If you don't live in Ontario, this article really doesn't apply to you, though it doesn't hurt to exert a little common sense and slow down when you're passing parked cars on a highway (police or not).

The story is about an Ontario teacher who cam up to two police cars who had pulled over another motorist. He was then pulled over himself; for failing to pull into the left lane when passing a police car with their lights flashing. This was no minor fine either. He was handed a ticket for $490!!!

It seems that for the past two years, there has been a law in the Highway Traffic Act that mandates that we must pull into the left lane (if possible) when passing a stopped emergency vehicle that has their flashing lights on.

I didn't know that ... and I'm guessing neither did you.

Want to know more? Click here for an article from the Ottawa Citizen.

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