Police have arrested and charged a 95-year-old driver of a low-speed mobile scooter with impaired after a complaint the vehicle was a traffic hazard.
On a highway, a low-speed vehicle still requires a driver's licence, Insurance and proper plate to be operated on a roadway.
Just after midnight on August 30, Nipissing West OPP responded to a "traffic hazard blocking the roadway in Sturgeon Falls.
Police found the scooter stationary in the middle of the road. The operator was arrested for impaired driving and taken to the OPP detachment.
Francis Landry of West Nipissing is charged with impaired operation and is scheduled to appeaat in court October 3.
The driver was issued a 90-day Administrative Driver's Licence Suspension.
A pilot program, that was launched in 2017 and will run for 10 years, allows low-speed vehicles that meet certain requirements to be used on roads in Ontario with a maximum speed limit of 50 kilometres per hour. Municipalities must pass by-laws to allow low-speed vehicles on roads.
Read about the low-speed vehicle pilot program here.
