Commercial Vehicle

[Taxee]

Is Windsor Tunnel Bus which runs between Windsor & Detroit, considered a commercial transport?

 

[keesio]

Yes

 

[Taxee]

What will happen if a person does not have a private car and so travels by this commercial transport with an expired PR card and his landing document?

 

[steaky]

If he has a visa exempted passport to Canada, he can proceed his trip to Canada. BTW, non commercial vehicle includes walking and ride a bicycle.

 

[puma]

No he does not have a visa exempted passport

 

[scylla]

Then he should expect to be turned away. He needs to find a way to reach the border in a non-commercial vehicle.

 

[keesio]

No he does not have a visa exempted passport

He can take a taxi to the border, walk over and use his passport and COPR to enter Canada. Then after he crosses, he can use whatever transportation means to continue on with his journey in Canada.

 

[Taxee]

That's a very good option, thank you.

 

[Alurra71]

..only problem would be the inability to cross in Detroit/Windsor on foot anymore. The tunnel bus is just that, a bus that only transports folks between borders. You can no longer walk the Ambassador Bridge either. You are going to have to figure out how to cross that isn't commercial transport.

Come to think of it, why would the tunnel bus be commercial? It shouldn't be any more 'commercial' than the city bus would be.... *shrugs*

 

[keesio]

..only problem would be the inability to cross in Detroit/Windsor on foot anymore. The tunnel bus is just that, a bus that only transports folks between borders. You can no longer walk the Ambassador Bridge either. You are going to have to figure out how to cross that isn't commercial transport.

Come to think of it, why would the tunnel bus be commercial? It shouldn't be any more 'commercial' than the city bus would be.... *shrugs*

oohhhhh... oops! Thanks for clearing that up! I just assumed there was a walkway.

 

[Alurra71]

oohhhhh... oops! Thanks for clearing that up! I just assumed there was a walkway.

There used to be on the bridge, but apparently a spate of jumpers fixed that right up now you can only drive across. The tunnel has no place for a walkway the one or two times I actually used it (I'm terrified of being underground and still breathing - LOL) so I think the only transportation there would be the tunnel shuttle bus.

 

[Taxee]

Can he travel by a private car with US Number plate?

 

[keesio]

Can he travel by a private car with US Number plate?

The problem is that Canadian border officials will suspect that a car with US plates is being imported into Canada and they can give you a hard time at the border.

 

[Alurra71]

Can he travel by a private car with US Number plate?

If it is a rental car not a problem. If it is a car of family or friend, you should have a notarized document that you are indeed clear to take it to Canada. I would suspect that he might be questioning why you are coming in with a borrowed vehicle though, especially since you are trying to fly 'under' the radar regarding your RO, or that is the assumption here. Just be prepared with good answers.

 

[keesio]

rental cars are considered "commercial" vehicles.