Yesterday the Ontario Govenment announced the Road Safety Act 2003. Aimed at creating a safer driving environment. Three of the 14 items included in the proposed act are...

- cracking down on street racing by adding vehicle impoundment and driver's licence suspension--both for 48 hours--to the current tools available to police. This amendment also prohibits the use of a connected (functioning) nitrous oxide system on public roads;

- requiring drivers to use the left-hand lane for passing only, on specified sections of three-lane highways;

- regulating the amount of after-market tinting on front and side-front windows, so that drivers' vision is not obstructed, and to improve an approaching police officer's ability to see inside a vehicle.

The proposed Act is available at....
Ontario Road Safety Act

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