Ontario Highway Traffic Act

Sleigh bells

77. (1) Every person travelling on a highway with a sleigh or sled drawn by a horse or other animal shall have at least two bells attached to the harness or to the sleigh or sled in such a manner as to give ample warning sound. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 77 (1).

Penalty

(2) Every person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of ...

Television in motor vehicle

78. (1) No person shall drive on a highway a motor vehicle that is equipped with a television receiving set,

(a) any part of which is located in the motor vehicle forward of the back of the drivers seat; or

(b) that is visible to the driver while he or she is operating the motor vehicle. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 78 ...

Speed measuring warning devices

79. (1) In this section,

"speed measuring warning device" means any device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to warn the driver of the presence of speed measuring equipment in the vicinity and includes any device or equipment designed or intended for use in a motor vehicle to interfere ...

Attachments required when vehicle drawn on highway

80. (1) No motor vehicle, other than a motor vehicle in which there is a person licensed to drive a motor vehicle on a highway, trailer or other object or device shall be drawn by a motor vehicle or farm tractor on a highway unless there are two separate means of attachment so constructed and ...

Regulations re bumpers

81. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations requiring any type or class of commercial motor vehicle or trailer to be equipped with rear bumpers and prescribing the location and means of attachment of the bumpers and prescribing the specifications for the bumpers. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 81.

Inspections, unsafe vehicles

82. (1) In this section,

"commercial motor vehicle" has the same meaning as in subsection 16 (1); ("vehicule utilitaire")

"operator" means,

(a) the person directly or indirectly responsible for the operation of a commercial motor vehicle, including the conduct of the driver of, and the carriage of goods or ...

Regulations re inspection of certain motor vehicles

83. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) requiring the owners of commercial motor vehicles, or any type or class thereof, uninsured motor vehicles or motor assisted bicycles, and motor vehicles or motor assisted bicycles that have been involved in accidents that are ...

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 such a dangerous or unsafe condition as to endanger any person. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 84.

Vehicle with critical defect deemed unsafe

(1.1) If a ...

Prohibition where evidence of inspection required

85. (1) No person shall operate or permit to be operated on a highway a vehicle of a type or class prescribed by the regulations made under clause 87 (a) unless the vehicle displays, affixed in the place and manner prescribed in the regulations, a device issued by the Ministry as evidence that ...

Certificates and stickers provided by Ministry

86. No person shall issue a safety standards certificate or affix a vehicle inspection sticker except a certificate or sticker provided by the Ministry. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 86.

Regulations re inspection of vehicles

87. The Lieutenant Governor in Council may make regulations,

(a) prescribing the types or classes of vehicles requiring the device mentioned in section 85;

(b) designating reciprocating provinces and states and prescribing types and classes of vehicles for the purposes of subsection 85 (2);

(c ...

Definitions, ss. 88-100

88. In this section and in sections 89 to 100,

"Director" means the Director of Vehicle Inspection Standards appointed under section 89; ("directeur")

"licensee" means a person who is the holder of a motor vehicle inspection station licence issued under section 91; ("titulaire de permis")

"motor vehicle inspection ...

Director

89. The Minister shall appoint an officer of the Ministry to be the Director of Vehicle Inspection Standards for purposes of sections 88 to 100. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 89.

Safety standards certificate and vehicle inspection sticker

Issue of safety standards certificate

90. (1) No person other than a licensee or a person authorized in writing by the licensee shall issue a safety standards certificate. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 90 (1).

Affixing vehicle inspection sticker

(2) No person other than a licensee, a ...

Motor vehicle inspection station licence

91. (1) No person shall establish, operate or maintain a motor vehicle inspection station except under the authority of a licence issued by the Director under this Act and the Director may issue a licence for a motor vehicle inspection station subject to the conditions that the Director may specify in the ...