MARATHON — Multiple charges have been laid against two people and the owner of a tractor-trailer after a traffic stop Sunday on Highway 17 near Marathon.
Ontario Provincial Police said that as the stop was being executed, officers observed the driver and the passenger in an eastbound truck hauling a livestock trailer attempt to switch seats.
As a result of the investigation, an 18-year-old resident of Southgate Township, northwest of Orangeville, was charged with the following offences:
- Fail to surrender completed daily inspection report
- Fail to surrender daily log
- Drive commercial motor vehicle without required inspection
- Drive commercial motor vehicle with air brake - no endorsement
- Drive commercial motor vehicle - improper licence
- Drive commercial motor vehicle with no electronic logging device (ELD)
- Driver of commercial motor vehicle - fail to surrender proof of insurance
A 41-year-old passenger from the same area of southern Ontario was charged with:
- Fail to accurately complete daily inspection report
- Smoke in forest area while walking or working
- Hold lighted tobacco in prohibited place
OPP also charged the company that operates the tractor-trailer with:
- Fail to ensure daily inspection is conducted properly
- Permit operation of vehicles with air brakes - no endorsement on licence
- Permit person with improper licence to drive commercial motor vehicle
- Fail to equip commercial motor vehicle with required ELD information packet
- Fail to equip commercial motor vehicle with ELD as required
Police ask members of the public observing unsafe vehicles or driving behaviours to contact the OPP's non-emergency line at 1-888-310-1122.
For urgent or life-threatening situations, 9-1-1 should be called when it is safe to do so.
