Bren Carrier- Supreme Court of Canada decision

[Robert Bergeron]

Gentlemen,

I recently ( yesterday ) at work came across this decision from the Supreme Court of Canada concerning a collision between a car and a Bren Carrier ( i.e. a Universal Carrier ) on a public highway in Ontario.

Here is the link: https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/sc.../2/document.do

Tell me if you experiment problems opening the link and i will give you the reference number and year it was reported.

So happens the driver of said Bren Carrier was motoring away at an unsafe speed on an icy public highway, lost control ( skidded ) and hit a car with ensuing damages to the car .No word on the damages suffered to the Carrier . Fortunately nobody was seriously injured. The Carrier of all the cars or trucks it could of hit , ran into an ambulance.

I have read discussions in this Forum concerning the use of Universal Carriers on public roads. I think i just discovered why we are not welcome to share the public highways with the general public in our tracked and armored toys in Ontario and Québec.

The good folks in British Colombia that allow driving Bren Carriers on public roads are more reasonable and have all but forgotten about this case.

The Justices in their decision have a discussion on proper techniques of driving a Carrier in the snow, sleet and ice .

I wish i had read it before going out on a 3 mile drive in the snow on my private road last week-end . I would of driven slower .

This important historical event should be publicised and lessons learned from it.

Warning ,please do see the humour in my post before getting excited . Thanks.

Good reading .