Over 6.5 Million Vehicles on Canadian Roads Deemed ‘Unsafe’: Transport Department

Over 6.5 Million Vehicles on Canadian Roads Deemed ‘Unsafe’: Transport Department
Vehicles drive on Highway 401 westbound in Kingston, Ont., on Jan. 11, 2019. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press
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Over 6.5 million cars currently being driven on Canadian roads—representing about one-fifth of all registered vehicles across the country—have been deemed “unsafe” because of unresolved safety recalls, says the Department of Transport.

The department wrote in a recent “Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement” that most owners of these vehicles are unaware of the safety risks they pose, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.