TSA

Question 1

T / F ?

“animal” includes a horse with a rider or driver;

Answer 1

F

“animal” does not include a horse with a rider or driver;

Question 2

T / F ?
“drug” means a drug or substance that causes or could cause a driver
to be unable to safely operate a motor vehicle;

Answer 2

T
“drug” means a drug or substance that causes or could cause a driver
to be unable to safely operate a motor vehicle;

Question 3

T / F ?
“highway” means a road, parkway, driveway, square or place designed
and intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, but does not include any area, whether privately or publicly owned, that is primarily intended to be used for the parking of vehicles and the necessary passageways on that area.

Answer 3

T
“highway” means a road, parkway, driveway, square or place designed
and intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles, but does not include any area, whether privately or publicly owned, that is primarily intended to be used for the parking of vehicles and the necessary passageways on that area;

Question 4

A ____ means a vehicle propelled or driven by any means other than by muscular power;

Answer 4

“motor vehicle” means a vehicle propelled or driven by any means other than by muscular power;

Question 5

T / F ?
A “pedestrian” means:
(i) a person on foot; but NOT
(ii) a person in or on a mobility aid;

Answer 5

F
“pedestrian” means:
(i) a person on foot; or
(ii) a person in or on a mobility aid;

Question 6

Prescribed vehicles are:

1. motorcycles
2. power assisted cycles
3. wheelchairs
4. 1 and 2
5. All of the above

Answer 6

4

Question 7

T / F ?
“truck” means a motor vehicle:
(i) that is designed for the conveyance of goods;
(ii) that is equipped with a lifting device; or
(iii) on which any machinery is permanently mounted;

Answer 7

T

Question 8

T / F ?
“wheelchair” means a device that is:
(i) mounted on wheels; and
(ii) driven by muscular or any other kind of power; and

Answer 8

F
“wheelchair” means a device that is:
(i) mounted on wheels;
(ii) driven by muscular or any other kind of power; and
(iii) used solely by a person who requires the device for mobility by
reason of a physical disability.

Question 9

T / F ?
“vehicle” means a device in, on or by which a person or thing is or may
be transported or drawn on a highway but does not include special mobile machines,
farm implements and towed mobile equipment

Answer 9

F
“vehicle” means a device in, on or by which a person or thing is or may
be transported or drawn on a highway and includes special mobile machines, farm implements and towed mobile equipment but does not include vehicles running only on rails or solely on railway company property;

Question 10

T / F ?

A driver’s license expires on the date listed on the card.

Answer 10

T
31(2)
A driver’s licence expires on the date set out on the driver’s licence or, if no expiry date is set out, five years after the date of its issue.

Question 11

T / F ?

Upon request, or within 24 hours, a driver must produce their license.

Answer 11

F
39(1) Every driver of a motor vehicle who is required to hold a driver’s licence to drive the motor vehicle shall produce that driver’s licence or receipt when requested to do so by a peace officer:
(a) at the time of the request; or
(b) within 48 hours after the time of the request, at any time and place that may be designated by the peace officer making the request.
(2) No person shall produce any driver’s licence other than his or her own.

Question 12

T / F ?

A holder of a driver’s licence shall, within 15 days after the change, advise the administrator of:

(a) the holder’s new name; or
(b) the holder’s new address.

Answer 12

T

45 A holder of a driver’s licence shall, within 15 days after the change, advise the administrator of:

(a) the holder’s new name, if the name of the holder of a driver’s licence is changed pursuant to The Change of Name Act, 1995; or
(b) the holder’s new address, if the holder of the driver’s licence changes his or her address.

Question 13

When can a police officer seize a driver’s licence?

Answer 13

55(1)
A peace officer may seize, without a warrant, a driver’s licence that he or she has reasonable grounds to believe:
(a) is suspended;
(b) is cancelled;
(c) is in the possession of a person who does not have lawful authority to possess it; or
(d) is being used by a person who is not the person whose name appears on the driver’s licence.

Question 14

T / F ?

Once a driver’s licence is seized it can be destroyed.

Answer 14

F
55(2) Unless required as evidence in court proceedings, a driver’s licence that has been seized pursuant to subsection (1) must be sent to the administrator.

Question 15

61(1) Every driver of a vehicle for which a certificate of registration or registration permit is required shall produce the certificate of registration or registration permit
of the vehicle or receipt for the certificate or registration permit when requested to do so by a peace officer:
(a) at the time of the request; or
(b) within ___ hours after the time of the request, at any time and place that may be designated by the peace officer making the request.

Answer 15

61(1) Every driver of a vehicle for which a certificate of registration or registration permit is required shall produce the certificate of registration or registration permit
of the vehicle or receipt for the certificate or registration permit when requested to do so by a peace officer:
(a) at the time of the request; or
(b) within 48 hours after the time of the request, at any time and place that may be designated by the peace officer making the request.

Question 16

T / F ?

Police are responsible for damages to electronic devices produced to verify registration.

Answer 16

F
61(2)
If a driver of a vehicle produces, at the request of a peace officer, a certificate of registration or registration permit held on his or her electronic device, no action
or other proceeding for damages lies or shall be instituted against a peace officer for any loss or damage to that electronic device suffered by reason of anything in
good faith done, caused, permitted or authorized to be done, attempted to be done or omitted to be done, by that peace officer, pursuant to or in the exercise or supposed exercise of any power conferred by this Act or the regulations or in the carrying out or supposed carrying out of any responsibility imposed by this Act or the regulations.

Question 17

T / F ?
A peace officer may only seize, without a warrant, a licence plate, certificate of registration or registration permit that he or she has reasonable grounds to believe:
(a) is altered;
(b) is suspended; or
(c) is cancelled.

Answer 17

F
62(1) A peace officer may seize, without a warrant, a licence plate, certificate of
registration or registration permit that he or she has reasonable grounds to believe:
(a) is altered;
(b) is suspended;
(c) is cancelled; or
(d) is in the possession of a person who does not have lawful authority to possess it.

Question 18

What are the requirements for operating a golf cart?

Answer 18

113.1(1)
No person shall operate a golf cart on any highway or any part of a highway unless:
(a) there is a bylaw of a municipality that is approved by the administrator, or that is deemed pursuant to subsection (7) to be approved by the administrator,
permitting the operation of a golf cart on that highway or part of a highway within that municipality;
(b) the person is eligible to operate the golf cart on a highway or part of a highway;
(c) the golf cart is operated in accordance with the prescribed terms and conditions; and
(d) the golf cart meets the prescribed equipment and safety standards required for the operation of that golf cart.

Question 19

When can a police officer administer a field sobriety test?

Answer 19

146.1(1)
A peace officer may require the driver of a motor vehicle to undergo a field sobriety test if the peace officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the driver’s venous blood contains not less than 40 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood

Question 20

T / F ?

A driver will only be suspended if they refuse to complete the field sobriety test?

Answer 20

F
146 (2) A driver who is requested to undergo a field sobriety test is suspended from driving a motor vehicle for the period set out in subsection (4) if the driver:
(a) refuses to undergo the field sobriety test;
(b) fails to follow the peace officer’s instructions regarding the field sobriety test; or
(c) fails to satisfy the peace officer, based on the driver’s performance on a field sobriety test, that the driver is able to safely operate a motor vehicle.

Question 21

T / F ?
A peace officer may make a demand pursuant to section 149 if the peace
officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a driver drove a motor vehicle having any drugs in his or her body.

Answer 21

T
146.2(1) A peace officer may make a demand pursuant to section 149 if the peace
officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a driver drove a motor vehicle having
any drugs in his or her body.

Question 22

T / F ?
If a peace officer has reasonable grounds that a driver has either alcohol or drugs in his or her body, the peace officer, by demand made to the driver:
(a) may require the driver to provide one or more samples of his or her breath that, in the opinion of the person taking the samples, are necessary to enable a proper analysis to be made by any prescribed device and the driver shall accompany the peace officer for the purpose of enabling samples to be taken.

