{"id":99667,"date":"2021-06-29T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2021-06-29T19:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=99667"},"modified":"2021-07-01T07:58:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T11:58:17","slug":"changes-to-stunt-driving-law-take-effect-july-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/changes-to-stunt-driving-law-take-effect-july-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to stunt driving law take effect July 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>A message from the OPP<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to make the public aware of the upcoming changes taking effect on July 1, 2021. Ontario is taking action against stunt driving with the introduction of the Moving Ontario More Safely Act, also known as the MOMS Act.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The MOMS Act will create a lower speed threshold for stunt driving charges of driving 40 kilometres per hour or more above the speed limit on roads where the speed limit is less than 80 kilometres per hour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The speed threshold on roadways with speed limits 80 kilometres per hour or over will remain at 50 kilometres per hour or more above the speed limit on that road. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MOMS Act will also set a default speed limit of 80 kilometres per hour on a highway not within a local municipality or a built-up area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Roadside sanctions for stunt driving will be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Fourteen day vehicle impoundment<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Post-conviction penalties for stunt driving will be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First Offence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of&nbsp;$10,000<\/li><li>A jail term of up to six months<\/li><li>Six demerit points<\/li><li>A post-conviction driver&#8217;s licence suspension of at least one year to a maximum of three years<\/li><li>A mandatory driver education course to educate drivers on the risks and consequences of aggressive driving behaviour<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Second and Subsequent Offences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A minimum fine of $2,000 and a maximum fine of $10,000<\/li><li>A jail term of up to six months<\/li><li>Six demerit points<\/li><li>A post-conviction driver&#8217;s licence suspension, for second offence a minimum of three to ten years, for third offence, a lifetime suspension (which may be reduced if certain conditions are met) and for a fourth offence a lifetime suspension<\/li><li>A mandatory driver education course to educate drivers on the risks and consequences of aggressive driving behaviour<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Huntsville OPP remains committed to ensuring Ontario roads are safe. The OPP is reminding drivers that speed and aggressive driving kills.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Huntsville OPP would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Canada Day. Let&#8217;s work together this long weekend to make our roadways the safest in Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from the OPP The Huntsville Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) would like to make the public aware of the upcoming changes taking effect on July 1, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":84264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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