A Toronto man faces charged after some “aggressive driving” through a construction zone in Chatham-Kent.
OPP officials say on June 9th, 2016, at 10:57 a.m., a Chatham-Kent Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) officer was on general patrol, on Highway 401 near Harwich Road when he observed a vehicle committing a traffic violation in the Construction Zone.
The vehicle used the paved shoulder to pass a Coco Paving Safety Vehicle which was conducting a traffic slowdown, to allow workers to safely enter the live lane to make urgent repairs to an expansion joint on the CSX overpass.
The vehicle then continued through the construction zone above the posted 80 km/hr speed limit.
The vehicle was stopped and upon further investigation, the male driver, 50-years-old of Toronto, ON, was charged with Non-Authorized Driving on Paved Shoulder contrary to the Highway Traffic Act.
Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Chatham-Kent detachment would like to remind motorists about the necessity of being extra cautious while travelling in “CONSTRUCTION ZONES”. There is a construction zone set up on Highway 401, east and west bound, between Bloomfield Road and Harwich Road.
Be extra careful when driving through construction zones and areas where people are working on or near the road.
When approaching a construction zone, proceed with caution and obey all warning signs, people and/or devices that are directing traffic through the area. Often, lower speed limits are posted to increase worker safety and reflect increased road hazards, such as construction vehicles in the area, uneven or gravel surfaces, narrowed lanes and so on. In the construction zone, drive carefully and adjust your driving to suit the conditions, do not change lanes, be ready for sudden stops and watch for workers and related construction vehicles and equipment on the road.
Recent changes to the Highway Traffic Act have resulted in doubled fines for speeding in a construction zone when workers are present.
Drivers have continually failed to slow while in constructions zones so a law came into effect where speed fines are doubled when there are workers present. It’s a lot easier to just slow down.
http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.10.6.shtml
