01-12-2019, 02:34 PM
(01-12-2019, 02:09 PM)Coke6pk Wrote: Just because an item has an engine, doesn't make it a "motor vehicle" under the HTA. Road building machines and Self-Propelled Implements of Husbandry are not Motor Vehicles despite having an engine. (ie. Speeding only applies to Motor Vehicles... but if you can get your combine to do 140 on the 401, it wouldn't be a speeding offence)
Distracted pedestrians can be a nuisance, but are highly unlikely to kill/seriously injure someone (other than themselves). Same goes for cyclists. So even if it was an offence to text while biking, I highly doubt any officer would do enforcement (Unless there was a need for an adjustment of attitude, and the ticket was to make a point)
Coke
Under the criminal code of Canada all the vehicles you described are motor vehicles. And if you have a criminal code suspension operating a motor vehicle under criminal Code definition. Your are breaching. There are definitions for Ontario Highway Act and definitions for Criminal Code.