domino. Other transport ministries may use this as leverage to get similar legislation passed,” he said. > Nunes said more than 2,000 owners have signed an online petition against the moratorium. > Quebec’s automobile insurance board, the Société de l’Assurance Automobile du Québec (SAAQ), says there are about 3,000 right-hand-drive vehicles on the province’s roads. It says the trend is growing because there are plenty of good second-hand cars available in Japan, where people drive on the left side of the road. > A board spokesman, Gaëtan Bergeron, said right-hand-drive cars aren’t designed for Quebec roads, and they don’t always meet Transport Canada safety standards. > Bergeron acknowledged there have been no fatalities as a result of the right-hand-drive aspect of a vehicle, but, he said, the board wants to analyze accident reports and consult other cities before the government considers lifting the ban. [http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/05/06/righthand-drive.html#ixzz0kQdXdobv](http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/05/06/righthand-drive.html#ixzz0kQdXdobv) ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937/2 "2010-04-07T08:31:01Z")
TO be honest… making a left turn at an intersection w/ a RHD car is sketchy… ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937/3 "2010-04-07T08:45:01Z")
^^^x2, silvergt had a RHD civic on here, he said cops would get a kick out of pulling him over and walking to the drivers side =p ---
**Author:** ![ricers\_r\_us](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ricers_r_us/32/5144_2.png) [@ricers\_r\_us](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ricers_r_us)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937/4 "2010-04-07T14:46:18Z")
i thought this was an april fools joke?? ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bing/32/7211_2.png) [@bing](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937/5 "2010-04-07T20:06:42Z")
Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937/6 "2010-04-07T20:31:20Z")
Interesting since Autoblog posted today > **[Quebec reportedly bans importation of RHD cars for six months to evaluate safety...](https://www.autoblog.com/2010/04/07/quebec-reportedly-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months-to/)** > > According to the CBC, the Canadian province of Quebec is saying "No way, Jose" to importing right-hand drive cars for six months. Even though there are 3,000 RHD cars on the roads and none of them have been faulted for anything, the province's... ---
**Author:** ![klug](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/klug/32/5222_2.png) [@klug](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/klug)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2010, 8:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/quebec-bans-importation-of-rhd-cars-for-six-months/152937/7 "2010-04-07T20:39:13Z")
The SAAQ sure have a lot of balls doing this! :jocolor: