Peterborough Police Charge Low-Speed Vehicle Driver
/A low-speed vehicle (LSV) driver in Peterborough has been charged for operating it on a city street on Monday.
Photo courtesy of the Peterborough Police Service.
Around 11:30 a.m., officers stopped the vehicle in the Barnardo Avenue and O’Carroll Avenue area.
The driver was charged under the Highway Traffic Act Regulation with:
Drive LSV not in accordance with the regulation
Owner operate a LSV on a highway with no insurance
Peterborough Police Service Traffic Management Unit Officers remind the public about the rules around low-speed vehicles.
Low-speed vehicles are defined as:
designed for use primarily on streets and roads where access and the use of other prescribed classes of vehicles are controlled by law or agreement,
travels on four wheels,
powered by an electric power train (an electric motor and, if present, a transmission) that is designed to allow the vehicle to attain a speed of 32 km/h but not more than 40 km/h in a distance of 1.6 km on a paved level surface,
not using fuel as an on-board source of energy, and
having a GVWR of less than 1 361 kg;