Answer 22

F
149(1) If a peace officer reasonably suspects that a driver has either alcohol or drugs in his or her body, the peace officer, by demand made to the driver

Question 23

When can a police officer require a driver to complete a field sobriety test?

Answer 23

150.1(1)
A peace officer may require a driver who is driving a motor vehicle to undergo a field sobriety test if the peace officer reasonably suspects that the driver has any alcohol in his or her body that causes the driver to be unable to safely drive a vehicle.

Question 24

For the TSA, when is ‘night’?

Answer 24

“night” means the period commencing one-half hour after sunset and ending
one-half hour before sunrise.

Question 25

T / F ?
“driving” includes operating or having the care or control of a motor
vehicle, whether it is in motion or not;

Answer 25

T
driving” includes operating or having the care or control of a motor
vehicle, whether it is in motion or not;

Question 26

T / F ?

Stolen vehicles can only be released by the garage owner.

Answer 26

F
164
If a peace officer is satisfied that the motor vehicle that was seized was a stolen motor vehicle at the time of seizure, the peace officer may release the motor vehicle or direct the garage keeper to release the motor vehicle to the owner or a
person authorized by the owner

Question 27

No person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than __
kilometres per hour when passing:
(a) a highway worker or flag person;
(b) any highway equipment occupied by a highway worker, whose presence on the highway is marked in the manner determined in the regulations made by the board; or
(c) any highway equipment that is stopped on a highway with its ministry issued warning lights in operation.

Answer 27

60 km / hr

Speed applies to passing emergency vehicles, tow trucks and service vehicles

Question 28

What are offences in a parking lot?

Answer 28

211 No person shall, in or on any place that is not a highway and that the public is ordinarily permitted to use for the parking of vehicles, do anything that, if done on a highway, would be a contravention of:

(a) 199(2) - speed > 50 km/ hr;
(b) 209(6)(a) - disobey stop sign;
(c) sections 213 to 215 ( undue care, racing / stunting excessive noise);
(d) clause 217(1)(a) - improper passing;
(e) subsection 218(1) or (2) - improper turns;
(f) subsection 219(1), (3) or (5) - fail to yield right of way;
(g) section 221 ( wrong way on 1 way or 222 ( unsafe backing up);
(h) subsection 223(1) ( fail to yield to pedestrians);
(i) subsection 225(1) - (follow to close); or
(j) section 234 (failing to signal) or 235 ( ignore traffic lights.

Question 29

T / F ?

Headlights are required from 2100 to 0700

Answer 29

F
230(1)
No person shall drive a vehicle during the period from one-half hour after
sunset to one-half hour before sunrise or at any other time when conditions of poor
visibility exist unless prescribed headlights are in operation

Question 30

What is the priority of emergency vehicles?

Answer 30

238(6)
A vehicle to which right of way is given pursuant to this section has priority of right of way over other vehicles to which the same right is given, in the following order of priority:
(a) fire engines;
(b) fire department apparatus;
(c) ambulances;
(d) police vehicles;
(e) vehicles designated pursuant to clause (1)(e) while being used in response to an emergency; and
(f) vehicles approved as emergency vehicles by the board.

Question 31

T / F ?

“electronic communications equipment” means a cellular phone or other prescribed equipment;

Answer 31

T

a) “electronic communications equipment” means a cellular phone or other prescribed equipment;

Question 32

T / F ?
“use” means, with respect to electronic communications equipment, to use the electronic communications equipment to make a phone call, text, talk, email, or surf or access the Internet, or for any other prescribed purpose.

Answer 32

T
(d) “use” means, with respect to electronic communications equipment, to use the electronic communications equipment to make a phone call, text, talk,
email, or surf or access the Internet, or for any other prescribed purpose.

Question 33

T / F ?

