Bill 44 explained in plain English
Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Clearing Vehicles of Snow and Ice), 2014
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill prohibits driving on Ontario highways with a dangerous accumulation of snow or ice on a vehicle and establishes penalties for this offense.
Bill 44, the Highway Traffic Amendment Act (Clearing Vehicles of Snow and Ice), 2014, makes it illegal to drive a vehicle on Ontario highways if snow or ice has accumulated on it in a way that could fall off and endanger other drivers. The law sets penalties for drivers who violate this rule.
- Prohibits driving a motor vehicle on a highway if snow or ice has accumulated on the vehicle in a way that could pose a danger to other vehicles if it falls or slides off.
- Establishes penalties for drivers who violate this prohibition.
- Specifies different penalty amounts for regular motor vehicles and commercial motor vehicles.
- Drivers of motor vehicles on Ontario highways.
- Drivers of commercial motor vehicles on Ontario highways.
- Drivers have a duty not to drive on a highway if snow or ice accumulation on their vehicle poses a danger to other vehicles.
- Drivers have a right to be informed of the specific penalties for this offense.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- Drivers convicted of contravening the new rule face a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $500.
- Drivers convicted of contravening the new rule while driving a commercial motor vehicle face a fine of not less than $100 and not more than $1,000.
- Anyone who drives a vehicle with a dangerous accumulation of snow or ice is guilty of an offence.
- Conviction for this offense can result in a fine between $50 and $500 for regular vehicles.
- Conviction for this offense while driving a commercial motor vehicle can result in a fine between $100 and $1,000.
- The bill does not define what constitutes a 'dangerous accumulation' of snow or ice, leaving this interpretation to law enforcement and the courts.
- The bill does not specify how the dangerous accumulation is determined (e.g., by police observation, complaint).
Adds a new section (181.1) that creates the offense of driving with a dangerous accumulation of snow or ice on a vehicle and sets penalties for it.
Source: Section 1
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