Distracted Driving In Ontario
So, I was reading the comments on Slashdot(link) and one comment in particular stated the following:
Which is why I always put my car in [P]ark while stopped at traffic lights (I live in Cobb County, 2 counties over from Gwinnett and have received a ticket for "texting while driving"). You're not legally driving if your car is in park.
So, does Ontario have a similar law where, if the car is put into park, you're technically not driving it? And also, is this a loophole for texting while behind the wheel?
Secondly, a sub comment states that manual cars don't have a Park gear, rather they rely on the handbrake. Does the Ontario law state when a manual car is in "park"?
EDIT: I don't actually condone the use of a phone behind the wheel. I'm merely curious what our law states in comparison to what I just read on slashdot.
Re: Distracted Driving In Ontario
In Ontario the section covering this does not apply if all of the following conditions are met:
1. The motor vehicle is off the roadway or is lawfully parked on the roadway.
2. The motor vehicle is not in motion.
3. The motor vehicle is not impeding traffic.
I would suggest that a motor vehicle stopped in a lane of traffic with the car in park is not lawfully parked on the roadway.
The definition of "park" is in section 1 of the HTA.
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