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 [[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm|Ontario Highway Traffic Act]]
+“highway” includes a common and public highway, street, avenue, parkway, driveway, square, place, bridge, viaduct or trestle, any part of which is intended for or used by the general public for the passage of vehicles and includes the area between the lateral property lines thereof;
 ===== Difference between Standing, Stopping, and Parking =====
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   * **Parking** is when you stop to allow passengers to get in or out OR to load or unload cargo.
-[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#s1s1|Definitions]]
-  “stop” or “stopping”, when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, even momentarily,
+[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#s1s1|Definitions in the HTA]]
-  whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in
-  compliance with the directions of a police officer or of a traffic control sign or signal; \\
-  “stand” or “standing”, when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
-  except for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers;\\
-  “park” or “parking”, when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not,
-  except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or
-  unloading merchandise or passengers;
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+“stop” or “stopping”, when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, even momentarily, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a police officer or of a traffic control sign or signal;\\
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+“stand” or “standing”, when prohibited, means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers;\\
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+“park” or “parking”, when prohibited, means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when standing temporarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading merchandise or passengers;
-===== "Doorprize" =====
-http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#BK248
-http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/french/elaws_statutes_90h08_f.htm#s147s1
+===== Lighting on a bicycle =====
+one-half hour before sunset to one-half hour after sunrise and at any other time when, due to insufficient light or unfavourable atmospheric conditions, persons and vehicles on the highway are not clearly discernible at a distance of 150 metres or less,
-[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#BK353|Cyclist to identify self]]
+shall carry a lighted lamp displaying a white or amber light on its front and a lighted lamp displaying a red light or a reflector approved by the Ministry on its rear, and in addition white reflective material shall be placed on its front forks, and red reflective material covering a surface of not less than 250 millimetres in length and 25 millimetres in width shall be place on its rear. 2009, c. 5, s. 28 (1).
-Cyclist to identify self
-.  (1)  A police officer who finds any person contravening this Act or any municipal by-law regulating traffic while in charge of a bicycle may require that person to stop and to provide identification of himself or herself. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 218 (1).
-Idem
-(2)  Every person who is required to stop, by a police officer acting under subsection (1), shall stop and identify himself or herself to the police officer. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 218 (2).
-Idem
-(3)  For the purposes of this section, giving one’s correct name and address is sufficient identification. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 218 (3).
-Idem
-(4)  A police officer may arrest without warrant any person who does not comply with subsection (2). R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 218 (4).
+[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#s62s17|Lights and reflectors on bicycles, etc.]]
+[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#s64s3|Brakes on bicycle]]
-“vehicle” includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine, bicycle and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but does not include a motorized snow vehicle or a street car; (“véhicule”)
+Intermittent red light restricted
+(14)  Subject to subsections (14.1) and (15), no person shall use a lamp, other than the vehicular hazard warning signal lamps commonly known as four way flashers, that produces intermittent flashes of red light. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (14); 2007, c. 13, s. 17 (1).
-[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#s62s17|Lights and reflectors on bicycles, etc.]]
-[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#s64s3|Brakes on bicycle]]
+===== "Doorprize" =====
+http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#BK248
+[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#s147s1|Staying to the right]]
+[[http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/statutes/english/elaws_statutes_90h08_e.htm#BK353|Cyclist to identify self]]
+“vehicle” includes a motor vehicle, trailer, traction engine, farm tractor, road-building machine, bicycle and any vehicle drawn, propelled or driven by any kind of power, including muscular power, but does not include a motorized snow vehicle or a street car; (“véhicule”)