Ontario Driving

• Safety study examines modern cars and Ontario drivers 65-plus approaching licence renewals

  Researchers are studying links between computerization and modernization of cars and individuals who will be involved with Ontario's Senior Driver Renewal Program.

  Canada

  Oct 13, 2023
  
• Driver with G1 licence allegedly impaired in Toronto with 2-year-old in car: police

  Police said the driver's blood-alcohol level was twice the legal limit and that they had a two-year-old child in the car.

  Crime

  Aug 22, 2023
  
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• Distracted driving deaths up 36% over 2 years in Ontario: report

  An analysis of Ministry of Transportation numbers from hellosafe.ca revealed 105 Ontarians died as a result of distracted drivers.

  Traffic

  Apr 27, 2023
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• Peterborough County OPP issue 7 stunt driving charges in span of day on highways 115 and 7

  In one incident on Highway 115, three vehicles were clocked at speeds ranging from 150 km/h to 180 km/h in a posted 100 km/h zone.

  Crime

  Mar 2, 2022
• ‘I just can’t book it’: Ontario drivers struggle to secure road tests amid COVID pandemic

  The Ministry of Transportation said that roughly 421,827 road tests have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2021
• 55% of Ontario drivers admit to driving dangerously, poll finds

  CAA South Central Ontario also said that 95 per cent of respondents said they have seen dangerous driving from other drivers.

  Canada

  Jul 29, 2021
• Polly wants a ticket? Driver with parrot charged after complaint of unusual driving

  A motorist in Perth County was charged with crowding the driver's seat last week, after police say they observed a parrot perched on the driver's shoulder.

  Crime

  Feb 12, 2018