Ontario Highway Traffic Act Permits #1 PDF

www.opcva.ca Highway Traffic Act #6 Permits #1 Version: BCT Traffic June 2020 © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2018 Review Charge of the day: BELL 2 BELL On today’s date at 0900 hrs. you were patrolling s/b on Simcoe Street in the city of Kingston. You observe the vehicle in front of you, a Gr...

www.opcva.ca Highway Traffic Act #6 Permits #1 Version: BCT Traffic June 2020 © Queen's Printer for Ontario, 2018 Review Charge of the day: BELL 2 BELL On today’s date at 0900 hrs. you were patrolling s/b on Simcoe Street in the city of Kingston. You observe the vehicle in front of you, a Green Lincoln Lic: Ont. AZWL 332 crossing over the centre line. You stop the vehicle and the driver states she wasn’t aware of crossing the centre line. She produces a drivers licence that is expired. You caution her for crossing over the line and charge her for the licence offence. 3 4 Quiz Driver’s Licences 5 Question #1 What is the minimum class of licence required to operate a truck that weighs 11,000 kgs?: a) A b) C c) G d) D 6 Question #2 What class of licence is required for a driver who is towing a trailer that weighs 6,000 kgs?: a) A b) G c) D d) B 7 Question #3 A driver operating a school bus with a 14 passenger capacity requires a class ____ licence. a) G b) A c) C d) E 8 Question #4 It is one of the conditions attached to a “G1” drivers’ licence that the motor vehicle may not be driven by the novice driver between a) midnight and 7 a.m. b) midnight and 6 a.m. c) midnight and 4 a.m. d) midnight and 5 a.m. 9 Question #5 You stop a motor vehicle and demand that the driver surrender his drivers’ licence. He surrenders an Alberta drivers’ licence and admits to you that he moved here more than a year ago. Upon becoming a resident of Ontario, how long did he have to apply for an Ontario drivers’ licence? a) 60 days b) 90 days c) 2 months d) 6 months 10 Objectives • • • • • Definitions Requirements for permits Expiry Plate Requirements Validations 11 Permit - Definition What is the definition of “permit” and where do we find it? • Permit = Paper Document 12 13 Permit Requirement Do I have to have a permit to operate a motor vehicle or draw a trailer on the highway? 14 Permits Where is it in the HTA? Sec 7(1)(a), 7(4)(a) That section also mentions number plates. What are they? Sec 7(1)(b)(i), 7(4)(b) 15 Permit Requirement Do I need a permit to drive a farm tractor on a highway? 16 Permit Requirement What about a fertilizer sprayer on a highway? 17 Permit Requirement - Trailer We do need a permit to draw a trailer on a highway, but how do we define a trailer? Just because it is being pulled behind a motor vehicle doesn’t make it a trailer. 18 Permits - Trailer What is a trailer? Look up the Definition 19 Is this a trailer? 20 Permit - Expiry When do permits expire for a passenger vehicle? • O.Reg. 628 Sec 4(1) • Expiration of the expiry day, month and year shown on the permit • midnight • (usually the registered owner’s birthday) 21 Permit - Expiry Expiry Permit When do permits expire for a Commercial Motor Vehicle? • O. Reg. 628 Sec 5(1) • expiration of the month and year shown on the permit. 22 Permit - Expiry When does the permit on a trailer expire? • O.Reg. 628 Sec. 7 • When surrendered to the Ministry or replaced by another jurisdiction Licence Plate for trailer – one time purchaseno yearly validation sticker 23 Surrender Permit to P.O. Is a motorist required by law to surrender a permit when demanded by a police officer when driving a motor vehicle on a highway? Towing a trailer? Yes HTA Sec 7(5) 24 Permits What is a true copy? • Photocopy is allowed • Both sides required to be “true copy” 25 Licence Plates Number Plates – Shows the number of the permit 26 Licence Plates Different Classes of Number Plates Passenger Vehicles Motorcycles Commercial Vehicles Mopeds Farm Vehicles Limited Speed Motorcycles Dealer Plates Historic Vehicles Diplomat Trailers Service Plates Year of Manufacture Plates Green Vehicle Plates 27 Number Plates How many number plates are required on a motor vehicle in Ontario? Where is it stated in the HTA ? 2 plates front and rear O Reg 628 Sec 9(3) 28 Validation Stickers Where must the validation sticker be located on a passenger vehicle? Commercial M/V? Where is it stated in the HTA? O Reg 628 Sec 9(1)(a)(b) 29 Number Plate 30 Online Purchase Exemption • Person purchased validation sticker by electronic transaction • within 14 days of the expiry date of the validation on plate • valid for 14 days after expiry date – provided receipt is shown. • old validation sticker must be on plate • O.Reg 628 11.1 (1) 31 New Number Plate Coming in February 2020 32 Trailer plate • No validation sticker on trailer plate • One time purchase only – no yearly fees 33 Minor Number Plate Violations Offences Commonly Laid by Officers. Locate These Offences In Short Form Wording (SFW) book Drive motor vehicle no plates Drive motor vehicle fail to display two plates Drive motor vehicle no validation on plate 34 7(1)(b)(i) 7(1)(b)(i) 7(1)(c)(i) Charges ( continued) Drive motor vehicle validation improperly affixed Fail to surrender permit for motor vehicle Fail to notify change of address Confuse identity of plate Obstruct plate Dirty plate Entire plate not plainly visible 35 7(1)(c)(i) 7(5)(a) 9(2) 13(1) 13(2) 13(2) 13(2) Major Number Plate Violations Section 12(1) – find in HTA and SFW Deface or alter plate/validation Use or permit defaced/altered/validation Without authority remove plate Use plate not authorized Use or permit validation not furnished by ministry Use/Permit not in accordance with act or regs/. 36 Number Plates NOTE: • Section 12(1)abc - NSF • Section 12(1)def - $140.00 37 Number Plates Are the offences in 12(1) arrestable? Yes – margin reference / Sec 217(2) / Short Form Wording Book (page 10) 38 Number Plates Does a police officer have the authority to seize number plates in section 12(1)? Yes – adjacent margin reference / Authority to seize plates / validation / permit – Sec 14(1) Index – Licence plates – General – Seize plates (Sec 14(1)) 39 Number Plates Does an officer have the authority to tow the motor vehicle to the police pound for an offence in section 12(1)? YES – Table of Contents PART XV Abandoned or unplated vehicles sec 221 Index - Seizure – motor vehicle – abandoned, improperly plated Sec 221 40 Next Period • Permits (continued) • Charge of the day-Jackson 41