Bill 152 explained in plain English
Chad’s Law (Enforcing Safer Passing), 2023
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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This bill prohibits passing another vehicle on a highway where double solid yellow lines are painted on the road and sets penalties for this offence.
Bill 152, also known as Chad's Law (Enforcing Safer Passing), 2023, proposes to amend the Highway Traffic Act. It would specifically prohibit drivers from passing or attempting to pass another vehicle going in the same direction on a highway if this manoeuvre requires crossing double solid yellow lines on the road. The bill also outlines the penalties for this offence.
- Prohibits a person in charge of a vehicle from passing or attempting to pass another vehicle going in the same direction on a highway if it requires crossing double solid yellow lines.
- Establishes that contravening this new rule is an offence.
- Sets a penalty of a $400 fine and three or more demerit points for this offence.
- Names the Act 'Chad's Law (Enforcing Safer Passing), 2023'.
- Drivers on Ontario highways
- Individuals convicted of violating the new passing prohibition
- Drivers have a new obligation not to pass other vehicles when double solid yellow lines are present on the highway.
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- A conviction for violating the new passing prohibition will result in a $400 fine.
- A person convicted of contravening the new passing prohibition is guilty of an offence and liable to a $400 fine and three or more demerit points.
- The bill does not specify what happens if double solid yellow lines are present but are faded or unclear.
- The bill does not define 'highway' beyond its use in the context of the Highway Traffic Act.
- The specific conditions under which demerit points are applied beyond the minimum of three are not detailed in the bill, referencing an existing regulation.
Adds a new subsection (9) to Section 148 that prohibits passing when double solid yellow lines are present, and creates subsection (10) that outlines the offence and penalties for violating this new prohibition.
Source: Section 1
Specifies that convictions under the new prohibition in the Highway Traffic Act will result in three or more demerit points under this regulation.
Source: Section 1(10)(b)
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