(COLLINGWOOD AND THE BLUE MOUNTAINS,ONTARIO) Officers from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) charged several motorists over the weekend for failing to move over or slow down when passing a stopped emergency vehicle.
Ontario’s Highway Traffic Act (HTA) requires motorists when approaching a police, fire or ambulance vehicle stopped with its emergency lights flashing in the same direction of travel, either in a lane or on the shoulder of the road, to slow down and pass with caution. If the road has two or more lanes the motorist must move over into another lane, if it can be done safely.
Officers from the Collingwood and The Blue Mountains OPP are reminding motorists to slow down and move over – it’s the law. For more information on this HTA section, which was introduced in 2003, please visit www.opp.ca and search ‘move over’ in the search window.