A Canada Post employee delivers rural mail from a vehicle, repeatedly stopping and starting at each mailbox along the route. Does Regulation 613 give them any specific seatbelt exemption for this work?

Correct answer: D. Yes — rural mail carriers are specifically exempted while engaged in rural mail delivery

Regulation 613 specifically exempts an employee or agent of Canada Post while engaged in rural mail delivery from the seatbelt-wearing requirement — a recognition that constantly buckling and unbuckling at every mailbox on a rural route is impractical, similar in spirit to the exemptions given to ambulance attendants and firefighters doing work that makes wearing a seatbelt impracticable.

Source: MTO Driver's Handbook: R.R.O. 1990, Regulation 613 (Seat Belt Assemblies) — rural mail carrier exemption