Bill 148 explained in plain English
Doored But Not Ignored Act, 2019
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Act amends the Highway Traffic Act to improve the reporting and recording of incidents involving the unsafe opening of vehicle doors on highways.
The Doored But Not Ignored Act, 2019, amends the Highway Traffic Act in Ontario. It requires police officers and other designated individuals to collect and report information about incidents where a vehicle door is opened unsafely on a highway, especially if it causes injury or property damage. It also requires the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to keep records and report on these types of incidents.
- Requires police officers and prescribed individuals to report incidents where a motor vehicle door is opened unsafely on a highway, if injury or property damage occurs.
- Requires the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to keep records of these incidents.
- Requires the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to report on these incidents.
- Police officers
- Prescribed persons (as defined by regulation)
- The Registrar of Motor Vehicles
- Individuals involved in incidents where a vehicle door is opened unsafely on a highway, causing injury or property damage.
- The public, through updated traffic safety reporting.
- Obligation for police officers and prescribed persons to report specific 'dooring' incidents.
- Obligation for the Registrar of Motor Vehicles to record and report on these incidents.
- The Act came into force on the day it received Royal Assent.
- The bill does not specify which persons will be 'prescribed' to have reporting duties, as this can be determined by regulation.
- The bill does not detail the exact format or content of the reports to be made to the Registrar, beyond requiring particulars of the incident, persons involved, and other necessary information.
Adds new requirements for reporting and recording incidents related to the unsafe opening of vehicle doors on highways.
Source: Section 202 and Section 205
Introduces a new requirement for police officers and prescribed persons to gather and report details of incidents where a motor vehicle door is opened unsafely, resulting in injury or property damage, to the Registrar.
Source: Section 1 of the Act
Ensures that records kept by the Registrar include contraventions related to opening a vehicle door without due precaution on a highway in Ontario.
Source: Section 2 (1) of the Act
Expands the definition of motor vehicle accidents that the Registrar must record to include those caused by opening a vehicle door on a highway without taking due precautions.
Source: Section 2 (2) of the Act
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