Section 84: Penalty for driving unsafe vehicle

Ontario

Highway Traffic Act

Part VI: Equipment

(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, on conviction is liable to a fine of not less than $400 and not more than $20,000. 1996, c. 20, s. 19; 2014, c. 9, Sched. 2, s. 30.

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