About a dozen truck drivers took to Queen's Park Monday morning to protest having to install speed limiters on their vehicles.
The drivers complained that speed limiters - which limits a truck from going faster than 105 kilometres an hour -- is a safety hazard.
The new law, which has the support of the Ontario Trucking Association, came into effect in January. However, some drivers say the law doesn't help truckers on the road.
Jack Logan, a truck driver for the past 30 years, told CTV Toronto truckers need flexibility on the road, especially on a two-lane highway where often, there is another tractor trailer close by.
"Two trucks going side-by-side on the highway, the motoring public is being held up behind us and then they start tailgating and aggressive driving starts," he said. "They try to pass us on the shoulder and flash their headbeams."
One protester said safety shouldn't be left to a computer but to the driver's experience.
"The whole thing is to let drivers do their job," he said. "These are professional fellows who know what they're doing."
Ontario's transportation minister defended the law, saying it was debated in legislature and puts public safety first.
Although there were concerns over the weekend about possible traffic delays because of the protest, only 10 big rigs crowded the provincial leglislature.
A convoy of trucks was expected to drive along Highway 401 to Queen's Park in a rolling demonstration.
With a report from CTV Toronto's John Musselman
