Driver receives 24 traffic tickets in less than 24 hours
A southern Ontario driver has been charged with 24 Highway Traffic Act (HTA) offences this weekend, police say.
On Saturday at about 10:45 a.m., members of the South Porcupine Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) responded to a traffic complaint regarding a commercial motor vehicle (CMV), said police in a news release Sunday.
The complainant said the vehicle was swerving all over the road.
“Police located the CMV on Highway 11 near Ramore and the driver was charged with four HTA offences,” said the OPP.
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Early Sunday at approximately 12:30 a.m., the OPP conducted a traffic stop on the same CMV and driver on Highway 11 near Val Cote and the driver was charged with four additional offences at that time, said police.
Later on Jan. 29, OPP officers responded to another traffic complaint about the same driver and vehicle near Smooth Rock Falls.
As a result of the OPP investigation, the 45-year-old driver from Brampton was charged with 24 total offences:
- Careless driving (three counts)
- Driver failing to surrender licence (three counts)
- Failing to surrender inspection schedule (two counts)
- Failing to enter defect in daily inspection report (two counts)
- Improperly driving a commercial motor vehicle with a minor defect in it
- Unnecessary slow driving (two counts)
- Failing to maintain daily log (two counts)
- Failing to take 10 hours off in a day
- Exceeding 13 hours driving time without eight hours off
- Driving after 14 hours on duty without eight hours off
- Driving after 16 hours since last break without eight hours off
- Failing to surrender daily log
- Driver in possession of more that one daily log
- Failing to keep record of duty status
- Failing to manually input information into ELD
- Entering inaccurate information in record
Additionally, the owner of the CVM from Edmonton, Alta was charged with requesting, requiring or allowing a driver not to comply with section 18 of HTA, failing to surrender inspection, two counts of failing to enter defect in daily inspection report and improperly driving a commercial motor vehicle with a minor defect.
“The OPP encourages drivers to operate within their allotted hours,” said police.
“Driving while fatigued affects your judgment, perception, and reaction time.”
A commercial motor vehicle was removed from service after the driver was charged with 24 HTA offences in a 24-hour period. (Photo supplied by OPP)The CMV was taken out of service bypolice in Cochrane.
None of the allegations has been proven in court.
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