A 31 year old is facing 15 charges after a plate reader found a driver without insurance.
On August 12th at around 3:45pm, Wellington County OPP was on patrol on St David Street North in Fergus when an Automatic Licence Plate Reader notified the officer of a vehicle potentially operating without insurance.
Upon investigation officers noticed the Nissan Pathfinder had 11 occupants including 8 children who were not properly secured or wearing a seat belt.
As a result a 31 year old faces multiple charges including;
- Careless driving
- Drive while child passenger not properly secured
- Drive while passenger under 16 fails to properly wear a seat belt (five counts)
- Drive while passenger under 16 fails to occupy position with a seat belt (two counts)
- Owner operate a motor vehicle without insurance
- Knowingly give false insurance card
- Driver fail to surrender insurance
- Fail to notify change of address
- Fail to surrender permit for motor vehicle
- Drive motor vehicle, no currently validated permit
The accused will appear in court at a later date