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Section 1 of the Act covers definitions and application of the Act to places other than highways. The definition of "highway" in the Act is broad in nature to include "a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between ...
The Public Transportation and Highway Improvement Act (PTHIA) sets forth the regulations concerning roads that are under the authority of the Province of Ontario. The act distinguishes and sets out the applicability of the HTA to provincial highways, which are designated as part of The King's Highway (primary), a secondary highway, or a ...
The MTO is in charge of various aspects of transportation in Ontario, including the establishment and maintenance of the provincial highway system, the registration of vehicles and licensing of drivers, and the policing of provincial roads, enforced by the Ontario Provincial Police and the ministry's in-house enforcement program (Commercial vehicle enforcement).
Although all roads in the provincial highway network are under the name King's Highway, [3] the term is primarily associated with the highways numbered 2 through 148, the 400-series highways and the Queen Elizabeth Way.
Ontario's first provincial legislation governing automobile use came into effect in 1903, which included a 15 mph (24 km/h) speed limit. The first provincial Highway Traffic Act (passed in 1923) [23] changed the speed limit for highways to 25 mph (40 km/h). [24]
There are many classes of roads in Ontario, Canada, including provincial highways (which is further broken down into the King's Highways, the 400-series, Secondary Highways, Tertiary Highways, and the 7000-series), county (or regional) roads, and local municipal routes.
Pages in category "Ontario provincial legislation" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total. ... Highway Traffic Act; Human Rights Code (Ontario) I.
According to Ontario's Highway Traffic Act Section 13.2, licence plate covers are considered an obstruction and are illegal in the province of Ontario. [57] In the rare event that the officer chooses to issue the citation, the offence carries a minimum fine of $85. [58]