(01-04-2019, 10:16 AM)Canard Wrote: New Distracted Driving Laws are coming into effect.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/distracted-driving
The laws are now so severe that it appears even drinking a coffee while driving may be enough to have your vehicle impounded for 3 days.
The new law is actually far narrower than that page makes it appear. It's really conflating two different things. It says "Other activities like eating, reading or typing a destination into a GPS are also dangerous when you’re behind the wheel." which is true, they are dangerous, but it doesn't say the constitute distracted driving or that they're covered under the new law.
The new law is actually just section 78/78.1 in https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h0...1%29#BK140 . It talks about car display screens and about hand-held wireless communication and entertainment devices, aka cellphones and tablets. Being charged with careless driving if you're swerving all over the road from drinking a coffee hasn't changed.