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THE POINT SYSTEM TABLE OF OFFENSES |
| Conviction for any of the offenses listed below will result in the number of points indicated |
| 2 POINTS |
- Failing to lower headlamp beam.
- Improper opening of a vehicle door.
- Prohibited turns.
- Towing of persons on toboggans, bicycles, skis, etc.
- Failing to obey signs
- Failing to share the road
- Improper right turn
- Improper left turn
- Failing to signal
- Unnecessary slow driving
- Reversing on a highway.
- Driver failing to wear a seat belt
- Driver failing to ensure infant passenger is secured
- Driver failing to ensure toddler passenger is secured
- Driver failing to ensure child is secured
- Driver failing to ensure passenger under 16 years is wearing seat belt.
- Driver failing to ensure passenger under 16 years is occupying a position with seatbelt
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| 3 POINTS |
- Exceeding the speed limit by 16 to 29 Km/h.
- Driving through, around or under a railway crossing barrier.
- Failing to yield the right-of-way.
- Failing to obey a stop sign, traffic light or railway crossing signal.
- Failing to obey traffic control stop sign
- Failing to obey traffic control slow sign
- Failing to obey school crossing stop sign
- Failing to obey the directions of a police officer.
- Driving the wrong way on a divided road.
- Failing to report a collision to a police officer.
- Improper driving where the road is divided into lanes.
- Crowding the driver's seat.
- Going the wrong way on a one-way road.
- Driving or operating a vehicle on a closed road.
- Crossing a divided road where no proper crossing is provide
- Failing to slow and carefully pass a stopped emergency vehicle
- Failing to stop at a pedestrian crossing
- Failing to move, where possible, into another lane when passin a stopped emergency vehicle
- Driving a vehicle that is equipped with or carrying a speed measuring warning device (such as a radar detector)
- Improper use of a high occupancy vehicle (HOV) lane
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| 4 POINTS |
- Exceeding the speed limit by 30 to 49 Km/h.
- Following too closely.
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| 5 POINTS |
- Driver of bus failing to stop at an unprotected railway crossing.
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| 6 POINTS |
- Careless Driving.
- Racing.
- Exceeding the speed limit by 50 Km/h or more.
- Failing fo stop for the school bus
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| 7 POINTS |
- Failing to remain at the scene of a collision (Highway traffic act).
- Failing to stop when signaled/requested by a police officer
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Demerit Points for Out-of-Province Convictions |
- Drivers convicted of a driving related offence in the State of New York, the State of Michigan or any Canadian province or territory, will have home jurisdictional penalties such as demerit points and/or suspensions applied to their Ontario driver record as if the offence occurred in Ontario.
- Examples of out-of-province convictions where Ontario demerit points and /or suspensions will be applied include:
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Traffic |
Criminal |
- Speeding
- Fail to obey stop sign
- Fail to obey signal light
- Fail to stop for school bus
- Racing
- Fail to remain or return to the scene of a collision
- Careless driving
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- Motor manslaughter
- Criminal negligence
- Dangerous driving
- Failure to remain at scene of a collision
- Impaired Driving
- Driving while disqualified or prohibited
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