Driver receives 24 traffic tickets in less than 24 hours
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A southern Ontario driver operating a commercial motor vehicle based in Edmonton, Alta. has been charged with 24 Highway Traffic Act offences in a 24-hour period before the vehicle was removed from service in northern Ontario.
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.
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:
