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Whenever disregard for an existing law highlights the level of a defendant’s negligence, the injured victim can demand a larger compensation. Consequently, personal injury lawyers keep track of any changes in the law.
Ontario introduces new penalties for distracted driving.
The driver that has been found guilty of distracted driving for the first time must pay a fine of $1,000. In addition, that same driver has his or her license suspended for 3 days.
A driver that has been caught driving while distracted for a second time must pay a fine of $2,000, and will have his or her license suspended for 7 days. Someone that is foolish enough to repeat the same offense a third time must pay a fine of $3,000, and will have his or her license suspended for 30 days.
The above penalties can be slapped on anyone that has failed to keep both hands on the steering wheel. In Ontario, even a driver that has taken time to hold a cell phone could be fined for distracted driving, according to Personal Injury Lawyer in Brantford.
The newest regulations on tractors in a tractor-trailer combo:
Each tractor in such a combo must have an electronic stability control system. The inclusion of such a system works to prevent the occurrence of roll-overs.
A change in the guidelines for certain businesses:
The entrepreneur that heads a business with 20 or more employees must craft a specific type of guideline. It needs to explain to each employee how to handle violence and harassment within the workplace setting.
This guideline should not be viewed as a replacement for any literature on workplace safety. It should supplement what might be found in any such literature. In the absence of such a guideline, an employer could get sued by an injured worker. that has been injured by another worker’s violent act, or during an act of harassment.
Certain drivers to be subject to stiffer penalties.
The stiffer penalties will get slapped on drivers that have a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) of 0.05 % or more. The driver that shows such a concentration on the first test should be asked to pay a fine of $250. A driver that has such a reading following a second test must pay a fine of $350. A fine of $450 gets slapped on someone that has tested for that a 0.05 % concentration, when caught by authorities for the third time.
Authorities in Ontario anticipated one specific situation. It is possible that some drivers might refuse to take the test, the one that shows their BAC. Ontario has chosen to fine such a driver $550. The refusal to take the requested test puts other drivers at risk. That fact helps to highlight the thinking that paved the way for creation of the fine on a non-cooperative driver.