{"id":8182,"date":"2026-10-01T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/pevl-safety-rating-how-to-protect-your-business\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T14:07:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T18:07:04","slug":"pevl-safety-rating-how-to-protect-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/en\/pevl-safety-rating-how-to-protect-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"PEVL Safety Rating: How to Protect Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>PEVL Safety Rating: How to Protect Your Business<\/h2>\n<p>Every owner or operator of heavy vehicles (PEVL) registered with the Commission des transports du Qu\u00e9bec (CTQ) receives a <strong>safety rating<\/strong>: <strong>satisfactory<\/strong>, <strong>conditional<\/strong> or <strong>unsatisfactory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>The PEVL record<\/h2>\n<p>The SAAQ monitors the conduct of each business: offences committed by drivers and by the business, collisions, and vehicles being put out of service. When a threshold for the size of the fleet is reached, the file may be forwarded to the CTQ.<\/p>\n<h2>The consequences<\/h2>\n<p>The CTQ may summon the business to a hearing and impose conditions, or even an unsatisfactory rating, which prohibits the operation of heavy vehicles. For a transport company, its livelihood is at stake.<\/p>\n<h2>How to protect yourself<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Do not pay statements of offence automatically: paying is pleading guilty, and the offence is added to your record;<\/li>\n<li>Have a lawyer review each statement of offence;<\/li>\n<li>Put follow-up measures in place (training, maintenance, hours-of-service monitoring);<\/li>\n<li>Prepare seriously if a CTQ hearing is scheduled.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/en\/hearing-before-the-commission-des-transports-du-quebec\/\">Audition devant la CTQ \u2013 SAAQ<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/en\/policy-on-the-assessment-of-the-behaviour-of-owners-and-operators-of-heavy-vehicles\/\">Politique d\u2019\u00e9valuation des PEVL<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Got a statement of offence? Don\u2019t pay before talking to us<\/h2>\n<p>For a truck driver or a fleet owner, every statement of offence also counts on the business\u2019s record. Our lawyers contest your statements of offence anywhere in Quebec and represent you before the Commission des transports du Qu\u00e9bec. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/en\/produit\/option-3\/\"><strong>Option 3 \u2013 Commercial Vehicle (CVL \u2013 PEVL \u2013 CVOR)<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal area: <a href=\"tel:5149907884\">514 990-7884<\/a><br \/>Other regions of Quebec and Ontario: <a href=\"tel:18779907884\">1 877 990-7884<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/en\/trucker-ticket\/\"><strong>Contraventions aux camionneurs<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- st-voir-aussi --><\/p>\n<h2>See also<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/en\/produit\/option-3\/\">Option 3 (4 points or more, or CVL \u2013 PEVL \u2013 CVOR)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\/en\/trucker-ticket\/\">Truck Drivers Ticket<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- st-auteur --><\/p>\n<div class=\"st-auteur\" style=\"margin-top:2em;padding-top:1em;border-top:1px solid #ddd;font-size:0.95em;\">\n<p><strong>Written by Antonio Alvarez, Lawyer<\/strong><br \/>\nSolution Ticket inc.<br \/>\n229-3221, autoroute Laval O.<br \/>\nLaval (Qu\u00e9bec) H7P\u00a05P2<br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:+15149907884\">514\u00a0990-7884<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solutionticket.com\">www.solutionticket.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@solutionticket.com\">info@solutionticket.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Satisfactory, conditional or unsatisfactory: your safety rating depends on your PEVL record. 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