Highway Traffic Act
R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER H.8
Consolidation Period: From December 31, 2011 to the e-Laws currency date.
Note: March 31, 2012 has been named by proclamation as the day on which the amendments made by 2009, c. 33, Sched. 4, s. 3 (3), (4) come into force.
Last amendment: See Table of Public Statute Provisions Repealed Under Section 10.1 of the Legislation Act, 2006 – December 31, 2011.
Penalty for driving unsafe vehicle
84. (1) No person shall drive or operate or permit the driving or operation upon a highway of a vehicle, a street car or vehicles that in combination are in a dangerous or unsafe condition. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 84; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 26, s. 3 (9).
Vehicle with critical defect deemed unsafe
(1.1) If a commercial motor vehicle or trailer has one or more critical defect, as prescribed by regulation, it shall be deemed to be in a dangerous or unsafe condition. 1997, c. 12, s. 11; 2009, c. 33, Sched. 26, s. 3 (10).
Penalty
(2) Every person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence and, if the offence was committed by means of a commercial motor vehicle within the meaning of subsection 16 (1), on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $400 and not more than $20,000. 1996, c. 20, s. 19.
