As the Ford government touts its new “tough on stunt drivers” crackdown, including lifetime driving bans for the most dangerous offenders, it is once again refusing to advance legislation from NDP MPP Guy Bourgouin that targets another common cause of deadly collisions: drivers passing on double solid lines.
Bourgouin, who represents Mushkegowuk–James Bay, brought forward in the legislature the importance of banning drivers in Ontario from passing on double solid lines.
His proposed “Chad’s Law” sets a minimum $400 fine and three demerit points for offenders, penalties meant to curb what he describes as increasingly dangerous behaviour on isolated northern highways.