Newspaper Over a million tickets given out by the Montreal Police Division have been analysed. Listed here are probably the most uncommon issues of the yr 2023.
Hit and run… in a wheelchair
In June 2023 an electrical wheelchair driver driving on the small Westmore Road within the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district collided with “an animal weighing greater than 25 kilograms”. However the citizen didn’t report the accident to the police “immediately”, thus making a critical mistake Street Security Code. Actually, any driver of a highway automobile, together with a wheelchair, who’s concerned in an accident with an animal weighing greater than 25kg, an empty highway automobile or some other inanimate object should report it to the police if the proprietor can’t be contacted on the scene.
▪ Fines and prices: $280 to $469 and 9 demerit factors
One driver, two licenses
A motorist driving on Saint-Jean Boulevard in Dollard-des-Ormeaux was penalized as a result of he had two legitimate driver licenses from two totally different US states.
Street Security Code It prohibits any driver from holding two legitimate licences from Quebec, anyplace else in Canada or the US, a rule damaged 11 instances in Montreal final yr.
Amongst our neighbors to the south, it’s even prohibited to carry two licenses from totally different states.
▪ Fines and prices: $917
Defective Horn
9 motorists obtained tickets in 2023 as a result of their “horn”, generally generally known as a horn, was not “in good working situation”.
▪ Fines and prices: $90
On the different finish of the spectrum, police took motion in opposition to 180 drivers who have been too reckless in honking their horns.
▪ Fines and prices: $155
Bike owner sitting incorrectly
▪ Fines and prices: $110
on a slippery slope
Street Security Code It requires any driver who parks his automobile on a slope to maintain the wheels dealing with the sidewalk. Much less unusual than the others, this offense surprises with its numbers: 422 tickets in 2023 alone.
That is greater than the variety of repeat offenders for mobile phone use whereas bicycling (333) or mobile phone use whereas driving (310).
In lower than an hour on the evening of November 9, a police officer issued 25 tickets on Rue Lacombe in Côte-des-Neiges to automobiles that didn’t have their tires turned.
“No person is secure from mechanical failure. Final yr one particular person died and one particular person was severely injured on account of a scenario in all probability just like this one. So sure, it is crucial,” explains Michel Lebrun, commander accountable for highway security on the SPVM.
▪ Fines and prices: $90
Racing driver… on a motorbike
On July 15, a bike owner was stopped for racing his bicycle on the nook of Henri-Bourassa and Saint-Important within the Montréal-Nord district. Is it doable that his rival managed to evade the police? The story doesn’t say. Nevertheless, just one offence was recorded.
▪ Fines and prices: $80