Reference no: EM133418598

Questions: Highway Traffic Act and any regulations made under the act. Answer the following questions. Explain your answers and reference them using the legislation.

1. What is the full name and citation of the Highway Traffic Act? How many regulations are there? Identify two that you feel are important and explain what they are about.

2. What is the purpose of the Highway Traffic Act?

3. What is the difference between the roadway and the highway?

4. Obtain a paper or electronic copy of the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) and its regulations. For each of the following traffic violations, identify the most appropriate HTA offence, if any, that has been committed, and explain the facts in issue and evidence required to support a conviction. For each offence, describe any HTA powers of arrest, search, or seizure that might apply. a. A 20-year-old man is hitchhiking on the shoulder of Highway 401 west of Highway 6 North in Wellington County. b. A 20-year-old man has driven his bicycle through the red light at Mavis Road and Dundas Street in Mississauga. c. A 40-year-old woman is driving her Fiat 20 km over the limit on Highway 400 south of Highway 89. d. A 20-year-old man is driving his bicycle 40 km/h in the 25 km/h (school zone) limit part of Thomas Street in Mississauga. e. A 33-year-old man is driving his Volvo on Highway 400 with the shoulder portion of the seat belt tucked behind his left shoulder. f. A 40-year-old man is a passenger on a motorcycle being driven on Yonge Street south of Bloor Street in Toronto with no helmet. g. A farmer is driving a pickup truck with no licence plates in one of his own fields. h. A farmer is driving his tractor with no licence plates in Highway 25 south of Acton. 5. List three things an officer can search a motor vehicle for without a warrant and seize. 6. For each of the following situations, indicate whether a police officer would have a power of arrest without warrant under section 217(2) of the HTA. a. A man driving a car hits a pedestrian and then takes off. b. A man is driving 135 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 407 and when stopped he identifies himself. c. A man is drag racing in his pickup truck on a back road in Simcoe County. d. A man is driving his Ford on Highway 401 while His license Is suspended.