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.
“It is estimated up to one in five vehicles in use on Canada’s roads has an unresolved safety recall,” the department wrote in the statement released on June 17.
“Based on the 33.3 million registered vehicles in 2019 this means that approximately 6.6 million unsafe vehicles are still circulating on Canadian roads, potentially endangering not only the occupants but also other road users.”…