“make a phone call” means to make, answer or end a phone call

Answer 33

F

(b) “make a phone call” means to make, answer or end a phone call, or to transmit or receive voice communication;

Question 34

What are the punishments for cellphone offences?

Answer 34

(2) No driver shall hold, view, use or manipulate electronic communications
equipment while driving a motor vehicle on a highway.
(2.1) Every person who contravenes subsection (2) is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction:
(a) to a fine of not more than $500 for a first offence;
(b) in the case of a second conviction in a 12-month period for an offence pursuant to this section, to a fine of not more than $1,000; and
(c) in the case of a third or subsequent conviction in a 12-month period for an offence pursuant to this section, to a fine of not more than $1,500.

Question 35

When do the cellphone rules not apply?

Answer 35

The section does not apply to:
(a) a driver who is not a new driver and who, while driving a motor vehicle on a highway:
(i) activates the electronic communications equipment to make a phone call by pressing a button once on the electronic communications equipment, or on a device that is linked to electronic communications equipment, and does not hold the electronic communications equipment; or
(ii) utilizes his or her voice to activate electronic communications
equipment to make a phone call and does not hold the electronic
communications equipment;
(b) if the driver is using electronic communications equipment to
report an emergency to a police service, a fire department or emergency medical services or to request an ambulance;
(c) a prescribed person or prescribed class of persons; or
(d) a prescribed vehicle or prescribed class of vehicles.

Question 36

T / F

You need a licence to operate a power assisted bicycle?

Answer 36

F
No person shall drive a power-assisted bicycle on a highway unless:
(a) that person is 14 years of age or older;
(b) that person and any passenger are wearing, in the prescribed manner, a helmet that meets the prescribed specifications; and
(c) the power-assisted bicycle meets the prescribed equipment and safety standards required for the operation of that power-assisted bicycle.

Question 37

T / F ?

You stop a taxi driver with a passenger and a child not in a required booster seat. You issue the ticket to the driver.

Answer 37

F
If a passenger under the age of 16 years is transported in a motor vehicle that is registered in class PC, PS, PB, PT or LV, an adult that accompanies that passenger must properly restrain the passenger as set out in subsection (4).

Question 38

T / F

Driver can wear the torso portion of the seat belt under their arm.

Answer 38

F
(5) For the purposes of this section, where the torso restraint portion of a seat belt assembly is worn under the arm or behind the back, the seatbelt assembly is conclusively deemed to be not worn in a properly adjusted and securely fastened manner

Question 39

T / F ?

Anyone can be a passenger on a three wheel vehicle?

Answer 39

F
No person shall drive a prescribed three-wheeled vehicle on a highway with a passenger who:
(a) is under seven years of age;
(b) weighs less than 36 kilograms; and
(c) is less than 145 centimetres tall.

Question 40

When does an accident have to be reported?

Answer 40

The duty to report an accident to a peace officer pursuant to subsection (3) applies if the accident:

(a) involves bodily injuries or death;
(b) involves a motor vehicle for which no certificate of registration has been issued pursuant to this Act;
(c) involves an unidentified motor vehicle;
(d) involves a motor vehicle that was towed from the scene of the accident as a result of the accident; or
(e) involves a person in charge of a motor vehicle who was apparently under the influence of alcohol or drugs so as to be incapable for the time being of having proper control of the motor vehicle.

Question 41

T / F ?

If the driver is unable to report the accident, the passenger must report the accident?

Answer 41

T
If the person in charge of a motor vehicle involved in an accident is physically incapable of making a report required pursuant to subsection (3), another occupant
of that motor vehicle who is capable shall make that report.

Question 42

When can a police officer arrest under the TSA

Answer 42

276(1) If a peace officer finds a person contravening:
- s32 ( no licence),
- s57 ( no registration),
- s140 (disqualifed driver),
- s209.1 (failing to stop for PO),
- s213 ( drive without due care)
- s239, ( climb on vehicle / throw object from vehicle)
the peace officer may arrest that person, if the officer has reasonable
grounds to believe that the person will not appear in court to answer a summons.