- ven. 2 oct. 2009 21:56
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J'ai reçu ça comme e-mail.
This was forwarded to me today and I think it's important to share it with all of you...
The Ontario Legislature has passed the Countering Distracted Driving and Promoting Green Transportation Act, 2009 which introduces new measures designed to make the province's roads safer by prohibiting the use of hand-held devices to talk, text or e-mail while driving. Ontario's ban on hand-held devices while driving will take effect on October 26, 2009. Following a three-month period that begins October 26, where the focus will be on educating drivers, police will start issuing tickets on February 1, 2010.
The new rules:
Driving a motor vehicle with the display screen of a television, computer or other device visible to the driver is prohibited. Use of such devices in the hands-free mode is exempted.
Driving while holding or using a hand-held wireless communication device or electronic entertainment device is prohibited. Use of such devices while the motor vehicle is off the travelled part of the road, not in motion and not impeding traffic is exempted. Drivers of ambulances, fire department vehicles and police department vehicles are exempted from the prohibitions respecting hand-held wireless communication devices, as are any drivers using the devices to contact ambulance, police or fire department emergency services.
The display screens of global positioning system navigation devices, hand-held communication and similar prescribed devices, commercially-used logistical transportation tracking systems, collision avoidance systems and instruments, gauges and systems providing information regarding the status of systems of the motor vehicle are exempted from the prohibition. ( This includes C.B. Radio's and Commercial 2 Way Radios)
Once the new law is in place, drivers who text, type, email, dial or chat using any hand-held device will face fines of up to $500 upon conviction.