UNSAFE COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE STOPPED TWICE IN ONE DAY
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(TEMAGAMI/TEMISKAMING, ON) - Members of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have laid numerous charges after an unsafe commercial motor vehicle (CMV) was stopped twice in one day on Highway 11.
On March 3, 2026, at approximately 5:00 am, Temagami OPP received information reporting large debris in the live lanes of Highway 11 after a commercial motor vehicle lost part of its load. Officers located the involved vehicle and conducted a CVSA Level 1 inspection.
The inspection revealed several serious safety concerns, including a suspended driver’s licence, brake defects beyond the allowable limit, a trailer licence plate that did not match the vehicle, and a trailer with no functioning brakes. The licence plate was seized, the trailer was deemed unfit, and both the driver and vehicle were placed out of service.
Later that same day, at approximately 3:00 pm, Temiskaming OPP received a traffic complaint about a commercial motor vehicle travelling on Highway 11 with a handwritten licence plate. Officers located the vehicle and determined it was the same commercial motor vehicle from the earlier incident in Temagami, which had been ordered out of service.
Further inspection confirmed that none of the previously identified safety defects had been repaired and the trailer still had no functioning brakes. The vehicle combination was again placed out of service, and additional charges were laid against the driver operating the vehicle at the time and the operating company.
In total, 26 charges were laid under the Highway Traffic Act.
The Alberta-based commercial motor vehicle company was charged with:
- Insecure load - commercial motor vehicle
- Push rod stroke exceeds prescribed limit - commercial motor vehicle (two counts)
- Permit operation of unsafe vehicle - commercial motor vehicle (two counts)
- Fail to ensure performance standards are met
- Fail to ensure daily inspection is conducted properly
- Permit use of plate not authorized for vehicle
- Permit unlicensed person to drive commercial motor vehicle
- Draw trailer with no licence plate
- Drive commercial motor vehicle with a major defect in it or in a drawn vehicle
- Improper brakes on trailer - commercial motor vehicle
- Careless driving
A 48-year-old driver from Ontario was charged with:
- Driving while under suspension
- Insecure load - commercial motor vehicle (two counts)
- Drive commercial motor vehicle with a major defect in it or in a drawn vehicle
- Push rod stroke exceeds prescribed limit - commercial motor vehicle
- Use plate not authorized for vehicle
- Operate unsafe vehicle - commercial motor vehicle
- Fail to enter defect in daily inspection report
A 29-year-old driver from Alberta was charged with:
- Push rod stroke exceeds prescribed limit - commercial motor vehicle
- Operate unsafe vehicle - commercial motor vehicle
- Draw trailer with no licence plate
- Drive commercial motor vehicle with a major defect in it or in a drawn vehicle
- Improper brakes on trailer - commercial motor vehicle
- Careless driving
The OPP reminds commercial vehicle operators and companies that maintaining vehicles in safe operating condition and complying with safety regulations is essential to keeping Ontario’s highways safe.