Police have been patrolling Wasaga Seashore, Clearview, and Springwater this weekend on ATVs
Officers from the Huronia West detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) overlaying Wasaga Seashore, Springwater and Clearview Township, issued 41 charges whereas patrolling on ATVs this Thanksgiving weekend.
Based on a information launch from the OPP, the ATV patrols issued 41 charges, together with 31 below the off-road automobiles act, 10 below the trespass to property act, and one below the liquor licence and management act.
Among the ORVA (Off Highway Automobiles Act) charges that officers laid have been:
Fail to put on correct helmet
Fail to securely fasten chin strap
No insurance coverage
No plate
Allow little one below twelve to function off-road car
“OPP officers on patrol remind all off-road car riders that an important a part of the enforcement job is to save lots of lives and scale back accidents on our trails,” states the information launch from Huronia West OPP. “By neighborhood partnerships with off-road car organizations such because the Ontario Federation of All-Terrain Automobiles and the Secure and Sober Consciousness Committee, we try to teach the general public about secure off-road car operation practices.”
The OPP encourage off-road car riders to make use of sources supplied by the Ontario Federation of All-Terrain Automobiles right here: Ideas for the Riders | OFATV.
